Cheap Car Batteries Reviews

Welcome to Cheap Car Batteries Reviews, your source for quality battery information so you can get them at the best price for your vehicles. Getting cheap car batteries doesn't necessarily mean getting cheap products though. Certainly you do tend to get what you pay for but the Internet makes it easier for you to figure out what stores sell the same battery brands as other stores but for a better price. So you can still get quality but at a great price too.

Looking for cheap car batteries doesn't mean getting used car batteries either. Remember that your car battery doesn't come with a empty/full gauge like your gas tank does! The last thing you want is to be stuck at night or in the dead of winter with a dead battery because you went cheap and bought a used battery hoping it would last. If you live in the northern hemisphere where winters mean periods of very cold weather that takes a heavy toll on your car battery, you have a second reason to avoid used batteries.

Plus our vehicles tend to be used to recharge more and more external devices that ever before that also sap the battery strength. If you recharge your cellphone or laptop in your vehicle you know what I mean. If you have kids who like watching videos on their portable DVD player plugged into the jack in the backseat of your vehicle, you're also aware of the increasing ways that your vehicle battery gets taxed through everyday usage.

If your goal is to find a quality battery at the best price then you've come to the right place. We'll help you identify the battery that makes the most sense for you and make you aware of your options so you can ask for it by name at your local service centre or simply purchase the battery yourself. In that regard there are five main factors to consider when looking for a new vehicle battery:

Size

Refer to your vehicle owner's manual to get the correct battery size for your vehicle. It's not worth the time and bother to deliberately get the wrong sized battery just to save a bit of money.

Brand

There are plenty of battery brands to choose from and some produce multiple batteries under different names. The three biggest car battery manufacturers are Johnson Controls, Exide Technologies and East Penn. Well known car battery brands include Duralast, DieHard, EverStart, AC Delco, Optima and Interstate.

Reserve Capacity

Reserve Capacity (RC) refers to the number of minutes that a fully charged battery will discharge 25 amps until the battery drops below 10.5 volts measured at at 80° F. So a battery with an RC of 90 means an RC rating of 90 minutes. Buy the battery that has the RC that your vehicle can best handle. Consult your vehicle owner's manual to confirm this.

Age

You can confirm the date of manufacture of a battery by checking the battery case or label. Look for a battery that was produced no more than 6 months ago upon time of purchase. A common date code used by battery manufacturers involves a letter to denote the month the battery was produced (i.e. A=January, B=February, etc) and a number to denote the year that battery was produced (i.e. 1=2011, 2=2012, etc) so a battery with the code D1 would mean the battery was manufactured in April 2011. While many batteries get sold within several months of manufacture, some battery companies commit to recharging unsold batteries until they get sold so that the battery is fully charged when sold.

Cold-Cranking Amps

Cold-Cranking Amps (CCA) refers to the number of amps a battery can deliver at 0° F for 30 seconds and not drop below 7.2 volts. This is the most well-known battery measurement and the higher CCA the better. CCA is especially important for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere where we experience cold winters which requires the battery to start the engine when extremely cold and to power the heater, defroster, seat warmers and other winter-specific vehicle applications.