My battery experience is just as anecdotal but having lived 27+ years right next door to Texas, I don't think our climates are different enough to explain 40% different battery life. Our average highs and lows are only 4 degrees apart.
Which battery to go with?
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My battery experience is just as anecdotal but having lived 27+ years right next door to Texas, I don't think our climates are different enough to explain 40% different battery life. Our average highs and lows are only 4 degrees apart.
Guess so! Hey, we don't have to worry about not having enough water, either!
Yep, never have to worry about enough water, salt, or rust, ya'll got oodles of each.
I second that. It’s mind boggling the bolts and rust and cutting, dam.
I feel bad every time @Jerry Bransford posts about PB Blaster being worthless, my TJ rust is so lacking PB actually works…which probably means I didn’t need it, ha. I’m not jealous of the salt or rust that’s fo Sho!
The only reason I don't post is Jerry gets there first and I do have some level of optimism that I will find something it is good for. WD is a great solvent for cleaning stuff so PB has to be good for something besides melting Styrofoam cups.
The shit sold by Harbor Freight always works well. Until it doesn't.
Whether that will be the same day or the next year is the bet one makes in exchange for lower cost.
Odd bunch them. My packing guy picked up a HF bag sealer at an estate sale and tossed it under the packing bench. The anti stick strip over the heating element finally wore through on my good bag sealer after a couple of years of use and 1000's upon 1000's of bags sealed. I misplaced the spare covers and elements so I drug the HF model out and got it going. It works perfectly, it does just as good as my high dollar version.
Then about a month in and about a 1000 bags sealed, the anti-stick strip died. Fetch up the spare they included in the box and swapped that on. Works like new but now I know it will need 20-30 of those to deliver the same service as the good one and that is worse than it sounds. The HF is an 18" sealer and my other is a 12". I stagger the sealing back and forth along the strip to not wear out a single spot. That means the HF should have lasted a lot longer.
Woa !!! Batteries have 7 year lifespan ???
Mine have never lasted more than 4 years in any car i have owned, and its mostly 3 years and some change. I have lived in FL, TX and CA.
I thought that 5 years is their life span, so 4 is almost 5, give or take some environment variables, and my experience is almost inline with expectation.
Those of you only getting 3-4 years out of a battery...what batteries are you buying and what is the length of the prorated warranty on them?
I know mine are lasting 7+ because I always buy them with a 7-8 year prorated warranty and I've never had one die with any warranty left.
I know mine are lasting 7+ because I always buy them with a 7-8 year prorated warranty and I've never had one die with any warranty left.
In a 2016 Chevy Silverado 1/2 ton with 173,000 miles 6.2l. The trucks on its third battery. Whatever the factory battery brand was I don’t remember, but I know it was an AGM. First time I ever bought an AGM to replace it is why I remember it was an AGM. Replaced with an approximately $220-$240 Napa Legend Premium AGM (manufactured by East Penn) that lasted approximately 3 1/2 years. Warranty expired after 3 years. Go figure! Replaced it earlier this year after it died with an X2 power in hopes of seeing a battery make it 5 years. It cost ~ $320. So much electronically controlled in modern vehicles is why I assume they don’t last as long as they should. Live in B’ham, AL area.
The linked O'Reilly Super Start Platinum AGM Group 34/78 battery is manufactured by Deka/East Penn, is also known as the Deka Intimidator, and is the identical Deka/East Penn battery as the NAPA Legend AGM and the Autozone Duralast Platinum AGM. (The "Diehard" Platinum AGM group 34 battery available from Advance Auto Parts and other sources is currently manufactured by Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls, and is no longer an Odyssey in disguise.)
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...m-battery-group-size-34-78/ssbq/3478plt?pos=1
At $250-ish, this Deka/East Penn battery with whatever label is less expensive than the Odyssey/Northstar price point of $385-ish and addresses the two primary reasons advanced for running AGM batteries in jeeps: (1) no acid leak in a rollover, and (2) better resistance to shock and vibration than flooded lead acid batteries.
From a 2019 post on this forum:
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/whats-the-best-agm-battery-to-buy.19077/#post-309592
Unless something changes in the marketplace between now and then, the next battery for my LJ will most likely be the Deka/East Penn AGM. Which vendor will likely be determined by a combination of availability, warranty, ease of warranty claims, and price.
Thanks. I just ordered the Duracell-labeled version. I chose to get it from Batteries Plus, because they offered a 4-year warranty while everyone else I could find only offered three. They also offered 10% off for ordering it online, so they could harvest my name, address, phone number, email and DNA sample.
Duracell Ultra Platinum AGM
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This doesn't really prove anything but I have a 13 year old Optima yellow top in my Kubota L2350DT. I probably need to replace it but I'm wondering how long it will last.
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Will probably put my old yellow top in my old tractor also to see how long it will last.