Lithium battery for flasher

I need a new battery for my humminbird 35 and 55s. Looking at potentially replacing one (or both) with a lithium battery mainly to save some weight. I am admittedly not up to speed on lithium batteries in the market and am looking for recommendations. I am not running livescope or doing anything special to need a huge capacity battery. There are several different brands out there. Are any of them junk that I should avoid? What are the best brands to consider? Any good deals right now?

I understand I’d also need to get a special charger for it. Looking like dang near $150 for a battery + charger with some of the brands/models. Is it worth it? If that’s the price range to get a mid tier quality lithium battery, I may just opt to get a new lead battery for $25.

I’ve been following what James Holst has been doing with Norsk and they seem to be doing a lot of innovative stuff with lithium like Bluetooth monitoring of battery levels and being able to shut off batteries completely for storage.

Seems like a really cool idea. I’m looking for something more basic – don’t need any bells and whistles. Plus, it seems like the Norsk batteries are out of stock everywhere. Seems like they didn’t get enough inventory in time for ice season.

Reed’s has the Vexilar brand 12v 9ah lithium battery and charger on sale right now for $59.99. Otherwise I would recommend Amped. Great customer service, reasonably priced, and 5 year warranty.

I run Vexilar flashers, so I stick to their batteries to keep the chargers and connections consistent. The older SLA chargers will actually work with their lithium batteries.

I think their batteries are high quality. I would also agree with Amped Outdoors as another option.

vinella wrote:

Reed’s has the Vexilar brand 12v 9ah lithium battery and charger on sale right now for $59.99.

This is what I bought, it last a long time, seriously this thing won’t die running a vexilar. The weight savings are huge, I never considered my vexilar heavy until I switched out the battery then picked it up again. Totally worth it.

I have Vex lithium battery and charger. No issues and works great.
At $60 bucks that’s a great deal.

vinella wrote:

Reed’s has the Vexilar brand 12v 9ah lithium battery and charger on sale right now for $59.99. Otherwise I would recommend Amped. Great customer service, reasonably priced, and 5 year warranty.

thanks for sharing! unfortunately I’m not able to add it to my cart to purchase. hopefully its a glitch that works later. thanks again for sharing – I love this forum.