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Deep Cycle Marine Batteries

Deep Cycle Marine Batteries are another easy to find option that many real-world offgriders use to power their homes and cabins. I personally use these for camping, ham radio gear, and as an emergency backup battery bank should things go sideways.

Pros:

You can find them almost anywhere; most auto part stores, sporting goods stores, and big box stores sell them.

They are great if you need a cheap emergency backup plan, one where you don’t plan on running these batteries daily for months at a time.

Cons:

They lose capacity pretty quickly and in most cases will lose about half of their capacity in about 2 1/2 years. These batteries are usually made for casual users who aren’t recharging them on a daily basis.

Even though some of these are some of the best top off-grid batteries out there, you still need to make some decisions as to which battery is best suited for your lifestyle. Think about the pros and cons and consider which one might work the best.

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