Posted by me on July 23, 2007, 1:39 pm
My battery in my Mazda died the other day.
Strange, I've never had a car battery die in the
summer. Its always been the winter when low temps and
load is present.
Anyway..... I bought a replacement battery from
Walmart cause it was an emergency (no time to shop
around).
Are their batteries any good?
What brand/model car battery IS good?
Posted by ranck on July 23, 2007, 2:18 pm
me@privacy.net wrote:
> Anyway..... I bought a replacement battery from
> Walmart cause it was an emergency (no time to shop
> around).
> Are their batteries any good?
> What brand/model car battery IS good?
Car batteries are like personal computers. They are
commondities and one is pretty much the same as another
if they have the same CCA and AmpHour specs. There are
really only 2 or 3 companies that actually make lead-acid
batteries and the technology is pretty much as mature
as it gets.
I know there will be a bunch of people in here claiming
this brand or that is far superior. I don't buy it. They
all last about 5 or 6 years, with some exceptions, and
the cheapest you can buy (assuming same specs) will work
the same and last as long as the most expensive.
Just my opinion, of course.
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
Posted by me on July 23, 2007, 3:11 pm
ranck@vt.edu wrote:
>Car batteries are like personal computers. They are
>commondities and one is pretty much the same as another
>if they have the same CCA and AmpHour specs. There are
>really only 2 or 3 companies that actually make lead-acid
>batteries and the technology is pretty much as mature
>as it gets.
Understood. It says the Exide made the Walmart battery
I bought. Well Exide distributed it anyway
>I know there will be a bunch of people in here claiming
>this brand or that is far superior. I don't buy it. They
>all last about 5 or 6 years, with some exceptions, and
>the cheapest you can buy (assuming same specs) will work
>the same and last as long as the most expensive.
I cant seem to get any more than 3 years out of a
battery now days!
Posted by The Real Bev on July 23, 2007, 3:47 pm
me@privacy.net wrote:
> ranck@vt.edu wrote:
>
>>Car batteries are like personal computers. They are
>>commondities and one is pretty much the same as another
>>if they have the same CCA and AmpHour specs. There are
>>really only 2 or 3 companies that actually make lead-acid
>>batteries and the technology is pretty much as mature
>>as it gets.
>
> Understood. It says the Exide made the Walmart battery
> I bought. Well Exide distributed it anyway
>
>>I know there will be a bunch of people in here claiming
>>this brand or that is far superior. I don't buy it. They
>>all last about 5 or 6 years, with some exceptions, and
>>the cheapest you can buy (assuming same specs) will work
>>the same and last as long as the most expensive.
>
> I cant seem to get any more than 3 years out of a
> battery now days!
We got more than that out of Sears batteries, and last time I was pleasantly
surprised at the amount of credit I received on the new battery.
--
Cheers,
Bev
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Little Mary took her skis upon the snow to frisk.
Wasn't she a silly girl her little * ?
Posted by Dave L on July 23, 2007, 9:42 pm
> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>> We got more than that out of Sears batteries, and last time I was
>> pleasantly surprised at the amount of credit I received on the new
>> battery.
>>
> I'm on my 6th year with my Sears Diehard. I'm guessing this winter will
> be time. Made it through last winter with zero problems.
I've also had good luck with Sears Diehard batteries. Consumer Reports does
a test from time to time on car batteries. I can't remember which one rated
the highest, but the Diehard is normally decent.
Also Sears do not make their own batteries. I read somewhere before that
their batteries used to be made by Johnson Control and worked great. When
they switched to Exide the quality dropped until they went back to Johnson
Control to make the Diehards. Then again it was at least several years ago
I read this...
-Dave
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> Walmart cause it was an emergency (no time to shop
> around).
> Are their batteries any good?
> What brand/model car battery IS good?