Car Battery Choice

fizzypop

Need a new battery for my Renault 1.5 diesel. Can anyone recommend a good battery? Is it worth going for a more expensive Varta or Bosch, or a rebadged item such as Alphaline or Numax. About 65amp/hr would be the capacity.
Merry Xmas to all.

DaveMacD

Depends on what kind of price you are getting quoted, but my personal feeling is that it is usually better to pay a bit extra for a better one like Varta or Bosch.

CGG

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cyclonebri1

Get the cheapest one with the best waranty, probably 5 years. Remember that often a manf offers batterries with either a 3 year or a 5 year waranty. These are simply the same but rebadged battery, you are simply paying for an extended waranty that in say 95% of cases would be unneccessary. So that advice totally contradicts itself ;), depends if you like a gamble:rotfl:

chrisw

If you have a Costco handy, the Bosch silver batteries cost around the same as the cheapies and I've found them excellent on my daughters car which is only used for a couple of miles every 2 weeks or so.

ohreally

Bosch Silvers are exellent batteries.

wobbley

If you want the best - Exide Maxxima 900 they 'aint cheap but they'll never let you down.

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fizzypop wrote: »

Need a new battery for my Renault 1.5 diesel. Can anyone recommend a good battery? Is it worth going for a more expensive Varta or Bosch, or a rebadged item such as Alphaline or Numax. About 65amp/hr would be the capacity.
Merry Xmas to all.

banner batteries are good their sealed units have 2x pos connections and 2x neg conections can be mounted upside down if required and applications are vast.