Ritar 12V 110AH gel lead carbon ultra deep cycle battery

[bartman]

I've just noticed that Alpha have this battery reduced to £159.98 from the previous price of £189.99. Even with the £5.99 kit added to convert to proper battery posts, this looks like a good buy if it does the claimed 1500 cycles.
I'm wondering whether this is a general fall in the price of lead carbon batteries or is there some other reason for the reduction such as the battery not performing as well as documented and/or being discontinued.
Has anybody here been using one of these? I can't find any other outlet selling these, apart from Alpha themselves on their Ebay shop where they are asking £199.99!

 

[wildebus]

I've just noticed that Alpha have this battery reduced to £159.98 from the previous price of £189.99. Even with the £5.99 kit added to convert to proper battery posts, this looks like a good buy if it does the claimed 1500 cycles.
I'm wondering whether this is a general fall in the price of lead carbon batteries or is there some other reason for the reduction such as the battery not performing as well as documented and/or being discontinued.
Has anybody here been using one of these? I can't find any other outlet selling these, apart from Alpha themselves on their Ebay shop where they are asking £199.99!

Not sure why you would spend £5.99 to get an inferior connection?
I am assuming you would be using this as a Leisure Battery, in which case you are better without battery posts and just use the bolts to tighten down the ring terminals (Battery Posts only useful if installed as a starter battery or if you are using them already and can't change to better connections)

I would say at £160 it is a very good buy. I don't know why it is discounted - maybe it is being superceeded, but everything gets updated and superceeded eventually.
I have the AGM version of this Ritar Lead Carbon battery (3 of them in fact in parallel) and it works as I would expect.
Lead Carbon technology is probably the best type of Lead Acid battery you could get.

 

[bartman]

You're probably right about the terminals, I was just a bit concerned about the number of direct connections I have to the +ve all going on one bolt.
The battery appeals to me as it uses lead carbon technology without going down the AGM route

 

[wildebus]

You're probably right about the terminals, I was just a bit concerned about the number of direct connections I have to the +ve all going on one bolt.
The battery appeals to me as it uses lead carbon technology without going down the AGM route

I've got upto 3 rings onto one bolt. That is about the limit I would say and give enough threads to tighten down.
You could get longer bolts though I guessm but I would say if multiple batteries, one in, one out and maybe one for say a battery monitor or temp sensor is about all that should be connected.