Originally Posted by Themorganeer
...What's the collective's consensus on battery life expectancy these days?

Ours has a 1/19 date tag, which I just discovered when I took the hold down bracket off to clean up some corrosion and repaint it. I had it tested and it's still good. The conditioner LED does go green after only a couple of minutes. It's an odd size battery, Group 57, but I'm happy they are still available because the tray and hold down are not original, and were made for that battery...