What’s everyone’s preference/experience with more budget friendly lithium batteries for trolling motors? I’ve been looking at Litime, powerqueen, and goldenmate. Anyone have any input or suggestions?

I put LiTime in my boat when I rigged it a year ago. The price of one was half the nearest big brand so even if it lasts me half as long I’m still breaking even. That said, the litime have rated well in every breakdown test that’s been done so I have some faith.

LiTime will be the best mix of reliability and price, and actually being around when/if you need to use their warranty. I purchased 3x105AH LiFePO4s from a brand Fiune, and they’re defunct now so that 10year warranty they came with is probably worthless. But it was a cheap battery ($160) so I’ll just replace them if they ever go bad.

I've got a Goldenmate that I use for camping and it's been great. I have had a Lossigy 24v 100 ah for a trolling motor and currently have an Enjoybot 36v 65 ah for my Minn Kota Quest. All bought from Amazon and all have worked great.

I've been using a 50ah Power Queen that runs my 45lb thrust trolling motor for around 4 years now. It's been a great battery and I've used it 2 trips in a row before without running it down. I typically fish smaller bodies of water and less traveled shallow areas of lakes from a 12' aluminum V-hull. Some days I never crank up the outboard and use the TM exclusively.

I have another off-brand smaller lithium battery for my anchor winch. I don't run any fish finders or depth finders but I'm considering adding one in the near future. Both lithium batteries have been great!

My cheap amazon charger wouldn't work for the Power Queen... I reached out to their customer service and they were very responsive. I ended up purchasing a Power Queen charger and it's been working well ever since. I wish they would have been more up front about the need for their specific charger... but it is a nice charger and works for my other lithium battery.