mr_adaya

Duralast gold or super start extreme?

Something that's great for maybe letting it sit for a week or 2 in the winter, plus accessories.

No price differences but what's more recommended from you guys?

bufmatmuslepants

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Walmart max 5 year whatever that thing is for $89, lasted me 8 years of neglect and racing and I had money left over for beer.

96capricemgr

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Pick a retailer you like with hassle free warranty. There are a LOT of brands an I think 3 or fewer mfg.

Shownomercy

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I have a advanced auto gold or whatever, and its lived through me abusing the crap out of it.

bufmatmuslepants

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I abused the **** out of that 5 year Walmart battery in the Camaro. I bought it in 07, and when we would go tailgating Mountaineer games I would pull the camaro battery, drive the K10 to the PIT, mount some huge house speakers to the K10 stereo, put in the Camaro battery, blast music for 2-3 hours until the camaro battery was dead, go into the game, come out and swap batteries, go home, then have Autozone quick charge the Camaro battery. It took about 6 of those complete deep cycle drains and horrible Autozone charges that year, then was a weekend/month/few month driver, never disconnected the battery. It would be dead sometimes after sitting a few months, I would charge it, and it made it 8 years before I had to replace it. And its about $30 cheaper than anywhere else.

mr_adaya

Fasho bro thanks I might just go with your recommendation

Dirty_Bird

Walmart battery ftw, couple year warrenty and they take it back no reciept now and no question asked

350 groundpounder

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I use 2 AA batteries taped together for weight savings. +1 on walmart batteries, they do a great job and they aren't $200 which is ridicules for a battery.

bufmatmuslepants

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As long as you don't pull the date sticker off.

96capricemgr

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In the past I had GREAT results with the WalMart battery, last winter when I went to buy one for my truck all the reviews were that their quality had gone downhill. That is not to say don't buy from them, like I said buy from a convenient retailer with easy warranty. Quality spoecs change all the time and jus because one brand was great or junk 8+ years ago means little today.

Shownomercy

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You guys realize there are prob less than ten major battery makers and various companies mark them as their own?

L92 OLDS

Johnson Controls is the largest battery manufacturer in the world. At the moment, they make Walmart batteries and many of the other well recognized brands like Interstate, Optima, Varta, etc.

95_TA_USMC

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The red top optima with the dual post arrangement and 1000 cr.amps has been great for me.

96capricemgr

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Couple years ago Optima went to complete garbage, friend who swore by them forever gave up after 3 bad ones in under 2 years across multiple vehicles.

As covered by at least 3 of us there are few manufacturers there will still be quality options within a manufacturer and that the retailer markets it as might not indicate anything about quality. So like I said pick a retailer you like........

Dirty_Bird

89 dollars for walmart vs what 115 for autoparts store?

warriorcustoms

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For the last 6yrs My Optima red top has been great... But after hearing internet horror stories about em I will prolly get an Interstate AGM battery next... I always measure the battery box & get the Biggest battery that will fit with the Most CCAs for that size... I like AGM batteries because they dont leak & sweat like regular lead acid ones & after stripping the Rust from parts then painting all the parts I dont wanna do it again in the next few years lol

VoyagerCamaro

Find local battery recycling centers and get a blem. Got mine from a place called southern battery, 35$ because both terminal colors were black. Been going strong for two years... I remember on summer nights i would take the t-tops off and me and my girlfriend would go down gravel/dirt roads park off the side and just leave the key on for the radio to play and we'd always chill out listen to music and eat some takeout. Battery is still kicking ***... 35 bucks I can't complain

SS RRR

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yep. **** optima. my first one i bought in 1997 lasted 7 or 8 years with multple times of being completely drained. bought another one and two years later, wouldn't hold a charge afer a week of not being run.

AdsoYo

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Just checked my local Walmart and they have 3 options. 550cca 1 year warranty $50, 600cca 2 year warranty $80, 700cca 5 year warranty $90. All are about 35lbs. O'Reilly and Autozone both charge $30 more in each category. My Optima red top from 2009 has 800cca and weighs about 40lbs. I've drained that thing a couple times and it's still doing alright.

Dirty_Bird

My walmart one was 89 plus tax i believe. Bigger cca because why not