You're probably going to get a ton of personal experience input on this ranging from: I buy Wal Mart brand, to I use red top this or green top that, etc, etc, etc... All of which is probably very helpful and useful but still may leave you confused. It's kind of like asking favorite color jigs but a little different. Seems to me after pilfering through all of the threads that have been posted on this topic, your "best bet" is consult a guy like Big River Marine that sells and services boats and supplies and equipment and see what his thoughts are. I am only pimping Big River Marine's name because he is the only one I've become familiar with since joining this site, but I've only heard good things about him, never had any personal dealings with him. There may be other paying member/sponsors as highly regarded as he, I just am not familiar with their forum names yet. I only say this because those type of folks are in the trenches daily and see of what types of "problems" other people are having with their equipment therefore, they can generally steer ya in the right direction of what to avoid and give ya some options to choose from. Anyway, hope this helps, and for the record I have got 1 season out of my Wal Mart 12V so far.... True story. Ha !
After initially pushing the post button, I see you're in Georgia, I am in Arkansas, so you may not have a clue of who Big River Marine is. Ooops.