![]() ![]() So the service shop honored the warranty and installed a new Champion AGM H8 in my car. Fortunately, they only closed the parts stores, and kept their service shops open. Pep Boys closed all their parts stores, here in Utah, about a year ago or so. It is 36 months old, with a 48 month warranty. The Champion (Clarios) AGM H8 battery in my E350 recently tested bad. I sweat through that detail just recently. But the good news is, after 3 years to the month, I've got a brand new battery for the cost of install. Of course it was inconvenient to deal with getting the replacement battery. It was hard to beat $150 and a 48 month warranty. And I didn't want to pay the price for a new MB battery. At the time I got it, Costco didn't carry AGM batteries. It would be interesting to know where it was made.Īdmittedly, I did buy this battery on price and warranty. With the battery installed, I looked the best that I could for Made In info, but could not find it. ![]() If the service shops weren't still open in my area, I suspect I would have been buying a new battery from Costco. Interestingly enough, O-Reillys seems to carry both models too, the East-Penn one under the 49PLT SKU and the JCI (Clarios) under the 49PLTJ SKU.Īny advice from folks that know how to make a decision between these two?Ĭlick to expand.I sweat through that detail just recently. That is to say, I don't know what kinds of compromises are made in the quest for the biggest number in the specifications. To my dismay, I have found the following information, which *feels* inconsistent with the conventional wisdom that East Penn > JCI (Clarios) - perhaps this is because I know nothing about batteries / tradeoffs/ compromises aside from comparing "Feeds and Speeds". That being said, I find myself in the position to have to shop for a Group 49 / H8 battery in some time, and, again, I have been looking at East Penn vs. The East Penn battery had a 10 min lower reserve capacity than the JCI (Clarios) at 120min vs 130min, yet the East Penn battery was 47.5 lbs versus the JCI (Clarios) at 44.4 lbs so I convinced myself that the East Penn was the way to go (more lead=better?). I noted at the time that the East-Penn sourced battery and various competing AGM JCI (Clarios) batteries sold by Autozone (Duralast), Pepboys (Champion), and others had the same exact specifications in terms of CA and CCA. To that end, the last battery I purchased was an East-Penn AGM sold under the "Napa Legends Premium" label and I have been satisfied with that purchase. My general understanding after reading many many many threads here is that of the three main battery manufacturers, I've been reading various threads on batteries as I will need a Group 49 / H8 battery for my old w124 Mercedes at some point. ![]()
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