6V & 12V Multi-Purpose Battery Charger

I'm a power sports tech by trade, and I've been a gearhead since well before that. Many years ago, my search for the ultimate charger led me to the CTEK and NOCO lineups, and I eventually purchased a CTEK entry level model and was very pleased with it. Fast forward almost a decade and I need a charger that can handle deep cycle batteries a lot faster than my old CTEK. I compare the NOCO genius and the current CTEK chargers. With more experience in the power sports industry I decide to try out the NOCO genius this time around. One of the main factors influencing my decision was the Lithium charge mode on this charger, as lithium batteries are becoming a very prevalent aftermarket accessory on newer motorcycles to save weight (More on this later). However, just today at work I wanted to charge a lithium battery, and noticed Amazon sent me an older model with no lithium charge mode! Thats mostly my fault for not checking the charger when I first got it, but I will contact Amazon and see what they will do as the picture clearly shows a charger with a lithium mode. How well does this charger work? It's amazing. For powersports batteries, I can charge almost all but the largest ones and smallest ones at a rate between the charge specifications low amp rate and the quick charge amp rate as indicated on lots of batteries. If I am waiting on backordered parts for a customers unit I can hook their battery up long term and there will be no damage to the battery. If I am building a motorcycle and the customer keeps asking when it'll be ready, I can point to the very easy to understand percentage LED lights and tell them that ideally they should wait until their battery is fully charged. The percentage LEDs make it very easy for me to show anyone whats going on with their battery without having to explain amp settings, volts, amp draw from the charger, etc. etc. and take a guess as to when their battery will be done. Another BIG plus on the NOCO genius line VS. the CTEK line is the accessories. One of the key accessories that I bought the NOCO genius for was the male to male adapter. This opens up infinite posibilities as you can now adapt to and from SAE connectors. What this means is that I can get adapters to use this charger to charge a bank of four batteries, I can use some adapters to install heated grips on my bike with the NOCO battery leads, I can adapt from an SAE connector to my NOCO battery leads and charge that way for example if I wanted to use a battery tender but already had the NOCO genius leads installed, There are endless posibilities with the NOCO accessories, one must only use their imagination. You don't get all of the available accessories, quality, or user friendliness (I.E. percentage LEDs) with any other brand of smart chargers I have come across yet. It is for these reasons, and many others that I recommend the NOCO genius line of chargers over many others. I'm sold on this line up until something better comes out, and I think you will be to. The only thing you might regret is not buying one sooner! P.S. about the lithium batteries. Many newer sport bikes like the CBR1000RR now have smaller batteries than the 600cc sport bikes! The manufacturers did this in an effort to have their motorcycles weigh a little less than the competition, and many owners kill the tiny batteries they come with in no time. KTM's are another example, many of their offroad bikes are now electric start only with TINY batteries! Owners of these bikes who don't know how to use the "choke", fast idle, or whatever it may be, kill their batteries all the time then come into the dealer and buy a lithium battery. It's for these reasons that a lithium mode is important to me, and I wish Amazon sent me the newer model with this mode! oh well.