Battery recommendations ?

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Thu Aug 01, 13 9:22 am

Anyone got anything they particularly love ?

Doesnt need to be authentic looking (dont care!) so no £500-period-correct-reproduction-yellow-endcapped specials needed...

My existing battery is a small, halfords brand, 10 year old. Done very well. Want something with more grunt. Size obviously not a problem - battery tray big enough.

Anyone bought anything they particularly like ? Or dislike ? Or had blow up/melt etc etc... ?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Aug 01, 13 9:34 am

Optima Yellow Top.

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Thu Aug 01, 13 10:00 am

I've had a Bosch battery in my chally for over a decade and it works bootiful, starts after lengthy periods no sweat, can't remember the last time I had to connect a starter to it

charger01 · Post by **charger01** » Thu Aug 01, 13 10:08 am

One off a transit diesel.

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu Aug 01, 13 10:10 am

I got a cheap and cheerful local motor spares special 7 years ago, works a treat, 70aH, the secret is to keep it topped up with a battery conditioner

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Aug 01, 13 10:26 am

A big Bananarama! off diesel battery that can be shoe-horned into the tray.

Some companys are offering "Lifetime that you own the vehicle" warrenties and register the battery to a car. Might be worth doing that....

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Thu Aug 01, 13 10:28 am

Optima Yellow or Red Top... on the right hand rear side as you look in the boot

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Aug 01, 13 11:04 am

Dave wrote:Optima Yellow Top.

yep used them very good

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Thu Aug 01, 13 11:19 am

Yellotop 55Ah 650cca ~£200
Redtop 50Ah 800cca ~£150
Bosch110 80Ah 720cca ~£110

Bosch is enormous, but I have room and the price is more attractive. Yellow top looks great though

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Aug 01, 13 11:25 am

we use to run yellow top in sound cars 5x battery's loads of music

they use spiral cells so you can run them total flat and then recharge great for music cars at shows.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Thu Aug 01, 13 12:54 pm

http://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/4x4-ba ... r-battery/

This is the one on my Charger and once you remove all the stickers it is plain black and looks good.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Tue Aug 06, 13 1:19 pm

Thread conclusion - Thanks to all (as always) for the input.

In the end our winner was dr.Worman. The combination of local availability, massive capacity, brand and middle-road-price won out.

( Yellowtop definately won on 'looks great' !

)

Anyway - thanks to all.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Tue Aug 06, 13 2:24 pm

could of got you an Optima from Apsley motor spares in Hemel

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Tue Aug 06, 13 4:26 pm

When this one goes bang at 4yrs 1 day I'll call ya !

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Tue Aug 06, 13 5:02 pm

Yeah I know built in failure one day after guarantee