CruiserCustomizing Staff Pick:

Overall Rating: (5).
Reviewed on 12/03/07 by CruiserCustomizing Staff: BIG UWE (uwe999) from Livermore, CA for a 2008 Black, Tour Premium Shadow 750 Aero :

it happens to the best of us: we don't ride a bike for a view weeks or months and "forgot" to put the battery on a charger ... ... then after 2 days of charging the battery is still dead ... A trip to the local dealer and $150 later wait another 24 hours to get the battery charged up ... ... to finally enjoy a ride. Very frustrating but it happens all the time. I eventually learned my lesson and put SAE connectors on all my bikes and put them on a battery charger. The Battery Tender used to be my charger, never had any problems with it. Red light: charging, green light charged. Now there is a new type of charger in town. It's more of a computer than a battery charger. It uses a patented "pulse technology" that reads the state of your battery and applies a charging algorithm to eliminate sulfation buildup on the battery plates. So, what's the difference? Time will tell and I don't have the test lab to do a scientific comparison to a Battery Tender. However I like the readout on the charger that tells me the state of the battery "25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. It also shows if there is no connection, I had an issue with a blown fuse on the SAE connector and didn't catch that when I plugged in the battery tender. It also shows you when your battery is bad. Update 2/4/08: I rode my Vision to work and left it on the "accessories" setting all day. Needless to say by 6pm when I wanted to head home the battery was completely dead. I plugged in the Xtreme Charger and after little more than 3 hours the battery was back up to 75% and I was on my way home. I don't think a Battery Tender would have done the job.
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