Gel car batteries

I was in an auto parts store and in conversation, the gel batteries
came up. Unfortunately I could buy a regular 36mos/84mos. battery for
$85 (w/core) and the same gel was $200 (I guess with core also).
Anyway around where I am, the average battery is good for 3 to 4 years
(bakes in the hot sun... 95F typical summer day). Seems like this
gel battery is not worth the money but any comments if I'm wrong and
why? I must have had my head in the sand because I never heard of
them and this auto parts person said he's had his for 2 years (which
didn't help me decide since most batteries will do that easily around
here).

<observer> wrote in message
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>I was in an auto parts store and in conversation, the gel batteries
> came up. Unfortunately I could buy a regular 36mos/84mos. battery
> for
> $85 (w/core) and the same gel was $200 (I guess with core also).
> Anyway around where I am, the average battery is good for 3 to 4
> years
> (bakes in the hot sun... 95F typical summer day). Seems like this
> gel battery is not worth the money but any comments if I'm wrong and
> why? I must have had my head in the sand because I never heard of
> them and this auto parts person said he's had his for 2 years (which
> didn't help me decide since most batteries will do that easily
> around
> here).

Not an option for me, to many but not all of the people I know that
paid the big money have had failures. Although we don't have the
baking weather you speak of we do have -20° to +100° and I have a
Delco stock battery in my truck that is 6 years old (watch it quit
tonight).

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Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
64 Red/red/white top/4spd

observer wrote:
> I was in an auto parts store and in conversation, the gel batteries
> came up. Unfortunately I could buy a regular 36mos/84mos. battery for
> $85 (w/core) and the same gel was $200 (I guess with core also).
> Anyway around where I am, the average battery is good for 3 to 4 years
> (bakes in the hot sun... 95F typical summer day). Seems like this
> gel battery is not worth the money but any comments if I'm wrong and
> why? I must have had my head in the sand because I never heard of
> them and this auto parts person said he's had his for 2 years (which
> didn't help me decide since most batteries will do that easily around
> here).

Rundown on Gel, AGM & conventional batts:
<
http://www.batterystuff.com/tutorial_battery.html#3
>
Opinion: -- unlike airplanes and computers, most
cars lack precise battery chargers. Like Dad,
an alternator with lead-acid works for me.

--
pj

<observer> wrote in message
...
>I was in an auto parts store and in conversation, the gel
>batteries
> came up. Unfortunately I could buy a regular 36mos/84mos.
> battery for
> $85 (w/core) and the same gel was $200 (I guess with core
> also).
> Anyway around where I am, the average battery is good for
> 3 to 4 years
> (bakes in the hot sun... 95F typical summer day). Seems
> like this
> gel battery is not worth the money but any comments if I'm
> wrong and
> why? I must have had my head in the sand because I never
> heard of
> them and this auto parts person said he's had his for 2
> years (which
> didn't help me decide since most batteries will do that
> easily around
> here).

If you want your battery to last longer ?
forget the gel battery and get a Battery Tender...
http://www.batterytender.com/

g'day
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'Key
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