Quick response - What battery Crown/Trojan/Continental

THEPISTONHEAD

Need batteries by tomorrow.....Which should I get.....these are 12v for 07 Precedent.

Crowns - $145
Trojan - $170
Continentals (Trojans in black) - $141

All have comparable stats....

BGW

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robert83

have seen people buy and say all three are the BEST. now it is just whatever brand you like. I use trojan in mine

55BigBlock

Which are the best??? For the sake of argument let's say the Trojans are the best and they will last 6 months longer on average than the Crowns.

$170 X 4 = $680 Trojan

$145 X 4 = $580 Crown

Estimated battery life, Trojan 66 months, Crown 60 Months.

Trojan $680/66 months = $10.30/month

Crown $580/60 months = $9.66/month

You decide.
Just a thought............

This is purely hypothetical, but any personal battery experience is purely anecdotal.

Budule

Which ever are closer.......which ever would be the least hassle if you get a bad one......

scottyb

Get the Crowns !

Compare weight....... the Crown often has more lead which equals more capacity. Quality & warranty is equal to Trojan

pianoplayerjohn

We were told that Crown was the best. We've had them now for 3 months or so and they work great and it takes quite a while before they need charging. One thing we were told was to not re-charge them till they are almost dead, the batteries last a lot longer that way. Hope this helps!

delagem

Whoever told you that was absolutely wrong.

scottyb

Years ago I heard the same advice. I was shocked when I started researching on my own and read very conflicting information from the battery manufactures themselves. Turn out this old advice is Wrong wrong wrong -
Go to Trojan or Crown websites and see for yourself. Wet cell lead acid golf cart batteries can be recharged 5500 times from a shallow discharge or as few as 750 times from a deep discharge. New chargers are keeping the batteries in a float or elevated state between uses to avoid sulfation of the plates Plate sulfation begins when batteries are 15% discharged and is an irreversable process that eventually makes all batteries not respond to a charge.
I'm glad you posted today so we could debunk this myth once more for the new guys.


Don't take this old advice. See for yourself at trojanbattery.com

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pianoplayerjohn

Thanks for posting this. I was just posting what I thought was reliable information. I appreciate your straightening me out. I'll pass the word!

scottyb

Yes - go to trojan battery and read their support articles then tell everybody who will listen - LOL