alcazar

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yuasa-12v-...item339ab85227

These are almost £100 at Halfords, their top of the range.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Su...c91a216&000020

From European car parts. THEIR top of the range.

Both 65Ah, the Yuasa is 550Amp, the Exide 580.
Yuasa guaranteed five years, Exide four.

At £60 delivered the Yuasa looks a steal..........

looks like a new battery and decent trickle charger, see other thread.

Pramas

The Yuasa looks decent priced, ive just bought a Optima Red Top for £129 which is a great battery and if the halfords is £100 its not much more expensive either

alcazar

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What's so good about the Optima ones? They are very dear, but only 50Ah and with only a two year guarantee?

Aaron1978

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I've got this one, apparently made by Yuasa for Halfords.

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bul...guarantee#tab3

alcazar

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That was another choice.
But if I can REALLY get the one £20 dearer than that, with better specs, for £20 LESS.......No brainer?

Pramas

Different internal structure, personally i dont use the car all that much and it is somtimes in the garage for a couple weeks at a time, the Optima i found tend to hold their charge very well and car started 1st time everytime.
They also tend to have a very high CCA at 730 and whilst this is by far the most important thing for a battery ive found them to be very reliable and used one for around 3-4 years in the old car before i sold it
Having said that you could buy 2 of the Yuasa for the price of an Optima, so you could buy 1 and when it runs out buy another and be in the same position

Aaron1978

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Yeah I'd agree, I just bought that one as I wanted straight away. Also it's easier to take back if there are any problems. It was convenience really but it got really good reviews.

phsyo

The Yuasa Silver batteries are excellent - The engine turns over very quickly even in cold weather and when the car isn't used much.

Phsyo

jaygsi

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Is this for your impreza?

The Trooper 1815

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The equivalent Bosch Silver (5 years) is only £65 in COSTCO with VAT included.

jaygsi

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I was just about to recommend Bosch lol

My impreza has been in garage for 3 months with alarm system on, only just gone flat, that's not bad at all.

b3nmw

I bought a silver bosch one from euro car parts, 4 year guarantee, £65.

alcazar

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Yes it is. Been SORN since last may, battery gone flat

And yes, the Bosch top one only has 4 year guarantee, as does the top Exide.

Steve001

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Here ya go
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Autosessive...ttery+&submit=

ben.harris

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I'm also in the market for a new battery, as mine's getting a bit sluggish starting in the cold weather, so another option to add to your list:

CarParts4Less (owned by the same group as EuroCarParts but always cheaper!) also have the Exide Premium available for £74.99 delivered. They also have a £10 off any orders over £75 code at the moment, which seems to work with the £74.99 even though it's 1p out, bringing it down to £64.99 delivered.

[EDIT] - Just realised I forgot to include the £10 off code - CP10LESS

So:

Exide Premium 005:
Price: £64.99
Amp Hours: (Ah): 65Ah
Cold Cranking Amp: (CCA): 580CCA
Guarantee: 4 Years

Yuasa Silver YBX5005
Price: £60.00
Amp Hours: (Ah): 65Ah
Cold Cranking Amp: (CCA): 550CCA
Guarantee: 5 Years

I think I'm tempted by the Exide, for the extra CCA for £5 more...

Steve001

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So no one has looked at my link?
£53.95 free delivery!

alcazar

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Yeah, but for the Yuasa 3000, not the 5000 I've been looking at?

I think I'll go for the Yuasa, five years guarantee.

Steve001

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My bad

stamina_daddy

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I bought the varta d47.
can find for less than 60 delivered.

alcazar

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Only 60Ah......

Dibbles00

While ZEN Performance had my car, they fitted a new battery as every morning it would be totally dead. I remember Paul and Ren telling me that they were very good batteries. It's never failed once and it's been fitted for ages now. Just another thought for you.

It is a Banner battery.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=-3fSVNGIDZHUauqqgqAC&url=http://www.bannerbatterien.com/banner/files/FolderPowerBullGB.pdf&ved=0CDYQFjAI&usg=AFQjCNG9Qx itrmwmrF-87BTWeiev5WI_Pg&sig2=pILReyj96GesPqLR55pGyw

alcazar

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Looks good...but should at £101.42.......

And I can't find any mention of length of guarantee......

Found one at £149........four year guarantee.

I can have two and a half Yuasa batteries for that

And it's just the Calcium technology too, same as Exide and Yuasa.

Flat4x4-again

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Correct - £58 bargain for the quality / performance. 4 year warranty

urban

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I'd go with Varta

Dibbles00

Wow! I never even looked at the price of it as it was all thrown into the same invoice. Hopefully at that price it will last for a long time.
If I was buying the battery myself I probably would have gone for Bosch as that is a well known brand. I'd never even heard of Banner before, but now that I have I sometimes see their articulated lorries on our motorways.

Flat4x4-again

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Varta = OEM battery suppliers to Volkswagen Group

jaygsi

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Why don't you just recharge the battery you have?

alcazar

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LOL.

1. My old charger gave up the ghost recently, so I need a new one.

2. The present battery is almost certainly fekked, it's not young, being the latest of two batteries on a nearly 17 year old car, plus it's probably deeply discharged now.

3. These modern chargers won't even "see" it under 4V apparently, which would mean adding a cheapo charger to my bill to get it to a voltage where the trickle charger could see it, then swapping to the trickle charger.....and it might refuse to hold charge anyway

ben.harris

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I ordered the Exide Premium last night, but just thought you might like to know that whilst looking for a new catalyic converter for my brother's Lupo (which has just failed it's MOT badly on emissions), I came across the Yuasa Silver YBX5005 for £56.16 delivered from https://www.buypartsby.co.uk - so even cheaper still! :-)

reef67

I've got the previous Yuasa which has been superseded by the Silver, had it two years now cost around £50...has been excellent, car only usually comes out once a week.