Battery removal

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Good to know. What do you think might be a good choice re 'best value re reserve time' (as the most important criteria) for a low to mid priced battery for a USDM Yaris? I'm finding the Wal-Mart Ever Start 26R I have (in my Yaris since September 2012) isn't quite as good re reserve time as the Sears Plus Start 26R (in my Yaris from September 2009 to September 2012). I don't remember how either compares to my OEM battery.

If you do some review searching for the Walmart batteries they don't have a good reputation. Also, by dropping from at type 35 to a type 26 battery you dropped your reserve from somewhere between 90 and 95 minutes to around 55 minutes.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by CTScott

If you do some review searching for the Walmart batteries they don't have a good reputation. Also, by dropping from at type 35 to a type 26 battery you dropped your reserve from somewhere between 90 and 95 minutes to around 55 minutes.

Thank you. This is exactly the information I desired -- namely, now that I know there is a 35 that you specifically know will fit and felt good enough about to mention, how much more reserve time would I get for the additional cost. I read posts from Trini and others who live through 'Gulf Summers' before my last battery purchase, and thought I'd just replace it each year (like Trini does...but he gets his for free through a no longer offered guarantee). I'm now going to change that plan. When my current 26R hits 1 year in September, I'll get the Napa Legend you mentioned and try keeping it for 2 years and see what the performance is like in that second year. After reading your original answer to the OP, out of curiosity, I checked online to see what the prices would be for my area re my current battery and the Napa Legend you described. Result -- $59 and change for the Wal-Mart Ever Start 26R and $104 and change for the Napa Legend. With the Ever Start 26R costing more than half what the Legend does, my new plan will be cheaper. Even if I don't keep my current Yaris as a DD for that whole time, I may still have it and will have a plan in place for a brand new Yaris DD as that one ages.