Anyone recommend a battery charger/maintainer?

[SirFallalot]

Been meaning to get one for just leaving plugged between the bikes when I don't ride them and charging, but couldn't be arsed to spend the money, so I just usually borrow the neighbours when needed.

Looking between Optimiser 3-4, Ctek MXS 5.0 Noco Genius 5, all round the £60 mark, the cheaper ones seem to be very low amperage.

There's cheaper, but are they any good? Reviews are always a mixed bag... Anyone recommend anything?
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[Fisty]

been using the noko for 5 years, has been great.
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[Islander]

They're all good. I've got 2 optimates that I've had for years and they've never misses a beat.

[slowasyoulike]

I have a positively ancient-looking Optimate 4 that was stuffed under the seat of a piss-poor Chinese scooter I got given*. I've had it for a good few years now, and it does the job very well.

* Free Optimate & Chinese shitter weighed in for £30 = Result

[Polarbear]

I've had an optimate for donkeys years. It's still going strong.
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[arry]

[jimster]

Lidls and Aldis have these for about £10-15 from time to time, I have 2 and they work great. The Range also has a £10 dumb charger that's useful as a starter if the smarty charger decides the voltage is too low to be safe to charge.
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[arry]

[MCN]

C-Tek.
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[Fizzer Thou]

There is a good list here

https://www.tayna.co.uk/battery-chargers/optimate/

I have also owned a number of Optimates but most recently I bought an Optimate 1 DUO because I now use a lithium battery on the KTM,but it can also be used on the other bikes as well.

https://www.tayna.co.uk/battery-chargers/optimate/optimate-1/

Good value for the money if you are not out for anything flash
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[jimster]

[photoman]

+1 for optimate, thoroughly reliable and robust.

[arry]

[jimster]

[jimster]

Also (for anyone else reading this thread) this is the REAL way to restore a sulfated deeply-discharged battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-JfckAt20
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[arry]

Interesting. Mine is a Lidl special CTEK clone and definitely doesn't do hugely discharged batteries.

I had to disconnect my Optimate from the bike and find the crock clips but it managed what the Lidl one couldn't. The battery is still in service.