Odyssey 31PC 2150 is largest that will fit in stock location. Can’t beat it. Had one sitting in truck not run for 6mo, still at 12.2v. Has never failed.
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Thermal runaway doesn’t put you off?
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Not put me off but it has made me not exactly pull the trigger.
FWIW, I found this interesting since it was brought up:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/395/1/012013/pdf
I guess we could just put the battery in the fridge...
Odyssey PC1500. Fits properly in the OEM tray and can take a beating.
I'm 36 months into it now. No complaints. Single battery system, M12K that gets used, yadda yadda yadda.
I'm 36 months into it now. No complaints. Single battery system, M12K that gets used, yadda yadda yadda.
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I've run multiple AGM batteries including Optima, Exide and other brands in multiple vehicles including my boat . First Optima gave me 7 years of service. Since then it is more like 3 years and not worth the cost. I've had much better life with the standard lead acid Interstate batteries purchased at Costco for a much lower overall cost.
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All batteries die, shop by who gives the best service locally, price, warranty. Most of the rigs I wheel with run $25 group 27 "blems" from the local Interstate Store.
Agree with Tools. Go with a retailer with wide area of coverage and a lot of locations.
Costco/Kirkland is a rebadged black box interstate.
Toyota true start is the exact same rebadged battery as Costco..
Toyota true start is the exact same rebadged battery as Costco..
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True, but anything from the Toyota dealer would be far superior! The local warehouse has a wall of cubbyholes with different stickers that they apply to black case batteries before delivery.
Kind of like my brake booster. Red box. What’s this? A Bosch sticker on it?
I’ve worked for Interstate for 7 years, can’t tell you how many I’ve stickered up and delivered
Costco no longer rebrands Interstate batteries. They now sell Interstate branded batteries. And I'm not sure having the same company make batteries under different labels means they are the same battery. May be or may not be.
That being said, I've had great success with Interstate batteries and the fact Costco sells them makes it an easy sell for me.
They are the same battery. Each interstate distributor has a section in their warehouse full of blank black box batteries and stickers for most of the dealerships. Same battery. Different stickers.
Good to know. I have to assume that Toyota wants more money for their battery than Costco does.
They all fail, some quicker than others. My friendly neighborhood NAPA has been great and in if a battery fails even install the size 31's. I have had very bad luck with Optima, ok luck with Costco (one hour drive and no installation) and better luck with NAPA. Go the easiest route.
their pretty much the same price, we sell the true 2 for 99 installed and a trustart for 119. the difference between the batteries is mainly the warrantee, truestart is longer warrantee
