Best Battery

I didnt get the 27F, didnt need anything that big. I went with the 24F.

CCA 710 @ 0F
Charge between 13.8 and 14.6
Float between 13.4 and 13.6

 

Costco prorates there batteries

 

Is $104 a good price for an OEM Group 27 Toyota battery? Is cheaper than Costco for sure. Is the OEM Toyota battery any good to begin with?

Toyota True2 Battery, Group 27 - 60 Month Warranty

 

I'd rather pay a few bucks more for the costco battery. Reason being I hate dealers, if costco goes bad you can probably find one easier and closer than a dealer and probably get out of there faster too.

 

Which one CCA, I see a few options, I am leaning toward the 710 CCA 84 Month for $116.82 at local dealer, seems like a bargain compared to most aftermarket.

00544-27F60-710 84 Month 710 CCA
00544-27T2-600 60 Month 600 CCA
00544-27060-675 60 Month 675 CCA

 

Ha Ha, I'd rather go to the dealer than Costco on any given day.

 

There is only 3 battery manufacturing facilities in the US so the Toyota batteries most likely is from one of them. Most batteries are junk these days. I had an Interstate die after a year and a half.

 

If you have the luxury of getting this battery BEFORE the one in your truck dies suddenly, like a lot of Tundra owner's experience with their original battery (I did as well) this is what I would do too. The price is right and it is probably just as good as any other name brand you would pay a $100 more for.

 

Recently bought a battery and learned the more CCA, the more plates there are inside, making them thinner and more likely to damage due to vibration.
Having said that, I bought a 870CCA as its gets cold here.

 

Truck had a 710 CCA in it stock, so I replaced it with a 710 CCA.
Toyota # 00544-27F60-710 with 84 month warranty $104.83 out the door.

 

Just replaced Truestart 27F, 710CCA that lasted 7+ years with same battery. 84 mo warranty, $140 from dealer.

 

Following some of the battery threads as of late, looks like my original is nearing end of life. (Manufacturing date 9/20, battery stamped 28/08/20, 8k miles)
I have a TopDon tester that seems to be pretty accurate. (I have a lot of batteries to keep up with) I normally just get mine at Sam's Club, Duracell brand when on sale. In the late '70's early 80's I worked at Sears Automotive while going to school. At that time the DieHard brand was made by Globe-Union and when the truck made deliveries there were many other brands including Interstate. As a side note the AGM batteries in my F250 7.3 diesel had a sticker date of 11/13 (AutoCraft Platinum Grp 65) and just replaced them, milked them as long as I could. Anybody using Advance Auto AutoCraft batteries?