janders82

if i had the option, i would have gone with the Sears Diehard Plat...

the more i look into the Northstar x2 the more comfortable i'm feeling with my $300 battery. Most expensive battery i've ever purchased, so it better be last! According to Northstar it should hold up through the vibrations on the trail.

at least it comes with a 5year replacement warranty. Only time will tell

4wdave

You should have to buy the large AGM deep cycle batteries that are in my bass boat. They are over $300 each and there is three of them.

janders82

good to hear that someone else out there has one of these in their JK...yep, the x2 is "exclusive" to batteries plus. had never stepped foot in one of their stores till the other day

it was def a pain to get the thing in that tiny space...i think mine only has 880 CCAs...it the "marine" version. All that really means is it has the additional +/- terminals

renegade4x4

Heres a pic of it works

El Dorado

we can kindly blame the EPA for ever increasing battery cost. They forced the shutdown of the last lead smelter in the US this year. Now we have to send our plentiful lead ore to other countries, then import the lead back to the US.....

2k12jk

I added a 800 amp gel battery in the rear, jump posts in the rear bumper on a switch.

bombout800

I have two northstar nsb130ft in my jeep. Northstar batteries are some of the best batteries in the world.

Jake7978

The best battery on the market hands down...Odyssey Batteries

It is all we use in our squad cars at work they are indestructible. Power consumption in a police car makes a winch usage look like child's play. even when they get drained down they bounce right back after a charge to good as new

Just my 2 cents

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Mark Doiron

Don't most automotive batteries come from recycled lead, which wasn't affected by that closure? I wouldn't ask the question if I didn't already have the answer ...

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Mschneid

Can someone tell me why you would want a deep cell battery for automotive applications?

Both car batteries and deep cycle batteries are lead-acid batteries that use exactly the same chemistry for their operation. The difference is in the way that the batteries optimize their design:
A car's battery is designed to provide a very large amount of current for a short period of time. This surge of current is needed to turn the engine over during starting. Once the engine starts, the alternator provides all the power that the car needs, so a car battery may go through its entire life without ever being drained more than 20 percent of its total capacity. Used in this way, a car battery can last a number of years. To achieve a large amount of current, a car battery uses thin plates in order to increase its surface area.
A deep cycle battery is designed to provide a steady amount of current over a long period of time. A deep cycle battery can provide a surge when needed, but nothing like the surge a car battery can. A deep cycle battery is also designed to be deeply discharged over and over again (something that would ruin a car battery very quickly). To accomplish this, a deep cycle battery uses thicker plates.
A car battery typically has two ratings:
CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) - The number of amps that the battery can produce at 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) for 30 seconds
RC (Reserve Capacity) - The number of minutes that the battery can deliver 25 amps while keeping its voltage above 10.5 volts
Typically, a deep cycle battery will have two or three times the RC of a car battery, but will deliver one-half or three-quarters the CCAs. In addition, a deep cycle battery can withstand several hundred total discharge/recharge cycles, while a car battery is not designed to be totally discharged.