Recommended Battery Supplier

[TiggerToo]

What is your recommended (standard/Lead Automotive) battery supplier?

 

[peteK]

What is your recommended (standard/Lead Automotive) battery supplier?

Tayna batteries,the prices can often be cheaper on their own website rather than the ebay one.

 

[doug748]

The dimensions and case style are often critical to fitting a battery. These people have a good range and clear details of each:

Car Batteries | Leisure Batteries | Free Next Day Delivery | ABS Batteries

I ordered a new battery from them for the spring and they were very efficient. Prices include VAT and mainland UK delivery.

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[Davy_S]

Another vote for Tayna batteries, good price and first class deliveries.

 

[[194224]]

Tayna batteries,the prices can often be cheaper on their own website rather than the ebay one.

Another vote from me for Tayna. Excellent prices and very quick delivery.

Edit: snap Davy_S !

 

[Tranona]

Not much to choose between them. Batteries are a commodity (well most are) so once you have decided on the specific make and model only price and availability is important. Tayna are generally competitive, but I have bought from County Batteries primarily because they were the only one I could find that had the specific battery I wanted in stock. Have also used Shield because they have a local depot and they did a good deal for me on on a pair of "ordinary" LA batteries.

 

[Gixer]

Battery Megastore, used them 3 or 4 times now. Always been easy with next day delivery.

 

[salar]

Ecobat Fareham, Hampshire. They provide excellent advice and a good range of marine products.

 

[Northern Star]

I always use Tayna batteries and great for price and delivery.

I have two Varta 140ah leisure batteries on board but the Bosch ones seem to be identical too.

 

[Scillypete]

Alpha batteries are who I have used and been very satisfied with the product and service

12V 120AH Xplorer™ Leisure Battery - Alpha Batteries

 

[Nina Lucia]

Alpha batteries are who I have used and been very satisfied with the product and service

12V 120AH Xplorer™ Leisure Battery - Alpha Batteries

Same, we just bought two AGM Xplorer 150Ah from them

 

[Tranona]

OP is after standard LA automotive batteries - hence the "commodity" description.

 

[footsoldier]

Another vote for Tayna as supplier par excellence (if you drill down into their site they provide detailed dimensions, etc plus terminal sizes)

 

[ChromeDome]

I have two Varta 140ah leisure batteries on board but the Bosch ones seem to be identical too.

Much more brands than actual manufacturers.

One of the biggest, Johnson Controls, was behind Exide, Varta, Optima, Tudor and more (+ private labels to car makers) but sold their division to Clarios in 2019.
Johnson supplied more than 50% of the US market.

 

[Scomber]

Same, we just bought two AGM Xplorer 150Ah from them

Just fitted 3 new lead sealed from Alpha yesterday. Last ones from them were still ok , 7 yrs old. Just thought it was time. Good customer service , easy to talk to.

 

[Scillypete]

OP is after standard LA automotive batteries - hence the "commodity" description.

Alpha batteries do the full range just search through the site from the link I added previously which obviously wasn’t on the home page

 

[MikeBz]

As with others above I've used Tanya, Battery Megastore and Advanced Battery Supplies over the years and been happy with them all. For our previous boat I bought a budget-priced 100Ah AGM battery from Advanced Battery Supplies which was still going strong when we sold 6 years later. Our current boat came with dud domestic batteries, which I replaced with another 2 of the same 100Ah AGM batteries from ABS (£100 each at the time) and they are still going strong 10 years later.

 

[LadyInBed]

Probably not too much difference between Alpha, BMS and Tanya.
Do a capacity or CCA / weight / price comparison.

 

[Lucy52]

If you are buying batteries online, make sure that they will fit your battery box, as returning them for exchange can be expensive. If the batteries weigh over 25 Kilo each, then regular carriers may not be willing to take them. You may also have to describe them as accumulators, as some carriers list batteries as prohibited goods. In addition, you will have to pay for the delivery of the replacement batteries.

 

[jwilson]

Bristol Batteries (branch in Truro) sell Yuasa and Exide as well as other brands. Interestingly they also have a cheaper basic range that is on their shelves with no labels, and if you buy one they stick an label on it, the exact label and price depending on whether you want a longer warranty than one year. I have more than once taken a battery to them for testing, and they have said it was OK rather than just sell me another.

I tend to use a Varta starting battery and Yuasa services batteries.