Thread: New battery

I got two at Costco in January they were about $83 each. The last one I got from Costco is going on 5 years. They have s good return policy but are a long ways from the lake!

Think if I got 7 years out of them I'd go right back and get 2 more.

I was leaning going back to them but things change in 7 years. I don't want to go back to them if there standards had changed. The batteries came with the boat when I bought it. Anyone else using interstate?

I bought 3 interstates three years ago, 2 for trolling, 1 for motor. One of the trolling went bad last spring which was 2 years, bought 2 AGM sears batteries with 3 year free replace for the trolling bats, so far so good (very expensive). The interstate motor battery is three years old now and acting a little sluggish, on the list to replace.
The way I understand they are made for only so many charge and discharge cycles, I use mine a lot, maybe two much, don't tell my wife though

This just my opinion, as bad as I hate to shop there the Walmart battery is your best buy all things considered. Their batteries are pretty good,they have good warranty and you can't go anywhere there isn't a store to cover you if needed. And most batteries are made by the same company today anyway.

Use my boat about four days a week from march to September and have an on board charger. Gets plugged in everytime I get home.

Do a search on here, there have been long threads with lots of good info on who makes what ect. I HATE WALMART!!!!!!! I would rather take a beating than shop there

I have sears die hard, good, I had interstate, good, I used wal, jerky log, mart batteries, good, I used some from auto parts store, bad, bad, bad, they were the gell filled,fiberglass, just had really bad luck with them, so i guess what i am trying to say is most are the same, just depends on your personal luck.