09-10-2013, 03:49 PM
I guess I got a good motor, or just lucky. I have had both motors Motorguide, and Minnkota, no comparsion between the Minnkota 30 ,and the Motorguide Varimax 40, not only in battery use , but performance, but then you would have to had both to know that. You can find bad reviews on anything sold if you look hard enough. As far as cost goes I gave 43.00 dollars more for the Motorguide , after having both it was money well spent. No bad reviews here.
I run two 27's in my fifth wheel ,no thanks, I will stick to a quality sealed AGM 24 series for the pontoon boat, as I said I have fished with it for 8 hours ,and still had life left. I would venture to say my AGM will run as long as those cheaper 27's will, but without fishing side by side for a day, it is just a guess , but fished with a friend at Strawberry last week with one of those cheaper 24 series batteries, and he was dead in the water, when mine was still going strong. His was a new battery this year, mine is three years old. IMO , in the last 40 years of rv'ing I have had lots of RV or if you will marine batteries, deep cycle call them what you like , and this AGM is hands down the best deep cycle battery I have owned. I have never tipped over a battery either, but as I said I have seen what they do if they get tipped over., but then I don't have to worry about it either, or checking water, etc .
As far as turning the motor around I see the point on the Minnkota 30, makes no sense on mine it seems to run the same either way. I guess that is the beauty of running a variable speed rather then those 5 speeds forward ,and three speeds reverse . I guess I could turn the motor around if I could see the point. I seldom run forward with my pontoon boat so my motor is running in reverse most of the time, I guess I could turn the motor to run in forward, but again what's the point .
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I run two 27's in my fifth wheel ,no thanks, I will stick to a quality sealed AGM 24 series for the pontoon boat, as I said I have fished with it for 8 hours ,and still had life left. I would venture to say my AGM will run as long as those cheaper 27's will, but without fishing side by side for a day, it is just a guess , but fished with a friend at Strawberry last week with one of those cheaper 24 series batteries, and he was dead in the water, when mine was still going strong. His was a new battery this year, mine is three years old. IMO , in the last 40 years of rv'ing I have had lots of RV or if you will marine batteries, deep cycle call them what you like , and this AGM is hands down the best deep cycle battery I have owned. I have never tipped over a battery either, but as I said I have seen what they do if they get tipped over., but then I don't have to worry about it either, or checking water, etc .
As far as turning the motor around I see the point on the Minnkota 30, makes no sense on mine it seems to run the same either way. I guess that is the beauty of running a variable speed rather then those 5 speeds forward ,and three speeds reverse . I guess I could turn the motor around if I could see the point. I seldom run forward with my pontoon boat so my motor is running in reverse most of the time, I guess I could turn the motor to run in forward, but again what's the point .
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