Battery Charger

All the Optimate products are good. However I bought one from Aldi recently for about £13 which if anything is better. Really cracking bit of kit. It's the sort that you can leave permanently connected (when not riding) and keeps batteries in tip-top shape.

 

I've used an optimate for years,i leave it plugged in all the time..adds years to the life of your battery

 

Totally agree with Dave, had 3 cheap ones from Aldi / Lidl and all of them have outlasted the 2 Optimate's I've had. 2 of them are still going strong after 4 years year round use.

 

I have a Aldi charger for my car but when battery ran flat on my bike my Oxford charger would not charge battery but the Aldi one did,once a I got some charge into the battery I switched to Oxford charger and have not had any problems with battery or charger since.

 

Had optimate a couple of years, works great. Bought after my gixxer reg/rec went and cooked the battery a wee bit !!! Managed to bring it back to life with no problems after. Wired the plug up to the America and pop it on if bike is going to be stood for a while.

 

I've got the Triumph one. It's a rebranded optimate.

I leave it on whenever the bike is in the garage. Works without any problems.

 

agree with the above Baaaaa!!

 

I've not got any experience of Aldi's charger (I run an optimate), but if it's anything like the tools that Aldi and Lidl sell, they're usually top quality.
People can be a bit sniffy about these budget supermarkets, but any of the tools I've got from them are excellent, meet TuV standards and are a fraction of the price the usual outlets sell similar items for.
Keep your eyes open for Lidls ratchet combination spanners - a set in the most popular sizes was half of what Halfords were knocking them out for and I've used and abused them without a problem.
The most recent offer (they might still have some in the stores) were rechargeable 10W LED worklights - I got one for the garage and it is VERY bright - like the punter blinders they used to put on in the pubs at kicking out time years ago.

 

Just so I look as though I've got some opinions of my own.... If you wait to save £30 ish on the charger your battery could go kaput which would result in £50 + outlay so is the wait worth it??

 

Here's the one I use although overpricsed at what the cheap supermarkets knock them out for:

Ultimate-Speed-Car-Battery-Charger

 

Hi huys, just a thought I have three different chargers which are plugged into my bikes when not in use. However when I had my BMW r1200s I was told that due to the bike having can-bus electrics it would have to have the relevant charger (not cheap but still going strong) I believe that the latest optimate works with can bus plus gel and lithium batteries. Don't forget life's to short to grow up, regards to all Lou

 

I don't know for certain but as long as you use charger with out ignition on and take off surface charge voltage you will be ok but you do need to check this with supplier of charger before purchase, Lidl and Aldi will not have this information.

 

Never had a problem with my old Optimate. It does the job just like it says on the box