Recommend me a battery optimiser.

[timwilky]

I have bought 2 oximisers but have binned them as they are crap. I wished I had saved the money that buying an optimate first would have made

Originally Posted by specialone

Can't you just get another connector and do one at a time?

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

That would require a few bits of brain function, such as advance planning and memory. Mine does neither.

Could do, but I'm so disorganised with everything that isn't related to work, and the Daytona will be on SORN, that the XT would just never get plugged in and would be dead when I needed it. Easier just to leave the Daytona plugged in all winter, and plug and unplug the XT only when I ride it.

lidl periodically do one for 4'99, basic but works fine, I may have a spare in the garage. Alternatively the do a smart one for about 12 i think.


Ok found the dearer one, on sale again from 17th 0ct http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/l...ndex_25043.htm
Slightly dearer this year £15, if you dont have a lidl near you i can pick one up here if you want.

Thanks mate, I shall pick one of those up. Apparently it's a rebadged CTEK smart charger.

Please remind me too i want one, ill forget.

Reminder here +2 please. Only got one bike at the moment but at £15 it'll be worth it for the future.

wont work on gel batteries will it?

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

wont work on gel batteries will it?

Suitable for all 6V or 12V car and motorcycle lead-acid batteries with 1.2 - 120Ah capacity

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

lidl periodically do one for 4'99, basic but works fine, I may have a spare in the garage. Alternatively the do a smart one for about 12 i think.


Ok found the dearer one, on sale again from 17th 0ct http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/l...ndex_25043.htm
Slightly dearer this year £15, if you dont have a lidl near you i can pick one up here if you want.

Hope this isn't a daft question but isn't the Lidl one listed as a battery charger as opposed to an optimiser?

[stormingjoe]

I have found extended use of optimisers and chargers without running the bike can damage the reg/rec and kill the battery. Using the bike or remove battery and keep in the warmth in house, then top up now and again seems better.


Podgey on a motorbike ;0D