West Marine is selling private label batteries made by East Penn - Deka. They are not Lifeline batteries, which are a premium brand. I am not sure if they still have them, but last I was in Sam's Club they sell Deka Group 31 AGMs for about $180, which are labeled something like Energizer. Besides for the label they are the same as West Marine 31s.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I www.dellabarba.com From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Knecht via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2020 11:12 PM To: CnC CnC discussion list <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> Cc: David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List AGM battery prices At some point in the future, I will need to replace my 10 year old AGM batteries. I was looking at the West Marine sale today and I feel like I am missing something about pricing. Usually Defender is cheaper than West Marine on most everything, sale prices not withstanding. But West Marine has a 80 Ah AGM group 24 battery with regular price of $249 https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--group-24-dual-purpose-agm-battery-79-amp-hours--15020233?recordNum=1 Defender has a Lifeline Group 24 with 80 Ah for $380. https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?name=lifeline-deep-cycle-marine-battery&path=-1|328|2289954|2289956&id=152212<https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=b3c230df-eeb1a3be-b3c219a8-ac1f6b44e86e-f6e731b5b1979556&q=1&e=088b3b46-9cb1-436e-929c-aa6c92b88aa2&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defender.com%2Fproduct.jsp%3Fname%3Dlifeline-deep-cycle-marine-battery%26path%3D-1%257C328%257C2289954%257C2289956%26id%3D152212> That is a big difference. What am I missing? Dave David Knecht S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT [cid:image001.png@01D6828B.1A42D1A0] Dr. David Knecht Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut 91 N. Eagleville Rd. Storrs, CT 06269-3125
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