gregnash
Anal Retentive Analyst
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Lated.... I'm with you. Doesn't $85 for mine and its great. What's with the $200 give or take battery?
Well batteries are just like anything you buy, you get what you pay for. So buying a cheap, no name battery will more than likely result in it leaving you hanging when you need it most.
My dad taught me that when it comes to most things in life, paying the extra money for a top quality product is well worth it in the long run. For us that means brakes, oil, batteries, tires, etc. because those really are the things you should not skimp on.
Enersys has been proven to be a top quality producer of batteries, they last thousand of hours, have a good company backing and have top quality control methodologies. To me, that paying $220+ for a battery that I know I will be able to rely on for probably at least a decade is well worth the money (rationed out to $22/yr) vs. purchasing a Rayovac or Duralast battery that MAY last me that long but if it did it would be more the exception than the rule.
Then add on it that I live in adverse conditions (can get as cold as 0*F here in the winter on cold years with averages in the low teens to twenties and then averages in the 90s in the summer with the odd hot summer where we hit 100+*F) these are made to take that kind of abuse in stride. I doubt your cheap battery would last more than a few years with abuse like that. Then add to that the guys that live way north and hit the NEGATIVE degrees in the winter and their DH Plats still fire just like they were brand new.
Again, it is all perspective. I research the F*^& (as my wife says) out of everything to ensure that I am spending my money well so this was a no brainer to me (along with Interstate Batteries, no longer Optima though).