New Battery

[Doofy]

Hi all, Needing a new battery and have seen on the ECP website two  in particular, Duracell DA72 which is 660cca and 72ah. And the Bosch S5 which is 750cca and 74ah.   Both 5 year warranty, Duracell is £80.99 and the Bosch is £103.99..Which would be the preferred one to go for?  Thanks guys..

Edited 26 February, 2016 by Doofy

[dstev2000]

Just to add my .02's worth........

 

I've used Varta Silver batteries to replace tired OEM batteries a few times over the years. Always been very pleased with them: https://www.tayna.co.uk/Type-096-Varta-Silver-Dynamic-Car-Battery-P3197.html

 

 

 

 

[Doofy]

Seems to be the same spec as the Bosch and it's less than £66 delivered. Thanks for that

[Vegasphil]

Nothing wrong with Varta. I usually get halfords batteries with a trade card. Works out pretty good and much cheaper than retail price!

Will probably need to get one soon. My octy bongs at me quite a lot!

[TK699]

Personally I always go for a well knowen brand with a decent warranty.

I've used in the past a couple of places, I used to get a small discount from both places due to the volume of batterys we brought for stairlifts.

I've brought car and bike batterys for myself and friends from both.

http://www.countybattery.co.uk/

http://www.bblbatteries.co.uk/site/locations

If there was a significant difference in the ampage of the battery I'd be looking at the higher one for extra starting power.

[Doofy]

Is it ok to put a more powerful battery on? I have just checked what battery is on the car and it's 61ah and 330cca and tbh it looks like it's the original battery..

[TK699]

You will be fine stepping up in ah's.

If you was adding saying additional 100ah to the circuit then you may have issues. But a relatively small increase is fine.

If these wasn't suitable for your car then they wouldn't list them for your car.

More amps, better cranking power.

[ryan-re]

You can fit what ever spec battery you want. The only limit is that it is for a 12v system.

[Doofy]

Thanks guys.

[mark999]

The Varta E44 is the same battery as the Bosch S5 but most of the time a bit cheaper. I fitted one to the Scout last year. Highly recommended

Mark.

[andybristol]

Personally the Bosch .... although having said that if I leave my car idle stood still for more than 5 days it has been known to be drained in that short time, seems normal from what I gather, battery been tested three times by different places all say battery ok so must be a draw somewhere on these Octavia's !