Originally Posted by Avery4
I have heard good things about those Ctek chargers. What makes it better than Noco and what is your first favorite charger brand?
Noco has had some quality control issues and had some failures as did my battery/ charger vendor, and some of their earlier units left the reservation with their voltages and algorithms. Too be fair I know they worked on that have made some changes. I haven't put on on a scope in a while. I hear from trusted sources they are pretty good now.
Even so I think Ctek and Optimate have better specs, build quality and algorithms and offerings
Between Ctek and Optimate, It's close.
The Optimate has a wider range AH it will smart charge, a more comprehensive display of charging and results and is built using thicker higher quality plastic
Also to be fair I had an optimate 7 die after being pressed into commercial daily service in an enclosed environment - my dealer instantly replaced it for me
but I have bought over a dozen optimate 6's from the same guy and use them EVERYWHERE.
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Heres a grip of my favs on a bench..