Where's good for batteries?

[paulrockliffe]

Winter (and a leak) has fko'd mine. Where's the best place to get a new one? Criteria for 'best' is cheap, but not rubbish.

Cheers

[ferg]

I've bought 4 or 5 recently from Euro Car Parts. They have a choice of makes with a choice of warranty.

I bought, an admittedly quite small one, for our Saxo. 3 yr warranty Bosch £39.

[meche]

Halfords

[60]

meche said:

Halfords

But only with a trade card, makes them almost half price.

[.:ian:.]

tayna.co.uk were pretty good on choice and price, also upgraded me to a better one FOC as the one i ordered wasnt in stock.

[GreigM]

costco - sell bosch silver at good prices, so good and cheap

[Frik]

60 said:

meche said:

Halfords

But only with a trade card, makes them almost half price.

This. I wonder if anyone has ever bought a battery with a trade card and then asked them to fit it?

Edited by Frik on Saturday 4th December 18:36

[paulrockliffe]

Ok, cheers chaps. Have given Tayna a whirl as they were pretty good price-wise and will deliver. Which is important as I can't collect!

[Momentofmadness]

paulrockliffe said:

Criteria for 'best' is cheap, but not rubbish.

Cheers

Scrapyard - seriously, they are usually over-run with very good condition batteries and you could easily buy a fully-tested one for £5-10.

I spend £50 on one at Kwik-Fit before scrapping my Fiesta Diesel just 6 months later - never again.

MoM, diciple of Bangernomics

Edited by Momentofmadness on Saturday 4th December 19:55

[JABB]

Groves Batteries in Cheltenham.
Top bloke. Lent me a battery and took my old one to give it a good charge to see if it would come back.
Good prices and german batteries.

[Dogwatch]

I had good service here last winter when mine lost interest and I couldn't get anywhere to buy another.

New one sitting on the doorstep the next morning.

[GilbertGutbucket]

Ebay

[Stu R]

www.tayna.co.uk - the best by a long stretch IMO.

Costco are decent too, but inconsistent.

[Rubin215]

GreigM said:

costco - sell bosch silver at good prices, so good and cheap

Gets my vote too.

If you ever have an issue, they will change it for a new one, no problem.

[Steamer]

Ummm I noticed mine had done a few slow cranks recently.

How long do the say a battery should last these days? Mine is about 4.5 years old now.

[Stu R]

Anything from a couple of years to a couple of decades. Depends on so many things it's impossible to say really. Perfectly feasible that a 4-5 year old one will be kaput though.

[perdu]

Steamer said:

Ummm I noticed mine had done a few slow cranks recently.

How long do the say a battery should last these days? Mine is about 4.5 years old now.

It might be worth you trying this

http://www.ssnbmasc.byethost32.com/tech/BatteryTes...

I posted it a couple of years ago and to my mind it's still on the money

It sounds like Costco has it if you don't have a trade card

But what if you don't have a Costco card? Can you get in Aladdin's Cave without one...Serious question, Chrimble's coming!)

[spaceship]

60 said:

meche said:

Halfords

But only with a trade card, makes them almost half price.

Is that only on the Halfords ones? Or does it make the Bosch ones almost half price too?