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I will agree with Chris Barnes and most of you for that matter. 16V helps out a lot when you have a big high compression engine, it does typically have less reserve capacity than a big 12V battery like a Optima, but the trade off is how much quicker it will spin the motor over. If a motor is spinning slower then the engine typically have trouble starting and the longer you hold down the starter then button the faster you are using up that reserve. Also if you are running a 12V without alternator or have drained the battery during cranking some of your components do not like to work at anything less than 12V. Constantly running a 12V down and making the alternator do all the work will either cause the battery to swell and over time become very weak or simply work the alternator to death. Switching to 16V allows a larger window of consistent voltage. Even when a 16V is low it still has 13.7V in it which your ignition, EFI and other components will like much more that 10.5 from a low 12V. Also our NEW CHG25A charger will charge 12V/14V/16V batteries so one charger will now do it all. Also our 16V AGM batteries recharge quickly. As a matter of fact I tell most customers you only need to use our charger at 15A between rounds. If you are in a real bind and not much time between rounds then charge at 25A. Charging at a lower AMP will prolong the life of the battery and not cause swelling from charging to quickly when the battery is already warm.