[dvpatel]

I am afraid to ask but have you gone over the prior discussions on this?

If your Ody came with a non-AGM battery, there is a fairly vocal contingent who will say stay with the flooded battery as the AGM ones tax the charging system.

Bottomline is, battery discussions are VERY common on here and we do not need to keep rehashing the same stuff repeatedly so I would recommend you search and read most of the prior discussions.

Also. IIRC, the Ody was never sold in the SE trim in the US. Is your Ody Canadian?

 

[dvpatel]

The SE was around for 2016-2017, I think. It was essentially an EX with a vacuum.

Interesting. Was not aware of that and I have spent half my life on this forum.

 

[dvpatel]

Search results for query: AGM

www.odyclub.com

Only 11 pages worth restricted to only this forum.

AGM vs Conventional ("maintenance free")...

I tried to replace my batteries at Costco but found out (1) Costco requires AGM batteries to be installed on Ody's and (2) the Costco near me had been out of stock on size 24F AGM's the entire Pandemic even though they have plenty of standard 24Fs. From my research AGMs experience short lives...

www.odyclub.com

 

[dvpatel]

Also. Batteries are batteries. ALL cars have them so almost ALL the discussions are actually relevant at least from the 3rd gen and up.

 

[dvpatel]

Well folks, I waffled too long on this. I couldn't find clear info on whether the AGM was actually advisable over just anecdotal evidence of having no issues. I'm leaning more and more towards it being okay, but it's too late now.
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Thank you to everyone for the discussion. Still curious if there's a better battery for reserve capacity tho...

Wow. So, you paid almost double (compared to an Everstart Maxx), got 1 year extra warranty for that and got 10 fewer mins in reserve capacity. Awesome.

Classic case of analysis paralysis.

As you say, too late now so no point in crying over spilt milk.

 

[dvpatel]

The everstart is also 130min reserve capacity. It wasn't an option when I needed it. Sorry to have offended you by explaining my situation.

My cursory search sows it as 140 mins.

That said, I have never seen anyone before you so tunnel visioned on reserve capacity. ALL of them only go after CCA. You’re the first one that I have seen who even factored that in. You’re also the FIRST one I have seen who got those many years out of the POS Honda factory battery.