Periodically, Consumer Reports will do an interim update of an earlier test, and they recently did that with their evaluation of car batteries. They reported the extremely poor performance of AutoZone’s most expensive batteries–the ones that use Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) technology. While CR has be…

What battery was was top rated?

Based on my back copies, it appears that the last battery test that CR published was in November, 2013, so these results may no longer be valid. Anyway…here are the top three in each group size: Group 65: Kirkland (Costco) DieHard Gold DieHard Advanced Gold Group 34, 78, & 34/78 Dual Terminal…

Thanx for the update. I’ve always had great luck with the Walmart Everstart Maxx batteries.

It is possible to get an online subscription so you can see the latest on this sort of thing. Everstart continue to be near the top in many sizes. Great for such a relatively inexpensive battery.

I Too Have Had Great Experiences With Wal-Mart Everstart Maxx. I Just Bought A Maxx (North), 800 CA, 1000 CCA, To Replace OE 600 CA Battery. I Checked Around And For $105 It’s A Deal. (CCAs are important here. It’s been -20F To -30F For Days And It Is To Continue). Battery warranties have generally…

Not to start this again but I won’t be using a Walmart battery. The last one I had wouldn’t take a charge in less than 12 months. Yeah they replaced it but after an hour of testing and hassle. No thanks. Others that I have had lasted three years tops. True you used to be able to go in and get a…

I can’t vouch for their staff, but be sure to note that we are talking about the Maxx, which is the premium version of their in-house battery. They do have a cheaper one. I’m sure your experience burned you, but people need to rely on averages over large numbers of experiences. Such as you get in C…

I saw the latest battery article in CR and really I have decided not to renew. There is not enough usable information for me anyway. You have to consider what batteries CR readers are likely to buy in the first place. Seems to me Sears and Walmart would be pretty close to the top versus Napa or o…

I have had good success with the cheaper wal-mart batteries except for one which lasted 5 months. They gave me a replacement and that one lasted almost 7 years ! I never had much luck with the Ford batteries. There will always be a defective battery sometime regardless of brand. I was shocked on ho…

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VDCdriver February 18, 2015, 8:01pm 3

I will check my back copies of the magazine later in the day for exact details, but I do recall that there was a different “top finisher” in each group size. There was really nothing consistent as to one brand always being the best.

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