Nowhere in my post did I call you out, undermine any of your choices, and imply that I make better decisions than you. Nor did I even quote you. Calm down your tone. If you think I'm going to have any desire or care to follow your particular battery story so that I can say "I told you so" if unfortunately anything were to happen to your purchase, then that is not a positive judgement on your part of a fellow boater. And after months of research before finally investing in one of these, why would I make the decision to buy something that would be a "rip off"?
The problem with the dozens of brands that use the cheap cells is they likely won't even exist as the same branded name in even a few years from now. Look at the top-selling cheap brands on Amazon, they are only a year or two old. Professionals who have been using a testing these batteries for longer than these companies have been around have noted the constant "brand name" changes as one design gets scrapped for another and they are rebranded. You can't get warranty replacements for items that don't exist anymore. They will ALL likely last 5-10 years or more if used and maintained properly. But it takes a reputable company who is in the business of making and promoting battery technology in order to be able to honor their stated warranty, not just an "assembler" putting chinese cells into a box as a one-off product that they can sell on Amazon.
And all of the warranties on these items are pretty much listed the same way. Yes, I've read them. The 11-year stated warranty, if I mentioned it, is simply a statement of the manufacturer's claims, similarly to any stated 10-year and 12-year warranties (and others depending on what their claim is). Of course there are standard prorated details in all of them. I am not obligated to break down the warranty claim into fine details in order to be able to mention it.
