Flat battery, car won't start. 3.5yo. Worth buying a charger, or just a new batt

[Finglonga]

I have a Duracell AGM on mine from these guys   https://www.batterycharged.co.uk/    it's £119 at the moment. Very happy with it.

[golfdave]

I can get a Bosch or Varta 096 AGM battery for about 30 quid less than Halfords, with a 5 and 4 year warranty respectively. That's from batterymegastore. Interestingly they also have a Yuasa for a similar price (less than Halfords)

How does the warranty work, what does it mean? Their warranty says it won't cover "normal wear and tear"

I assume Bosch batteries are good? And I know I've read a lot of people using Varta

Bosch/Varta is the same company...I installed a Bosch AGM 096 case in Jan 2015..still going ok.....don't know about their warranties & I got mine from eurocarparts on one of their big% sales...

[sjw]

I've gone for Bosch. A pound more than Varta for a year's extra warranty. With free next day delivery, I've also picked up an OBDEleven for a total price of what a battery would have cost fitted from Halfords. Now I can also code the things I've been after for a while - pace car lights etc

Thanks all!

[Yusee]

May I ask how much you paid for battery and obdeleven,  and where you bought?

[sjw]

May I ask how much you paid for battery and obdeleven,  and where you bought?

Paid £128.95 for the battery from batterymegastore.co.uk, seems good service, DPD delivery with an hour window this afternoon.

OBDEleven I got off Amazon for, I think, about £42. That is before the Pro key, though, which I believe is another 20 quid.

So about £192 in total. £184 for an equivalent AGM battery fitted by Halfords, but I have the ODBEleven now.

May be able to get the battery cheaper, admittedly I only peeked at 2 or 3 sites and they were all fairly similarly priced

[Al1040]

Yusee, you can also try OBD11 direct as they sometimes have combined offers on the for the pro version, the wait is longer than Amazon, but sometimes works out cheaper.
I personally went direct and got their Black Friday offer c.£90 for Pro with 1k credits.

[Carbon VW]

Weird though that my battery is original and will be 8 years old this August. It also healthy as i regularly check it. I had had stop/start disabled since 2015. Wonder how long I can get out of it!

[sjw]

Yusee, you can also try OBD11 direct as they sometimes have combined offers on the for the pro version, the wait is longer than Amazon, but sometimes works out cheaper.
I personally went direct and got their Black Friday offer c.£90 for Pro with 1k credits.

That's for the new version, though. I bought Gen 1 as I don't need iOS support, nor the support for newer vehicles. The next gen version is over £100 on Amazon

Weird though that my battery is original and will be 8 years old this August. It also healthy as i regularly check it. I had had stop/start disabled since 2015. Wonder how long I can get out of it!

Good luck!

[Al1040]

Good point SJW well spotted

[mcmaddy]

Yusee, you can also try OBD11 direct as they sometimes have combined offers on the for the pro version, the wait is longer than Amazon, but sometimes works out cheaper.
I personally went direct and got their Black Friday offer c.£90 for Pro with 1k credits.

That's for the new version, though. I bought Gen 1 as I don't need iOS support, nor the support for newer vehicles. The next gen version is over £100 on Amazon

Weird though that my battery is original and will be 8 years old this August. It also healthy as i regularly check it. I had had stop/start disabled since 2015. Wonder how long I can get out of it!

Good luck!

Gen 1 and Gen 2 devices both do the same cars. Gen2 device is as you have said iOS compatible but it's also got a slightly quicker processor.