Car Battery- Brand recommendation and review please.

hitachi mfx
pros
-seems good
-24 month warranty
cons
-abit pricy....

how does it differs with other brands? almost like additional rm100+, but if it is really more performance/stable/+2yrs warranty, why not?!

Yokohama MF , century MF

But my most satisfied purchase is CTEK mx5.0 charger , every once boost the batteries to full capacity

For many years all these MF only last one year , once I started charging with wall charger , now 2 years still strong.

Any new battery is given a boost before install to offset the shelf storing discharge

yokohama marathoner

its good practice..... my dad's car.... the original potong battery, 5-7 years (somewhere there x ingat betul betul)
the other thing about mf batteries, lepas warranty habis.. u can pecah and topup fluid....

Finally found someone having similar sentiments like i do regarding car battery charger. I own the same charger by the way.

Workshop people con us drivers left right centre saying that MF batteries can't last beyond 2 years. Then we takut takut go change every 18-24 months. Actually, even normal ones can last double that time if periodically put it under charge. Can save money on the long run but many still don't believe it.

I usually do a maintenance charge overnight once a month. How's your regime?

I know right , totally worth the investment from changing once a year to once every two years , it pays for itself in a few cycles of changes

Maintenance charge once twice a year , if signs of slow crank boost mode . No real regime but seems to have worked well so far.

Once a month is going to be optimum practice for sure

If got more than 1 car at home, pays itself back much faster. But many don't understand the benefit as it takes time to pay itself back.

Another really cheap investment for car battery health is a simple multimeter, measure every few months to make sure battery in good health. If lower, put it to charge. If still cannot go back to normal, that means showing signs of battery dying. At least no need to be suddenly stranded with a dead battery.

Another one is to get AGM type of battery. Damn expensive, costs 3x normal premium MF batteries, but can last the life time of the car. If put under the charger, can last above 15 years.

noob with a silly question here.......how do you charged our car battery?.......do we need to take the battery off our car to charged?........thanks

Nope , just clip on battery terminals and off you go

Unless boost mode then advised to remove terminals because it goes to 16v , much higher than normal 14v from alternator

wont have any ill effects on our car's sensitive electronic system??.......need to charged overnight?........check on internet roughly around rm.550 per unit.......how much did you guys buy?........thanks for the info.

No effect so far on efi card I have used

Just charge until green , depending on how discharged the battery is , takes longer or shorter

Based on my 1 time experience with Century Marathoner, disappointing and not recommended.

Century?

reason?

Not strong enough juice to start my car if I left it for more than 4 days. The lifetime also cannot reach 3 yrs.

Varta Silver,its about RM500 but it can last forever

I bet nowadays standard range MF battery if can last more than 1.5yr is consider good already..

Yah, century marathoner.