Enersys Genesis opinions

[AxeAngel]

Anybody used these before?

I have the opportunity to purchase the XE95
Specifications here

I'm seeing them for between 375-450$ http://www.osibatteries.com/p-998-xe95.aspx

They are an odyssey battery, http://www.odysseybattery.com/documents/US-GPL-AM-003_0906.pdf to be accurate odyssey is made by enersys too but from what I gather genesis is their flagship brand.

I have an opportunity to buy a few, brand new at $150 at a liquidation sale. Manufacture date of Feb 2010.

Opinions appreciated.

-Sam

 

[AxeAngel]

Okay so here's the story. I had an opportunity to pick up one of these batteries with a 24hr return window.

I went to a local battery shop that is very knowledgable and after he made some claims I just couldn't believe, I called up enersys and they verified everything that this guy said.

Ever heard of hawker batteries? They are an enersys battery now.
The house brand batteries at summitracing? Enersys batteries
The holley(think carburetors) brand of batteries? Enersys batteries
Stinger(car audio) batteries? Enersys batteries
All these companies selling heavy duty high performance batteries are in fact rebadged enersys genesis batteries.

I also learned that the favored batteries in diy electric cars are the smaller <17lb genesis batteries as well.

Enersys themselves admitted that the odyssey brand was designed to attract the auto/marine market and their odyssey brand shares much of the same design and production as that of their genesis brand.

He tested the xe95 I brought in and found the following specs, at full voltage, max cca of 1300, 95ah (true deep cycle) 5second phca of 2200, reserve capacity of 200minutes. The dimensions and specifications match very very closely to that of the odyssey pc2100M. Both weigh 78lbs, made of virgin lead.

I called and spoke to a different rep at enersys and asked for the difference between the odyssey pc2100m and the xe95. They said the following:
Xe95 is manufactured for military,UPS(uninterruptible power supply),healthcare usage and that the xe95 comes with m6 bolt connectors.
The pc2100m is marketed for marine environments and has two sets of terminals. The internals of the batteries are pretty much the same.

If anyone is interested Im thinking of buying an extra battery.

-Sam

 

[victormhgk]

I 300 batteries, how much you caan give me,

Hi, I live in Monterrey, Mexico, and I need 300 batteries, what is your final price, and when can wwill go for the batteries.....if you can help me whit a better price, I can give you a 4 dollar for battery, I hope your answer.

Sorry for My English , but Iam learning,

I seen you may email.

victormhgk@gmail.com

Anybody used these before?

I have the opportunity to purchase the XE95
Specifications here

I'm seeing them for between 375-450$ http://www.osibatteries.com/p-998-xe95.aspx

They are an odyssey battery, http://www.odysseybattery.com/documents/US-GPL-AM-003_0906.pdf to be accurate odyssey is made by enersys too but from what I gather genesis is their flagship brand.

I have an opportunity to buy a few, brand new at $150 at a liquidation sale. Manufacture date of Feb 2010.

Opinions appreciated.

-Sam