Only a few battery manufacturers.
Most USA retail batteries are Exide, Johnson Controls, East Penn.
There are others, no doubt.
Again, talking most batteries people can find.
I just bought a new battery for my 2014 truck and could not find an Odyessy, by Enersys, anywhere within 200 miles of my states capital city.
Who makes which "Name Brand" changes almost yearly too.
Diehard, Interstate, Everstart, Superstart, Autostart, DUralast, whateverthehell fanboy?
Well, could have been Exide, one year. Johnson Controls another.
look at the hazmat spec sheet. Read between the lines. Look for the made in country of origin.
Like Poker, there are "tells"
I would recommend East Penn/Decca, Odyessy, North Star.
Right now, Today, ( for those who may read this post next month) North Star makes the X2 platinum Battery
but, at $9,098.098 (actually about $300) I would rather a buy an East Penn Re-branded to O'Reilly's Store brand for $125-$150.
yes, the $300 battery has 2 more years fo warranty but the 3 year warranty battery is half the price, and in my mind, every bit as good a battery.
Then again, that;s me.
P.S.
I would not buy Bosch. Last I knew, they were built by Exide.
Granted, they are a very well built Exide because Exide cannot get sell anything with their own name on it, since everyone knows all about their pollute the Earth so we make a an extra $ and let local govt, in the Deliverance Movie Set Backdrop, HillBilly Havens we set up Factories, pay for the clean up Woes.
Serioiusly, spend an hour or 4 and rEed up on all this battery stuff. Kind of Interesting.
Like how Exiide took old, used up dead batteries, returned for Core fee's and then cleaned them up, slapped new labels on them and sold them thru Sears, with Sears knowledge and blessing, as brand spanking new Die HArd Ultra SUper Duper Batteries, for insane profit margins.....until their Customer base started wondering why their Last Die Hard lasted 10 yrs and the new DieHArd lasted 10 months.
Huge Lawsuit, Govt steeped in. Sears went down the road to of the Do-DO and Exide is trying to keep things going by hooking up with yet another powerful, well thought of Brand, Like Bosch..
Yep. Run right done and buy. who knows, maybe they \learnt their lesson.
You're only betting a few hundred. Though it;s the having to change it out, at 03:30, in a Blizzard, on a lonely highway, in Wind Chills of "Minus you are ******** me" that really causes one to pause.
Ask me how I know?
Yeah, Do a little research.
I did.
Wife goes, Honey, my car took a Micro-second to start up. Not instantaneous, like Normal.
Hmm, Looks nice outside. that damn thing is history.
Crap, that truck is 4 years old?
That damn Battery is history too.
Which one is hot Pocket, right now? Today?
Which one can I get my hands on, Right Now, Today, while the Sun is shining, the birds are Chirping and all the young Hotties are walking around in Short, tight Shorts?
Yep, that's the Battery , for me.
So, Young Ward. Odyessy, North star, East Penn. not in any particular Order.
Read the MSDS sheet. Most MSDS Sheets can be downloaded from places that sell "THEIR" own brand of batteries. Like Autozone, Oh Realy's?, etc.
