battery charger?

[bcraigan]

Anyone have a great battery charger they would suggest? Can't spend a ton, but need a good one!

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

I have a very good luck with Guest chargers.

[nipper]

I have a Shure charger I like a lot. It has a 75 amp boost setting if you need to get a vehicle started quickly without waiting for a trickle charger to get the power up.

[reyb]

IMO, stay away from the "Victor" brand. I had one of those smart/automatic charger and it burned out after a few days of use. I exchanged it and the second one burned out but I did get some use out of it.

[reelapeelin]

If you're talking about the permanently installed onboard type chargers, I've had excellent performance from the two guest chargers in my boat...one is a 2620 10 amp per leg that keeps the two trolling motor batteries hot...and the 2611 5 amp per leg that charge the cranking and auxilary bateries...just plug 'em in and FORGET 'em til time to use boat...goin' on 10 years and FLAWLESS...

[Bygracealone]

Every now and again, Bass Pro Shops will have these on sale. I bought the 5/5/5 a while back and used it a few times with good results so far. If you read the reviews, there are a lot of 5 star reviews and, as with anything, a few people who either got bad units or didn't use it properly and gave poor ratings...

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_74190____SearchResults#reviews

[bcraigan]

Thanks guys! Great responses.. Now to go window shopping and see what I can steal I mean buy cheap... :)

[THEFERMANATOR]

I have a MINN-KOT 10 amp fully automatic that I bought at ADVANCE auto for about $60 a few years back. Turn it on and forget about it, or you can set it to manual for when you need to desulfate maintence type batteries.

[bcraigan]

Sweet.. is it an onboard or a portable? Was kinda lookin for a portable, but after the responses for onboard i'm torn now...

[tsubaki]

If you like the portable type, this is last one I've had for a long while.
2/10 amp fully automatic.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/charger001.jpg
Look through their site, this one is about as close as I can find to the older one I have. There are several others lower priced that might do what you want.
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=NBC&PartNumber=851213&Description=Battery+Charger

[THEFERMANATOR]

Mine is a portable model. I also have a cheapo 1.5amp maintainer from wal-mart that I use for long term storage.