batteries
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 09:01
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Member - Barry P (VIC)
has anybody tried the batteries from kickass,am looking for a120amp agm batteries to run fridge thanks for future answers barry
Reply By: Member - TonyV - Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:09
Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:09
Barry,
Never heard of them, sometimes good to put up a few more details.
I haven't used them but did do a little research to get information, that I will share.
Very few reviews online. But they have some on the
Australian Direct Web page (click here)
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Reply By: Batt's - Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:50
Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:50
No I was looking at them instead got a 105ah agm Giant battery from Aussie Batteries it seems fine they have their 125ah on sale at the moment cheaper than what I got
mine for last yr
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Reply By: Ron N - Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:56
Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:56
Never heard of them, but the distributor website is good and the business owner gives out lots of personal info on himself, trying to convince buyers he's a top bloke.
Be aware that the "5 year warranty" sounds excellent - but it's actually a pro-rata warranty. This is a whole lot different deal to a "full replacement" warranty.
Under a "pro-rata" warranty, you pay the difference in cost between new replacement price, and the amount (years) of use you've had from the item, if it fails.
So if their battery fails at 2 1/2 years, you have to
fork out 50% of the replacement cost of a new battery, to get the warranty replacement battery.
I had a Supercharge Silver battery fail at 27 mths of age. It had a 30 mth "full replacement" warranty. Supercharge gave me a brand new battery, for free.
The downside of "full replacement" warranty is that the replacement item is only covered for the remaining period of the original warranty.
In my case, the new replacement battery was then only covered for 3 mths.
I would rather have a full replacement warranty than a pro-rata one.
Cheers, Ron.
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Reply By: Sigmund - Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 15:27
Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 at 15:27
I bought an inline meter from Kickass and followed up with some questions about accuracy. Their responses were prompt and useful. HTH.
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Follow Up By: Member - lyndon NT - Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 22:57
Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 22:57
I bought 1 of their Tri fold 150w panel recently, worked
well. Delivery on time. Can't say anymore than that so far
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Reply By: Member - lyndon NT - Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 22:58
Friday, Jul 22, 2016 at 22:58
Peter from Battery value is a good bloke with EXCELLENT after sales service. google the name.
Cheers
Lyndon
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