Best Battery

[nrubenstein]

What's the general consensus on the best battery today? The iX is not starting and K is tired of the autodrone batteries. (The exchange policy is great, but the batteries themselves are shit.)

[fresh_TD]

Sounds like you have other issues

Sent from my GS4 Active

[nrubenstein]

Sounds like you have other issues

Sent from my GS4 Active

Such as? I've got the autodrone batteries in 5 out of 7 cars. They don't last. The iX has the oldest one at around 3 years. The only good thing about them is that buying one means that all the rest are "under warranty" since they don't actually do any individual battery tracking.

[TG Goose]

I run Oddessy or Optima batteries.

[jalopi]

You'd be surprised how shit a lot of batteries have become lately. Back when I still worked at a shop (left a year ago) all we used were interstate. Many would test bad around 3-4 years old (that's if someone remembered to pop the date stickers off) so an autozone battery lasting 3 years isn't too bad.

[AndrewBird]

Interstate are pretty much considered the best anymore.

[WhorifyingHunty]

My dad runs optimas on all our veicles. He gets a nice discount form work though, but he is just tired of the led acids. He got me a red top for my birthday, didn't want the my new alternator to be killed. lol

[reelizmpro]

Costco kirkland grp 48 $70 3 year free replacement. Pep boys Bosch grp 94 $100 3 year free replacement.

I also havent had good luck with autozone batteries. Their grp 48's were only lasting a year.

[E30_Pare]

never had good luck with interstate or kirkland batteries. I'd recommend any optima dry cells. I was even able to revive a completely flat 5yr old optima. Typically would only really need them for cars you don't drive often so good a good alternative would be Bosch for a daily.

[jeffnhiscars]

I took my Kirkland to Costco for a warranty claim and they had nothing that would fit so I've been getting mine from Advance using a $35 coupon. The price is right but I have found they dont last if you dont DD the car to keep the charge up.

Reality is that I believe Johnson Controls, Exide & Interstate make 98% of the stock replacement batteries.

[seatown88]

I have an Optima red top in my race car that is from 1997, still works perfectly. I have heard that Optima battery's have lost some of the quality in recent years, but so far that investment has really paid off.

[nrubenstein]

We ended up shoving in an Optima Yellow Top, for what it's worth.

[TobyB]

DieHardlies (sears) used to be pretty good- haven't bought any recently, since the old ones keep working... I think they're Johnson Controls batteries, who bought Globe- Union...

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[mitchlikesbikes]

i'm going to be getting an odyssey in mine when it's ready for one. seems like the best choice.

[dlmrun2002]

Penn State batteries are one of the bigger companies out there. They make Deka, Sears, Carquest and who knows what else.