Topic: Anyone Heard Of AGM (absorbed glass mat) Batteries? Opinions Please.

[bill440cars]

    Found this over on Mike's XS Parts. You can mount the battery in any position AND, it's not a Gel Battery. What do YOU ALL think? As usual, price varies on the side and application.


 www.mikesxs.net/products-76.html#products

[bucky katt]

thats THE best battery to have, they can be mounted in any position, even upside down. mine lasted over 4 years and it was abused badly. worth EVERY penny. even the saturn has one now.

[Gordon]

More expensive, but I like them.  I have one in my 750 because I'm bad about checking the electrolyte level and making sure it stays fully charged, and I have a few add-ons that draw more current than stock, so it pays for its extra expense by not having to replace a standard battery as often. 

[myhondas]

Never had one for the bike but might get one. I have the Sears AGM Platimum series battery in my car. Costs about $179 as compared to the $80-90 Die Hard Gold series. About a 8-9 year warranty and has both the top and side terminals.  Highly recommend the series.

[lrutt]

They are the only way to go. I get about 8 years out of them and yes, they can mount in any position. I've been coverting all my bikes over to them. They discharge at about 1/10th the rate of a lead acid meaning your bike can sit for months and still crank right over. But I keep mine on battery tenders.

Go to bikebatts.com. They have about the best prices ive found for all my needs.

[medic09]

Pretty common nowadays.  I've got one in the 750Four, one in the Sprint, and I just bought one for my T160 project.  Expensive, but I can't see why I'd want anything else.

[myhondas]

They are the only way to go. I get about 8 years out of them and yes, they can mount in any position. I've been coverting all my bikes over to them. They discharge at about 1/10th the rate of a lead acid meaning your bike can sit for months and still crank right over. But I keep mine on battery tenders.

Go to bikebatts.com. They have about the best prices ive found for all my needs.

bikebatts is 1.5 times the price of Mikes.

[markjenn]

Pretty much all batteries in new bikes (and cars) these days are AGM's.  True gels (people commonly mistakenly call any sealed battery these days a gel) are very rare.

If you can fit an AGM, it's a much better battery than a wet-cell.  In addition to the maintenance free, no venting advantages, they have a much lower static discharge rate when sitting around.

- Mark

[Inigo Montoya]

Got one too and it is tops over anything else I have used. batteriesplus.com has them too.

[hopterfixer]

Won't use anything else.  Get mine at Batteries Plus.

[manjisann]

These sound neat, subscribing so I can keep the link 

Brandon

[medic09]

I also got me three at Batteries Plus.  If you have a local store, that may be most convenient, and their prices are pretty reasonable.

[Stixxy]

Got one in the RD for over three years. Keeps charge well. Easy to put in and take out as I don't need to worry about keeping it upright. Just overall more convenient than wet-cell.

Stixxy

[techy5025]

Get one and you can forget acid stains on your $800 set of pipes.

Jim

[B.O.X.N.I.F.E.]

Just bought one from him!

PS, you 550 guys need part number CBTX12AHL-BS