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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airshot" data-source="post: 518074" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>During boating season a maintainer is not necessary.  If your battery won't hold a charge for a couple weeks, then you have a bad battery.  I have only recommended maintainers for long term storage like over winter storage. I charge my batteries to peak after each trip out in my boat. Within a week or two, I am back on the water and my batteries have no issues maintaining their charge for that period.  Years back I used to charge my batteries every month or two over the winter, but found my old brain stop remembering to check them and lost a couple batteries from them during on me.  The battery mfgr recomended a maintainer and since going with them over the winter, I no longer have to remember to charge them, thus not losing any more batteries from my lack of remembering.  Nothing wrong with charging and slight discharging over storage, actually good for your batteries, I just chose a simpler method that doesn't make me remember, it dies that job automatically.</p></blockquote><p></p>