I knew I was on borrowed time and was hoping to make it through this season with one of my Nocqua 10ah batteries. I got 3 trips into the 8th season of use with it, far exceeding my expectations. It certainly doesn't owe me anything. I'm quite pleased with it's performance.

 

I hope my other battery lives as long as this one did.

 

 

@Crow Horse I got around 5 yrs out of mine. I did cut off the rubber cover for a look see and found a strap running between two batteries had rusted into. It has never had water inside it, was always inside my kayak in a yak attack cell block.
 

I also can’t complain considering what it cost. I did replace it with a Dakota Lithium that was around the same price but with a 10 yr warranty. Ironically I seen a post just this week on FB of a failed Dakota that was taken apart and was rusted pretty good on the inside so I guess time will tell.

As a followup. I discovered that the battery didn't giv up the ghost just yet. It was an issue with my charger (Nocqua old style charger). I was able to charge it with the new style Nocqua charger to a full charge but will relegate it to light duty service. I purchased a new 10ah Nocqua so that I'll have 2 strong batteries onboard.

 

Nocqua's customer service is terrific. I contacted them sharing my experience and satisfaction with their products. They in turn offered to me a 20% discount on a new battery but I had already purchased one. I did need several accessories and they offered them to me free of charge other than the shipping. Pretty d**n nice of them.

 

It's not often where one finds a quality product and great customer service. This is one of those rare finds.......