That’s a good question…
First charge your batteries and check the voltage twice, once right away and then again after letting them sit static for 30 minutes. Check and record each batteries voltage with a voltmeter, 12.8 is a fully charged battery. This shows if they are getting a full charge as well as holding a charge.
Then verify your battery connections are good and the plug or receptacle is not getting hot. This indicates internal connection issues and loss of power internally. Also circuit breakers can be a similar source of power loss. Those will all get hot when power is flowing through them. Good dielectric lubricant at the terminals also makes a difference.
This will let you know what your facing. About four years ago a wave of enthusiasm came over the Optima spiral cell batteries because they saved weight. Batteries retain long use power based on their weight. Thus the heavier the battery, the more use it should give you for whatever purpose.
Bass Cat has said many, many times that they are not fans of spiral cell technology and this goes back to their original suggestions for AGM batteries, now over 20 years ago. The old family owned Trojan Battery Company made one of those original AGM batteries for their golf cart business.
Today there are many options and in our opinion the best in the business is Northstar for the money. They are a military battery spinoff and the built a one piece 24 volt trolling battery in the late 1990’s which was a lightweight package. They dropped out of retail some during the Iraq and Afghan war and now they have focused on retail again. East Penn is another good one and there are other options. Basically get the heaviest battery you can find and you get the best AGM out there.
Your 80 pound 24 volt should be lasting you all day unless your using it on higher speeds constantly.
BCB