New battery needed - Civic MK8

[Rroff]

Yeah 10 years just goes to show how good Yuasa really are eh!

It’s maybe overkill for an old Car, but it’s never let me down.

Kicking myself now to think I was contemplating a £40 Chinese replacement.

You buy cheap, you buy twice as the saying goes

Depending on model Lion is usually the same battery as Bosch and Varta - they grade them off production and then brand them depending on quality - with Lion one of the brands for the lower tier - they are usually alright batteries, sometimes you even get lucky and a better binned one slips through, but shouldn't be the choice if you want something to last.

EDIT: I'm a bit out of date on the details now so may have some of that wrong - but there is only a small number of brands which actually have their entirely own design and manufacturing.

 

[tom_e]

Tayna batteries are for remote control Cars are they not? You taking the pee?

Edit: they are the same company?

Are you thinking of Tamiya? they're an RC car company.

Tayna are decent for batteries I've used them for my car and bike batteries for the last few years.

 

[sx_turbo]

I punched in my reg and Halfords come up with a couple of suggestions just.

The Yuasa HSB054 was one of them. The other was their own brand battery.

I thought if the battery I have (Yuasa) has lasted 10 years then it’s bloody good.

I am looking at this now like it’s power supply for a PC - you don’t cheap out (which I was considering).

Tayna batteries are for remote control Cars are they not? You taking the pee?

Edit: they are the same company?

Lol, are you thinking of tamiya?

Edit: tom_e beat me to it

 

[sx_turbo]

Depending on model Lion is usually the same battery as Bosch and Varta - they grade them off production and then brand them depending on quality - with Lion one of the brands for the lower tier - they are usually alright batteries, sometimes you even get lucky and a better binned one slips through, but shouldn't be the choice if you want something to last.

EDIT: I'm a bit out of date on the details now so may have some of that wrong - but there is only a small number of brands which actually have their entirely own design and manufacturing.

You are right, Bosch, varta, banner and yuasa make their own batteries, banner usually also make cheap batteries for the unknown brands, yuasa are now doing a lot of own brand names, then you have the cheap Chinese ones being imported.

I'd only ever fit the 4 known branded ones though.

 

[Rroff]

You are right, Bosch, varta, banner and yuasa make their own batteries, banner usually also make cheap batteries for the unknown brands, yuasa are now doing a lot of own brand names, then you have the cheap Chinese ones being imported.

I'd only ever fit the 4 known branded ones though.

I'm not entirely sure of the details now but a large amount of car batteries are basically the same thing produced by a number of companies working for Brookfield Business Partners - even companies which "produce their own batteries", only a much smaller number of companies make their own batteries and just to be confusing some produce batteries for each other.

 

[Philtor]

Are you thinking of Tamiya? they're an RC car company.

Tayna are decent for batteries I've used them for my car and bike batteries for the last few years.

Yeah crossed wires lol

 

[bimbleuk]

I recently bought a Lion battery for an EV. Nothing special about the previous one they are just smaller for the size of car due to the requirements. Didn't last that long unfortunately my car was reporting high internal resistance after about 3 months. May have just been a one off but I've bought a Yuasa instead to replace it.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Upgrade to efb or AGM?

 

[Armageus]

Upgrade to efb or AGM?

Not really something you upgrade to - your car either needs one of those or it doesn't, given that the charging profile for the alternator (Or BMS) is normally different

 

[jpaul]

are batteries so mundane no one reviews them much on youtube for eu brands - leaving them in freezer etc like this usa review

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Not really something you upgrade to - your car either needs one of those or it doesn't, given that the charging profile for the alternator (Or BMS) is normally different

AGM needs different charge profile but efb should work just as normal lead acid, it just has higher charge acceptance so should work out better for those doing short tripping

 

[Syla5]

Hi Folks

I have a Civic MK8 that has been struggling to start now and again recently.

Just out of interest does the car have a bluetooth unit? My mk8 Civic (06) had a battery issue some years ago, even after getting a replacement it would struggle with starting, turns out the bluetooth receiver/sender unit was constantly draining the battery, a common issue with them. Really simple to remove, i took mine out and its not had an issue since.

 

[Philtor]

Just out of interest does the car have a bluetooth unit? My mk8 Civic (06) had a battery issue some years ago, even after getting a replacement it would struggle with starting, turns out the bluetooth receiver/sender unit was constantly draining the battery, a common issue with them. Really simple to remove, i took mine out and its not had an issue since.

No bluetooth unit but the battery was 10 years old changed now anyway and ready for winter!