WalkaboutTed
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Okay, so way back when, before I bought my cheapo UPG Chinese batteries, which I could afford, I had been rhapsodizing eloquent about the Oasis Firefly battery, which I couldn't afford.
Hubby tunes out a lot of what I say. "Uh huh", "Really?", "That's interesting" and an occasional "well, that's cool". Little did I know that he was actually listening to me then. Fast forward to today. After we sell the house, he's going to get his own van (discussed in another post). So I need to set up a battery/solar system for him, the brilliant 12 volt electrician that I have become.
This afternoon, while talking about his future vehicle, he asked me "Hey, Ted, what about that miracle battery you were talking about? He went on to say "You watch our existing system like you did your labor patients (I was a Labor & Delivery RN in one of my previous incarnations)". Then, "Since we'll have some cash from the sale of the house, we could afford two of them and you said that apart from needing an occasional full charge, that they're idiot-proof. Why shouldn't I get a couple?" I refrained from commenting about the idiot reference.
I kinda look at his van as his version of a middle-aged man's sports car. So I've looked around the Web and it still looks like a miracle battery. But last fall there was a thread here on CRVL about them and the review was equivocal.
Any new opinions or experience here? It'll be at least a month or two before we discuss any actual purchases.
Thank you to all in advance,
Ted
Hubby tunes out a lot of what I say. "Uh huh", "Really?", "That's interesting" and an occasional "well, that's cool". Little did I know that he was actually listening to me then. Fast forward to today. After we sell the house, he's going to get his own van (discussed in another post). So I need to set up a battery/solar system for him, the brilliant 12 volt electrician that I have become.
This afternoon, while talking about his future vehicle, he asked me "Hey, Ted, what about that miracle battery you were talking about? He went on to say "You watch our existing system like you did your labor patients (I was a Labor & Delivery RN in one of my previous incarnations)". Then, "Since we'll have some cash from the sale of the house, we could afford two of them and you said that apart from needing an occasional full charge, that they're idiot-proof. Why shouldn't I get a couple?" I refrained from commenting about the idiot reference.
I kinda look at his van as his version of a middle-aged man's sports car. So I've looked around the Web and it still looks like a miracle battery. But last fall there was a thread here on CRVL about them and the review was equivocal.
Any new opinions or experience here? It'll be at least a month or two before we discuss any actual purchases.
Thank you to all in advance,
Ted