Best Lithium Battery

  • Sam Utecht
    Posts: 8
    December 2, 2020 at 12:33 pm #1993437

    I have a Garmin 73cv Ice Bundle. I’m looking for the best lithium battery for it.

    I have been looking at the Vexilar, Marcum Brute, and Dakota Lithium so far.

    Steve Johnson
    Posts: 96
    December 2, 2020 at 12:39 pm #1993440

    I have been looking at using my 20V tool battery. There are numerous examples, and the voltage range of Garmin units seems to support it. You do need to buy your own connector to the battery, either on Amazon or EBAY, and if you are nervous about inputting 20V, you can buy a buck converter to drop the voltage to a lower value with minimal losses. A 4 AH 20V battery should go all day, based on my calculations.

    bigcrappie
    Blaine
    Posts: 4376
    December 2, 2020 at 12:50 pm #1993450

    Amped Outdoors is the best I think

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 18377
    December 2, 2020 at 1:12 pm #1993464
    bigcrappie wrote:

    Amped Outdoors is the best I think

    Amped Outdoors, there’s a few 10% codes floating around the net for them and they also have free shipping… Amped routinely tests best (Amps per $) vs all of their competitors…I’m waiting to hear review on the new Marcum line of lithium batteries, I’m worried the insane 50% off sales they had going recently are a bad sign of their overall quality/value…

    Depending on it fitting in your icepack, the Amped Outdoors 18AH battery tested as easily the best AH for your $.

    Bearcat89
    North branch, mn
    Posts: 20815
    December 2, 2020 at 1:21 pm #1993466

    Not sure on the long-term use of the brute. But mine just worked 3.5 days on one charge for my lx3. 10 to 12 hours per day.

    Hoping to also use one on my garmin set up

    glenn-d
    N C Illinois
    Posts: 760
    December 2, 2020 at 2:34 pm #1993488

    More than happy with my Dakotas

    Pat K
    Empire, MN
    Posts: 904
    December 2, 2020 at 3:09 pm #1993496

    I have a Dakota 10ah that has been has been used for more than 24 hours over 2 to 3 days without recharging. Powering an Ice 55

    mahtofire14
    Mahtomedi, MN
    Posts: 11040
    December 2, 2020 at 4:02 pm #1993507

    I have been using an Amped Outdoors lithium for the last season and a half and have loved it. Have buddies that use Dakota Lithiums and love theirs. You will be happy with either one. I suggest go with the one you can find the best price on out of those two companies.

    Fishtrekker
    Land of 10,000 Lakes
    Posts: 113
    December 2, 2020 at 9:20 pm #1993629

    I too have been waiting to see the video that Ice Hole Power was going to do but it sounds like he hyped it up and said he was testing but then never released the video? Does anyone know where that video went or why he didn’t release it?

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 18377
    December 3, 2020 at 8:25 am #1993669

    A quick note about Amped outdoors, they have options to select a stock charge port adapter with their chargers, so for somebody with a Garmin Panoptix/Livescope you can select the charger option with a Garmin barrel charge port adapter allowing you to use the charge port in the stock wiring harness reducing the need to connect another charge cable to the battery, so smart!

    Fishtrekker
    Land of 10,000 Lakes
    Posts: 113
    December 3, 2020 at 9:06 am #1993676

    Yes and No. I saw something on FB that he was going to do another video comparing the Norsk and Marcum batteries released and how that stacked up with all the new stuff out on the market for the season.

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