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Battery Review Thread

Best Battery?

  • Everstart (walmart)

    Votes: 9 16.4%
  • Duramightlast AUtozone

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lord megatron (Interstate)

    Votes: 16 29.1%
  • Duracell

    Votes: 2 3.6%
  • Napa

    Votes: 4 7.3%
  • Advance

    Votes: 4 7.3%
  • Deka

    Votes: 2 3.6%
  • Tacos of course

    Votes: 18 32.7%

  • Total voters
    55
You can not rely on brand names alone. As many brands have different manufactures with varying quality. Most brands now offer “ price point “ batteries and they are all junk.

East Penn is made in America and is about as good as it gets for lead-acid batteries. They label for Deka, Alliance and some of Duracell and a few others.

Odyssey is an AGM Battery and stands alone as the best battery on the market.
 
Any quality battery is going to do well. Many are made by Johnson Controls in FL. Longevity depends more on your usage. If your driving routine doesn’t allow for the battery to stay at or near full capacity (mostly short trips), life expectancy will be reduced. Lead Acid batteries need to be near full capacity to prevent sulfation which degrades charging capacity. I have an Everstart battery that is going on 9 years old that still puts out 12.58 volts resting. The previous owner kept it on a trickle charger as he only drove the car occasionally. I’ve been doing the same. When it dies, I’ll replace it with the same battery.
 
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