This battery has lower CCA and RC rating than many starting batteries around 100 dollars, which also have three-year free replacement. What makes it deserve the money and good rating?
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If you want a lightweight starting battery then look elsewhere. If you want a heavy duty battery that can be rundown and recharged successfully, then this is the battery. It is far better than Optima in my opinion, having had 2 Optima Red Tops fail. I moved to a new residence last year, the car using this battery sat unstarted for 6 months (unheated garage) and it started up on first turn of the key last weekend. I wish it weighed less, but it's the best I've found so far. Shop around, compare; there could be a battery out there that suits your purpose better.
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I really wanted this battery because it it sealed and goes in the cabin of my VW bug. No corrosion or breathing fumes.
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QUALITY you get what you pay for this battery carries a mil spec rating you JACKWAGON see you on the side of the freeway LOL
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They rate their CCA differently. Research how they do it. The battery is lighter and has a longer service life. Odyssey batteries are the cream of the crop. If you really study what makes their batteries different, you'll see why they cost more (virgin lead plates, etc).
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I put this battery in my 911 9 years ago mainly to save weight. To my surprise I am still using the same battery today.
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This battery is rated at 2.6Ah. Mike V has already given a comprehensive reply. Ajax
248394
idk. probably none. i think this is just a made in china battery that is sold on amazon. but in any case, it has and still runs good for me. I've accidentally let it drain a few times in the past two years but still holds a good amount of charge. i'd recommend buying it if u need a battery.
1993804
I grabbed the battery out of my riding lawnmower, it wouldn't start the mower last time but I had charged it up since then. Took the thrower out with that battery and brought along jumper cables just in case. We threw over 250 birds and the battery seemed just as good at the end as it did at the beginning. I suspect a big ole deep cycle marine battery would run the thing all day and all night. I prefer the mower battery because it's much smaller and lighter than a deep cycle marine or RV battery. (and WAY less expensive!!)
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Do you mean 10 years? My Mom had her original for years and I think she somehow wore it down early. But it was still years. This puppy is working great so far. And at this price the battery is essentially free. :-)She was having reception/dropped calls issues. Her house is on a mountain. She said she thinks the connection is getting sketchier because of the battery not holding as much of a charge. I said I don't think so. Well we got this replacement battery and the call reliability seems a lot better. Go figure.
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Good luck getting a straight answer from the seller on this. I can tell you that I recently bought one of these and it was a really solid improvement over my old battery. Tough to compare because it's been 2.5 years since my original battery was new, but I don't think the new replacement is quite as good as the original when it was new.
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The battery I received is still working great. It clips is pretty well, is snug and seems to be doing exactly what it's supposed to, and I have had it almost a year now. I have no idea how their warranty policy works since the battery has not broken.
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Hello Kristin, We can't speak for other sellers of this product, but if you purchase from Battery Supersite, we ship the higher capacity version of this battery which IS sealed (non-spillable) lead acid and 100% rechargeable. It has the same 12v output as the 12v 4.0ah, but is rated at a higher capacity. The capacity is listed as the "ah" rating, or amp hour rating. The amp hour rating is simply just the capacity of the battery and how much reserve power it can store. It's like the gas tank in a car; the larger the gas tank, the longer it can run. We always search the market for high quality batteries that will have a higher capacity but keep the output the same. The important thing to check is the voltage as the voltage should always be the same (ie. a 12v cannot be used where a 6 volt was used). A good example of this is the 4ah and 4.5ah battery. Nearly every battery manufacturer has updated this size battery to the 5 amp hour battery which will provide up to 20% longer runtime than the previous capacity battery. Feel free to contact us with any questions. Battery Supersite "The Amazon Battery Experts"
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No - It's extra - and the manual says it should be a 500 CCA battery but my distributor only had 450 CCA batteries which of course they said would be "just fine". As it was tough to find Group 51 Batteries - I felt I had no choice but to fork out the $115 for a below specification battery. Of course the day after I installed it I found one Cheaper ($99 + tax) , 50 more CCA at the 500 CCA rating Specified by Kohler , Longer Warrantee ( 3yrs vs 1 yr ) AND it's at Walmart. MAXX Group 51 500 CCA . Nuff said!!
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The battery is good qualiry and holds charge. My concern is that it would have a short life, but that was not the case.
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Based on the reviews posted here, it would seem that some of these batteries are good and some are not. If I were you. I'd return it.
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If you want a cheap battery and you don't care that the charge doesn't last very long, then this is a great deal. This battery gets hot which is one of the indicators that this battery is going to have problems. It will recharge fully, but it runs down quickly and only will last for about an hour and a half at the most. The battery shows fail every time that I have had run diagnostics on it from Apple. I have since bought a better quality battery, granted I paid 3Xs the cost, but it lasts three and a half hours on average and it doesn't get as hot and has already lasted longer than the one I bought in June of this year. If you want a cheap battery and you don't care that the charge doesn't last very long, then this is a great deal. This battery gets hot which is one of the indicators that this battery is going to have problems. It will recharge fully, but it runs down quickly and only will last for about an hour and a half at the most. The battery shows fail every time that I have had run diagnostics on it from Apple. I have since bought a better quality battery, granted I paid 3Xs the cost, but it lasts three and a half hours on average and it doesn't get as hot and has already lasted longer than the one... » Read More If you want a cheap battery and you don't care that the charge doesn't last very long, then this is a great deal. This battery gets hot which is one of the indicators that this battery is going to have problems. It will recharge fully, but it runs down quickly and only will last for about an hour and a half at the most. The battery shows fail every time that I have had run diagnostics on it from Apple. I have since bought a better quality battery, granted I paid 3Xs the cost, but it lasts three and a half hours on average and it doesn't get as hot and has already lasted longer than the one I bought in June of this year. « Show Less
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Hi Grant! I don't have quantitative data, unfortunately, and I could find no numbers on the Web. We've found the life of these batteries (between charges) to be acceptable for our uses. We're not pros, so we don't go out for extended time periods and burn the batteries all the way down. We've not been caught short or in need of a charge by these items, under our use conditions. Sorry I don't have better info; all we can say is we've used them for a short while and noticed no operational difference from OEM units in our hands.
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I haven't had mine long enough to tell but anecdotal observations indicate that the batteries/unit seem to follow the "standard" Lithium discharge rate of 5-10% a month. Wikipedia and Google can lead you to more "in depth" analysis if you want......I find it helpful to just think of it as a big cell phone battery (can I leave my cell phone off for a month and turn it on etc). The key to storage is temperature (cooler is better then warm), you really start to digress into the more "in depth" stuff as soon as you ask the question :0 Sorry if that is not specific enough I tried to explain "it depends". Overall I have found the unit/device to be of high quality and am unsure as to what an $80 10400mah battery would offer over this one. There very well may be nuance's but for the average and above average user you won't be able to tell the difference.
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I dont remember. So far I am very happy with this battery. I bought it about 2 months ago and have had no issues with it. It fits perfectly, it arrived on time and is otherwise working very well. It was cheap enough that by the time you were to pay for shipping to return it and get it returned to you, you would likely be just as well buying a new one. The most important thing is to make sure you recycle it properly!
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The description states that the cells are made in Japan is all. If this is true then they should be quality cells. Also lithium batteries last nearly forever if they are stored at about 40% of charge. It is the number charge/discharge cycles which slowly shorten it's life. Also don't believe the mah rating. After market manufacturers simply lie about a battery's capacity because who is going to pay to do the testing and hire the lawyers to challenge them. If a lithium battery is about the same size, weight and price it is about the same capacity.
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I Believe CA and CCA are equivalent. The BA5 tester I purchased performs well, I borrowed a friend's very expensive professional battery tester and the BA5 returned almost identical results on several batteries.