What battery do you recommend?
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My next battery will be an Odyssey.
Remember when Optima was good becore the company was bought out? The guy who started Optima left and started Odyssey batteries.
Remember when Optima was good becore the company was bought out? The guy who started Optima left and started Odyssey batteries.
I've had no less than 3 optima's, all with sub par results, both yellow & red top's. I switched to Odyssey...
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I use to run Optimas Red Tops in all my cars which lasted me about 10 years. They were great before they sold to another company. Ever since then their quality has dropped drastically. I stopped buying Optimas about 6 years ago.
Recently I needed a battery for my FJ. I looked at the Diehard marine batteries by sears, the X2 power by batteries+, and a few other AGM batteries. I purchased the store brand Auto Craft AGM H7 battery from Advanced Auto Parts. It has a good warranty and they usually have an online special going for $25 off car batteries you can use to save a bit of money. This battery hasnt let me down. I left my headlights on once for about 10hrs. I thought that certainly I was going to have a dead battery. Believe it or not the FJ started right up. I highly recommend this line of batteries if you are in the market for one. It's powerful and considerably cheaper than the others mentioned. Plus if it does faill, Advanced Auto Parts is just right around the corner from wherever you just might be. I've had mine for two winters now and it's still running flawlessly.
As I was saying, they are running a promotion online. You should be able to choose in-store pickup.
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Recently I needed a battery for my FJ. I looked at the Diehard marine batteries by sears, the X2 power by batteries+, and a few other AGM batteries. I purchased the store brand Auto Craft AGM H7 battery from Advanced Auto Parts. It has a good warranty and they usually have an online special going for $25 off car batteries you can use to save a bit of money. This battery hasnt let me down. I left my headlights on once for about 10hrs. I thought that certainly I was going to have a dead battery. Believe it or not the FJ started right up. I highly recommend this line of batteries if you are in the market for one. It's powerful and considerably cheaper than the others mentioned. Plus if it does faill, Advanced Auto Parts is just right around the corner from wherever you just might be. I've had mine for two winters now and it's still running flawlessly.
As I was saying, they are running a promotion online. You should be able to choose in-store pickup.
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I've got a 07 2500HD Silverado. Like the OG OB Michael, I've got a X2Power that I've had about 5 years. My truck does a fair amount of sitting because I'm often riding. Never had an issue with it. Plus massive 880 CCA, 60 month warranty, and batteries plus is running some specials.
https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/car-and-truck/chevrolet/silverado-2500-hd/2006/v8-6.0l-600cca
https://www.batteriesplus.com/battery/car-and-truck/chevrolet/silverado-2500-hd/2006/v8-6.0l-600cca
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I have run one Optima Yellow top for 7 years with no issues, and another Yellow Top for 4 years. Both were sold with the vehicles. I have had no issues.
I am now running the X2 in my 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon for 2 years and no issues. One cool thing to note, In the Wrangler there are spacer blocks in the tray. These do not bolt down they just act as shims to keep the factory sized battery in place. I went up in size in the battery. I end up getting more power out of the battery ( almost 150 more CCA and I think another 45 min of reserve - This is an estimate) and it is a perfect fit in the stock tray. No need for the plastic shims.
I am now running the X2 in my 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon for 2 years and no issues. One cool thing to note, In the Wrangler there are spacer blocks in the tray. These do not bolt down they just act as shims to keep the factory sized battery in place. I went up in size in the battery. I end up getting more power out of the battery ( almost 150 more CCA and I think another 45 min of reserve - This is an estimate) and it is a perfect fit in the stock tray. No need for the plastic shims.
