BATTERY MINDER REVIEW BY JIM BAUDO

WELL YOU READ WHAT THE FACTORY SAYS AND I AGREE WITH THEM. STOP BACK AND I WILL KEEP UPDATING THIS AS TIME GOES ON. Jim Baudo 9/07/1999

I LEFT THE BATTERY MINDER ON MY BIG SELF PROPELLED YARD TRACTOR ALL WINTER AND WHEN I STARTED IT UP TODAY, IT DID NOT GRUNT OR GRIND IT WAS AS IF I HAD BEEN STARTING IT EVERY DAY. IT SPUN OVER AND STARED RIGHT UP. WAS I GLAD THAT THE BATTERY MINDER HAD ADDED ANOTHER YEAR OF LIFE TO MY BATTERY. Jim Baudo 3/02/2000

 THE SNOWMOBILE WAS SERVICED FOR STORAGE THE SAME DAY IN MARCH OF 2000 AND I PUT THE BATTERY MINDER ON IT TO NOT ONLY KEEP THE BATTERY CHARGED BUT TO KEEP THE BATTERY IN TOP CONDITION AS I WOULD NOT BE USING IT FOR THE NEXT 8 OR 9 MONTHS AS WE HAVE A SHORT SNOW MOBILE SEASON WHERE I LIVE. I ALWAYS ADD A FUEL STABILIZER TO THE FUEL TO HELP KEEP IT IN GOOD CONDITION ALSO. AGAIN I WAS HAPPY AS A DUCK IN WATER AS THE SNOWMOBILE STARTED INSTANTLY. I JUST LOVE MY BATTERY MINDER. I HAD ALSO ADDED A SECOND BATTERY MINDER THAT I AM USING ON MY WIFE'S CAR AS THE BATTERY WAS  4 YEARS OLD AND EVEN IN THE GARAGE THE TEMPERATURE GOT BLOW FREEZING DURING THE WINTER AND I FELT THAT THE BATTERY MINDER WOULD GIVE ME THE ASSURANCE OF A SURE START EVERY DAY FOR HER. THE BATTERY MINDER IS DOING A GREAT JOB. I FOUND IT EASY TO MOUNT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN PLACED THE 110 VOLT POWER CORD OUT THROUGH THE GRILL FOR EASY PLUGGING INTO A EXTENSION CORD I RAN FROM THE WALL ELECTRICAL OUTLET TO PLUG THE BATTERY MINDER INTO. IT COLD AND I T IS JANUARY, BUT THE BATTERY MINDER HAS NOT LET ME DOWN. Jim Baudo 1/07/2001

TIME PASSES QUICKLY. I NOW HAVE 5 OR 6 SIX BATTERY MINDERS AND I HAVE ALL OF MY BATTERIES IN MAXIMUM CONDITION. IT IS NOW LATE JUNE 2002. I HAD 4 DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES THAT HAD BEEN USED ON PONTOON BOATS AND WERE REMOVED IN LATE FALL 2001. THEY JUST WOULD NOT GIVE MUCH RUNNING TIME ON THE 24 VOLT MOTOR THE WERE USED ON. I PUT THEM IN THE SHOP AND HOOKED THEM UP TO THE BATTERY MINDER. I REMOVED THE BATTERY MINDER CHARGER ABOUT A WEEK LATER AND LET THEM SET FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND 2 OF THE BATTERIES SHOWED 12.8 VOLTS ON A LIGHT LOAD. THE OTHER 2 JUST 11.6 AND 12 VOLTS. I PUT THEM BACK ON THE CHARGER AND CHECKED THE BATTERY WATER LEVEL AND THEY WERE FULL. I FORGOT ABOUT THEM UNTIL LATE JANUARY OF 2002. I REPEATED THE TEST AND ALL THE BATTERIES UNDER A LIGHT LOAD TESTED OUT ABOUT 12.6 VOLTS. THIS WAS VERY GOOD. I DID NOT HAVE ANY NEED FOR THEM SO I JUST LET THEM CHARGE. IN APRIL WE WANTED TO TAKE THE JON BOAT OUT WITH THE ELECTRIC MINN KOTA MOTOR. I TOOK A NEW BATTERY AND ONE OF THE BATTERIES I HAD THE BATTERY MINDER CHARGING. I HOOKED THE OLD BATTERY UP AND AWAY WE WENT, TROLLING AND MANEUVERING AT FULL POWER ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS OF RUNNING TIME. THE OLD BATTERY WORKED JUST AS GOOD AS IF IT WAS NEW. THE BATTERY MINDER HAD BROUGHT THE BATTERY BACK TO USABLE CONDITION. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS I USED 2 OF THE BATTERIES ON AND OFF AND THEY CONTINUED TO OPERATE FINE. THE LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE HAM RADIO OPERATORS HAVE WHAT IS CALLED FIELD DAY EXERCISE TO TEST RADIO EQUIPMENT INCASE OF AND EMERGENCY. EQUIPMENT MUST BE BATTERY POWERED OR POWERED BY A GENERATOR. I TOOK THE  4 BATTERIES WITH ME AND THEY WORKED GREAT FOR THE 2 DAY EVENT. AS WE WERE PACKING UP ONE OF THE FELLOWS ASKED IF I WANTED TO SELL HIM A COUPLE OF THE BATTERIES. I TOLD HIM THEY WERE OLD BUT STILL WERE GIVING GOOD SERVICE. HE BOUGHT 2 OF THEM AND ANOTHER FELLOW BOUGHT THE OTHER 2.

IT IS NOW LATE MARCH 2003. A FELLOW BROUGHT OVER 2, 12 VOLT DEEP CYCLE MARINE BATTERIES AND SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THEM TO CHARGE AND DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS THE BATTERIES OR HIS CHARGER AND FOR ME TO CHECK IT OUT, AND THAT HE WOULD BE BACK IN TOWN IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS. I CHECKED WATER LEVEL AND PUT EACH ON A SEPARATE BATTERY MINDER  TO CHARGE THEM. I CHECKED THEM EVERY FEW DAYS AND THE ONE MADE A COME BACK IN ABOUT 10 DAYS.  THE OTHER BATTERY TOOK ABOUT 28 DAYS AND IT SEEMED TO MAKE A COMPLETE COMEBACK ALSO.  I JUST LEFT THEM CHARGE TILL THE CUSTOMER PICKED THEM UP AND I TOLD HIM TO ADVISE ME AFTER HE HAD USED THEM AND TO TELL ME THE RESULTS.

OCTOBER 2003. IN COMES THE CUSTOMER I HAD CHARGED HIS BATTERIES UP IN THE SPRING WITH THE BATTERY MINDER AND TELLS ME THAT THE BATTERIES WORKED GREAT UP UNTIL YESTERDAY AND THEY FINALLY WERE EXHAUSTED. HE WAS LEAVING WITH HIS PONTOON TO GO TO TEXAS FOR THE WINTER AND WANTED 2 NEW ONES. HE JUST COULD NOT GET OVER HOW THE OLD BATTERIES HAD MADE SUCH A COMEBACK, AND THAT HE HAD GOOD USE ALL SUMMER FROM THEM AS HE WAS ON A PRIVATE LAKE AND USED THE PONTOON 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK WITH THE BATTERIES BEING HIS ONLY SOURCE OF POWER FOR HIS ONLY ENGINE AN ELECTRIC MINN KOTA NEPTUNE PONTOON MOTOR.

CHRISTMAS SEASON 2005. I WAS OVER IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. SHOPPING AND TALKED TO THE FELLOW THAT BOUGHT THE 2 USED DEEP CYCLE MARINE BATTERIES BACK IN JUNE 2002 AND HE TELLS ME THAT HE WAS STILL USING THEM. I GUESS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD, THAT THE BATTERY MINDER WILL DEFINITELY EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR WET CELL BATTERIES FOR A LONG TIME!  I HAVE BATTERY MINDERS ON THE LAWN TRACTOR, THE SNOWMOBILE, AND ON 6 OF MY BOAT BATTERIES. I AM ALWAYS PREPARED FOR THE SEASON WITH FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES.

JANUARY 2006. I CRANKED UP THE SNOWMOBILE TODAY AND AS USUAL IT STARTED RIGHT UP. BATTERY IS 6 YEARS OLD AND I AM GOING TO SELL THE SNOWMOBILE THIS YEAR AS WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT SEASON HERE. THE BATTERY MINDER STILL HAS NOT LET ME DOWN!
Jim Baudo 1/02/2006

MARCH 8 TH 2006 AND I AM GETTING MY PONTOON READY FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. THE BATTERIES HAVE BEEN BEING CHARGED WITH THE BATTERY MINDER ALL WINTER AND THEY ARE FULLY CHARGED. I CHECKED THEM OUT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF A VOLTAGE DROP I WOULD HAVE UNDER A LOAD AND THE BATTERIES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE IN GREAT CONDITION.