The Beats are Back!
I've used my Ion Tailgater a lot over the years, for picnics, events, even while working in the yard, and almost always on battery, so it was a great disappointment a few weeks ago when I turned it on and, after just a few minutes, got nothing but noises and distortion. Thankfully, it didn't take long to pin the problem down to a worn-out battery, and when I found the Unicell TL1245 F1 Replacement Battery on Amazon I ordered it immediately. In a few days - well ahead of the estimated delivery date - the new battery arrived; I installed it in a few minutes, plugged in the Tailgater to charge the new battery, and by that evening was rocking again.<br /><br />The Unicell TL1245 F1 Replacement Battery is very slightly larger than the battery I took out; while the original came from the factory with strips of foam tape to keep it from rattling in the battery box, the Unicell replacement was a snug - but not too tight - fit and required no foam tape cushioning. Otherwise, the new battery seems to be a perfect replacement for the original, giving the same operating time and the same low-distortion volume levels. I had worried that a new battery might cost so much as to not be worth doing, but this was certainly not the case.
Rating: 5 stars