Just to clue you in owlcity, I got my '06 with an Autozone battery in it this past Spring. And I already ham having CCA probs with a brand new batt. With the car going thru 2 batts in <4 yrs, I have been sleuthing out alternator probs. You may want to look into this as well.
Does anyone have any experience with the odyssey or optima batteries?(2cents)
My 2nd battery from Mazda is on it's last leg, so I have been exploring the battery options available.
The Odyssey pc1400 looks like the best battery and warranty. Price $240
The Optima Red Top Battery looks to be 2nd overall choice. Price $140
The Mazda Replacement/ above avg parts store replacement. Price $90
Being that I have gone through a battery every 2 yrs, I am looking at going with an upgrade. The Odyssey has a 4yr free replacement warranty, whereas the optima and Mazda replacement batteries are 3yr free replacement.
Does anyone have any experience with the odyssey or optima batteries?(2cents)
IF you MUST get a battery, I'd go for the YELLOW top OPTIMA battery, the RED TOP is too much for your STOCK electrical system!
Check the stock CCA vs. the Red top CCA, see.... too much!
Just to clue you in owlcity, I got my '06 with an Autozone battery in it this past Spring. And I already ham having CCA probs with a brand new batt. With the car going thru 2 batts in <4 yrs, I have been sleuthing out alternator probs. You may want to look into this as well.
Update - batt is a Duralast - was tagged 3/07 (1 year after vehicle entered service. Autozone tested it & it came up 65% charged w/260 CCA (out of 575). They said it was bad (last time it was good) so I had them charge it anyway, after 1 hr, it came up to 75% or so and the meter declared it "good."
Anyway, this is last nite, but on Sat, the car went to Phx (200+ mi round trip) and so the batt should have been FULLY charged Sun, when it made 1 8 mi trip and Mon when it made a 10 mi round trip to work & back. But Mon afternoon, it barely had the CCAs to turn the engine over, so.....it the batt NOT accepting a charge....or....is the alt not sufficiently charging the batt? I take it out again 2nite, get a 100% charge this time & we will do a "do or die" test of the elec system - with EVERYTHING on, incl hi-beams & wipers. I want to get this resolved, as the early 5s have been killing batteries for 4 years now & if we can get some answers, maybe we can get some resolutions!