Rezarf
Hard Core 4+
My red top is flying 2.5 years into the Mexican made version.
FYI I would stay away from Sears. Last fall I bought a brand new battery for the 100. At the pre-run in Moab a few weeks ago, when we got packed up and ready to leave, I went to start the truck and click...nothing at all. All interior lights were fine, but turn the key and click and then it was totally dead. Jump started it, and it ran ok but the battery light came on in town, and after running it an hour it would still just click if I tried to start it. Got it started again and didn't turn it off again until I got home!
I tried 3 different batteries at home and all 3 started the truck with no issues. Took the 6 month old battery back to Sears, and after they hooked it up to their 'tester' and charged it and told me nothing was wrong with it.
They refused to return it or do anything to remedy the situation. They said nothing was wrong with it. I offered to take it outside and show them that it wouldn't work in my truck but they didn't care. I had to call another Sears and talked to a manager, and he reluctantly agreed to let me bring it in and exchange it. My wal-mart special is still plugging away fine. Pretty frustrating experience at Sears!!
Bummer. I own three of them.And their platinum series is no more.
I wound up with an X2 after mine started dying if the car sat more than a day. It's huge compared to the one that was in there, and so far the truck starts much faster than it did. I still need to run the fridge hard a few times to see how it handles that, but has to be better than what was in there. FYI, you need a longer bolt on the front battery hold down point.
I am done with the DHP. I know they are NLA, but I am becoming more and more disappointed with their inability to hold a charge. I can put the battery on a charger for 2 days, then fire up the fridge for one night, and I've got a low battery the next morning. And this is in the winter too, not even a hot garage. They seemed cool when new, but I think it's been 3 years now, guess it's time for something else. Looks like there is a Batteries Plus in Lafayette, going to check that out at lunch tomorrow.
The Duracell Ultra is a rebadged East Penn/Deka (traditional lead-calcium thick plate). The X2 are I believe rebadged Northstar AGM. If the X2 is made like other Northstar batteries and are pure lead thin plate (same as Odyssey uses) then my feeling is it's probably going to be a better battery on paper. However to me warranty and reputation probably weigh as heavily as price and construction in evaluating relative value.Any opinions on the Duracell Ultra? Looks like $100 less than those X2's, and 1 year less warranty https://www.batteriesplus.com/batte...a/land-cruiser/1999/v8-4.7l-575cca/sli78dtagm