It really comes down to time and money for me. Given the cost of cleaning and replacing cables plus the maintenance of adding water that is most likely a wash per some of the other posters. My situation is the following:
1. I don't like the corrosion or hydrogen gas effervescing during peak usage
2. Battery cables and terminals take a beating and ultimately have to be replaced
3. Time required to pull batteries, clean, and repaint cabinet
4. Voltage loss when setting for a few weeks
For those reason I chose Trojan T105 AGMs and is the best money I have ever spent on my camping equipment over the past 60 years
Same goes for my newer Fords, the AGM's are simply a better way to go and apparently Ford thought so or they wouldn't be OEM
I will spend my time on other maintenance aspects or simply relaxing
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