Battery Recommendations

[fastfreddygassit]

Aftermarket cheapo batteries are definitely built with planned obsolescence and the 2 and 3yr batteries die pretty much on schedule.

I take it this is only your opinion/poor reasoning and not fact, just as long as we all recognise it as such.
I only mention this as in my previous employment I was a sme and greenbelt in numerous lss (lean6sigma) projects and you become conditioned to question statements that purport to be factual but are actually fallacies. Especially when they become a roadblock to continuous improvement.
Of course you are very welcome to provide evidence to support your statement of "definitely built with planned obsolescence and the 2 and 3yr batteries die pretty much on schedule".
Maybe the quotes from the RACV mag you refer to?

The beauty of this thread is that we have a range of personal experience/feedback on a number of battery options ranging from (super)cheap to FullRiver AGM (which I have used) to Odyssey, Optima and OEM.
Perhaps from this we can separate fact from misconceptions.

[Steampunk]

Aftermarket cheapo batteries are definitely built with planned obsolescence and the 2 and 3yr batteries die pretty much on schedule.

I take it this is only your opinion/poor reasoning and not fact, just as long as we all recognise it as such.

Morlock you are a broken record, recorded by a 12 year-old.

Old enough to have some semblance of validity, but not mature enough to accept what is cold-hard fact.

Bigdog mentioned his "cheapo" battery has gone strong 6years plus, mine in my old MX-5 almost as long, current one in Pulsar is close to 2.5 years and cranks like first day installation.

Now if you paid attention to the above sentence, explain to me why my Odyssey lasted 1.5 years and cost me around $400, and convince us as to why we should spend more than double for a battery that can still fail within a few years?

Keep in mind that the cheapo has a 3 years warranty so even IF it fails you can get another one, and the Odyssey only had a 1 year warranty.

Also, please enlighten us with YOUR FIRST HAND experience with cheapo and expensive batteries. Try to keep references within the last couple of centuries please, nothing steam-powered or involving Tesla coils ok?

I usually ignore your comments because you are SSDD (same sh#t different day) and it's pretty much like talking to a brick wall, but I currently have my keyboard warrior hat on.

[MrRevhead]

Possible prize for next dodgy day:

[mrpham]

I picked up a AC Delco battery today for $71.50. It's the equivalent to the Supercharge MF43, same dimensions and specs.

It's definitely a calcium battery because it has it written in big letters, and it has a vent hole.

Part no. 22NF-330D

[Aussie Stig]

I picked up a AC Delco battery today for $71.50. It's the equivalent to the Supercharge MF43, same dimensions and specs.

It's definitely a calcium battery because it has it written in big letters, and it has a vent hole.

Part no. 22NF-330D

I have just been quoted $100 in Perth, Challenge Batteries, it is the best option so far. No maintenance and 2yrs warrantee, I can live with that. RACWA was way in excess of $200

[wun911]

I had the oem battery for about 8 or so years was still good but I was obsessed with wait.
I've had a 7 kg odyssey battery for about three years or so, it's still good, was easy to fit in stock battery holder.
When this one dies I will move to something lighter like some AAAs

[Steampunk]

When this one dies I will move to something lighter like some AAAs

Shame, shame, shame.
You're really losing the plot now.
23A battery, 1/4 the size of AAA, and they are 12V.

[Silvia]

Just back from 5 weeks in Greek islands and the 2002 NB didn't start - tried and clicked but no. Jump started easily and seems ok now. Original battery is 11 years old too. Should I be looking at a new battery and would the Full River HC20 from Battery World be the go with some wood work to make up for smaller size?

[Caffeine]

Just back from 5 weeks in Greek islands and the 2002 NB didn't start - tried and clicked but no. Jump started easily and seems ok now. Original battery is 11 years old too. Should I be looking at a new battery and would the Full River HC20 from Battery World be the go with some wood work to make up for smaller size?

That's pretty much exactly the path I went down.

The car is still starting perfectly now, a few months later.

[93_Clubman]

Should I be looking at a new battery?

If the MX5 is a second car you could trickle recharge the battery & get a bit more life out of it, but you may find now that it's been completely flattened that it takes less elapsed time without use to flatten the battery.

[manga_blue]

Caff, your car is just sulking because you left it at home. It might be fine again after a few runs.

I really recommended the HC20 for NAs because its small size makes such a big difference to what you can fit in an NA boot. I think the battery space in an NB is much less intrusive, isn't it? In any case the Fullriver HC20 is fine for a daily driver or if you use a trickle charger to keep it topped up. There's not really much in reserve though and mine is noticeably slower cranking with the HC20 if I leave the car for more than a couple of weeks.

[Silvia]

I have emailed Batteries World to ask about the suitability of this battery and they have just replied that this model is their recommendation for MX5

http://www.batteriesdirect.com.au/shop/ ... amu1r.html

$245 though

[Caffeine]

Caff, your car is just sulking because you left it at home. It might be fine again after a few runs.

???

The car is running great, the battery works extremely well ~6 months after install.

[manga_blue]

Caff, your car is just sulking because you left it at home. It might be fine again after a few runs.

???

The car is running great, the battery works extremely well ~6 months after install.

Sorry, that post was meant for Silvia.

[Caffeine]

Sorry, that post was meant for Silvia.

That makes more sense