At 06:25 16 September 2012, wrote:
http://www.tecmate.com/u_optimate_5.php

They are used by the 2-meter radio folks and lots of motorcycle people.
Aircraft Spruce sells them to airplane people.

Seems like a highly versatile compact, durable
charger/maintainer/diagnostic tool at a decent price.

Perhaps overkill for our needs?

They also manufacture a nice universal USP power cord that you can use to
charge/operate your cell phone directly from the ship's batteries should
you ever find yourself landed out with a dying cell phone.


I have four of the Optimate 4's for my glider batteries and a few other
Optimates for other things. They are very good indeed, absolutely no
issues.

Mike