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And it also sucks the coins right out of the ground. You don't even have to dig them lolMike Gresham said:I have been running my Etrac for several years alternating 3 factory batteries. I know my machine intimately.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ROBERTJ298 SAYS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY MINELAB ENGINEER SAYS.
MY ETRAC HITS DEEPER TARGETS HARDER WITH THE ML-2900 BATTERY.
END OF STORY.
Mike Gresham said:I have been running my Etrac for several years alternating 3 factory batteries. I know my machine intimately.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ROBERTJ298 SAYS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY MINELAB ENGINEER SAYS.
MY ETRAC HITS DEEPER TARGETS HARDER WITH THE ML-2900 BATTERY.
END OF STORY.
The battery should sell by all the merits it has without having to elude to hearsay performance gains which are not true.
I could post the email from minelab if you'd like so it wouldn't be hearsay. No one is saying the battery doesn't last longer, charge faster and is lighter weight.You say the battery goes as deep as the stock battery, not deeper ,for a longer time ,well my stock battery picks up the same deep coins in my test garden at the end of its charge cycle just as well as when its fully charged. Your posts sounds more like a sales pitch to me "everyone should own one". To me that depends on ones priorities and financial situation. If I had to choose between the ml-2900 battery and my sef 6X8 coil I would choose the coil, but thats just me.LittleJohn said:The battery should sell by all the merits it has without having to elude to hearsay performance gains which are not true.
How can you prove that it isn't true? Based on hearsay from a supposed minelab engineer? You can't, and thus your opinion is hearsay.
One thing that I can tell you is this battery delivers on performance. It goes 30-35 hours between charges...that is fact, no opinion there. I do know that if an electronic device has optimum voltage and amperage, it will function at it's highest capacity. Voltage isn't everything, operating amperage is...this point is not being considered by the naysayers and that is ok, I wouldn't expect it. There are gates which control amperage as well, but consider the fact that this battery maintains optimum operating amperage as well as voltage allowing the machine to operate at peak efficiency, versus the stock battery which loses its optimum performance within hours of turning it on.
So in essence, yes this battery does provide improved performance. Does it go deeper than stock battery? Based on the above explanation, I would have to say that it goes as deep, and for a much longer, much less of a bell curve of performance than the stock battery does. Solid, reliable consistent voltage and amperage provides many hours of trouble free performance. At the price...everyone should own one of these batteries. Why spend $1500 on a machine and not use the best battery available?
LittleJohn
LittleJohn said:The battery should sell by all the merits it has without having to elude to hearsay performance gains which are not true.
How can you prove that it isn't true? Based on hearsay from a supposed minelab engineer? You can't, and thus your opinion is hearsay.
One thing that I can tell you is this battery delivers on performance. It goes 30-35 hours between charges...that is fact, no opinion there. I do know that if an electronic device has optimum voltage and amperage, it will function at it's highest capacity. Voltage isn't everything, operating amperage is...this point is not being considered by the naysayers and that is ok, I wouldn't expect it. There are gates which control amperage as well, but consider the fact that this battery maintains optimum operating amperage as well as voltage allowing the machine to operate at peak efficiency, versus the stock battery which loses its optimum performance within hours of turning it on.
So in essence, yes this battery does provide improved performance. Does it go deeper than stock battery? Based on the above explanation, I would have to say that it goes as deep, and for a much longer, much less of a bell curve of performance than the stock battery does. Solid, reliable consistent voltage and amperage provides many hours of trouble free performance. At the price...everyone should own one of these batteries. Why spend $1500 on a machine and not use the best battery available?
LittleJohn
To me that depends on ones priorities and financial situation.
Sir my financial situation is . such that I could afford the battery but refuse to spend$129 on a battery when I am perfectly happy with my stock battery that is only a few months oldLittleJohn said:To me that depends on ones priorities and financial situation.
sir if you own an etrac, your financial situation isn't such that you are unable to spend $129 is it? Not sure what a person's financial situation has to do with the topic of the performance of this battery...all I know is I sure enjoy mine, and will continue to support this forum sponsor in the future! Happy Hunting
LittleJohn
Sir my financial situation is . such that I could afford the battery but refuse to spend$129 on a battery when I am perfectly happy with my stock battery that is only a few months old