My FREED ... My Battery ...

a year after purchasing my FREED, i had my car battery replaced upon advice during routine servicing.

OEM batt was Panasonic and had it changed to Varta as had good experience with this brand.

but only into a year plus the Varta gave up on my FREED!!!

mechanic told me Varta now designed in Germany but made in China!

he recommended me this brand to try:







Rocket Automobile Batteries

The premium quality and performance product in the Lion Batteries brand portfolio is the iconic Rocket brand. Introduced to the Australian market in 1995, the Rocket brand represents the ultimate in Sealed Maintenance Free (SMF) technology. Sourced from Global Battery Company in Korea, the Rocket brand offers consumers a range of high cranking calcium SMF products featuring an impressive range of performance and safety features.

Rocket branded products offer a premium high performance range of black batteries which have proven their impressive credentials across automotive, marine and deep cycle applications.



PS: sadly the Rocket batt did not make my FREED go faster!

Thanks for sharing bro..

My stock battery is 3yrs + already, think it's about time to change also .. how much did the Rocket battery cost you?

My Battery which I changed to a higher capacity one upon purchase of car now is 3+ years, but low mileage. I charge with car battery charger every 3 months or so. Still going strong leh....

WTFreed.... A battery last for 3-yearssss......

I used 3 battery for the pass 3 year.

HFSG wrote:WTFreed.... A battery last for 3-yearssss......

I used 3 battery for the pass 3 year.

Mr. President, you must compare apple with apple...
your lovely ride has heavy duty ICE on board, whereby most of the other normal humble bros here in the forum, has limited ICE on board.
Maybe, just maybe, that answer why your batter is exhausted so fast...

btw, i had replaced my batter last year (after 2 years from the purchase of my ride)
I'm using amaron battery, get the contact from sgcarmart forum

Jarjar4 wrote:Thanks for sharing bro..

My stock battery is 3yrs + already, think it's about time to change also .. how much did the Rocket battery cost you?

bro JJ, actually the Rocket not cheap ...

cost bout $120 ...

you can try Amaron!

Have to agree with MR7, if onboard got many additional electronic devices sure need more juice!

so if can last 1.5yrs its good enuf for me liao!

kominato wrote:My Battery which I changed to a higher capacity one upon purchase of car now is 3+ years, but low mileage. I charge with car battery charger every 3 months or so. Still going strong leh....

wah bro komi, if your batt can hit the 4 yrs mark must announce, a definite record!

btw your FREED using what brand batt

DADDYCOOL wrote:

Jarjar4 wrote:Thanks for sharing bro..

My stock battery is 3yrs + already, think it's about time to change also .. how much did the Rocket battery cost you?

bro JJ, actually the Rocket not cheap ...

cost bout $120 ...

you can try Amaron!

Bro Ed,

Mr Amaron in my previous ride failed me just slightly after 1 year... which is why I was quite disappointed with Amaron and looking for alternatives...

Jarjar4 wrote:Bro Ed,

Mr Amaron in my previous ride failed me just slightly after 1 year... which is why I was quite disappointed with Amaron and looking for alternatives...

wah bro JJ, you also must have many electronic devices in your ride?

So sorry for late reply....will check brand, BUt the reason it is still going strong is bcos I charge it every 3 months or so and my mileage is very low, now only about 27k !

DADDYCOOL wrote:

Jarjar4 wrote:Bro Ed,

Mr Amaron in my previous ride failed me just slightly after 1 year... which is why I was quite disappointed with Amaron and looking for alternatives...

wah bro JJ, you also must have many electronic devices in your ride?

Bro Ed,

You might be right about that i have a fair bit of electronics in my prev ride, but 1+ year for the battery to fail might seem a bit short leh .. anyway, might check it out and give it one more try again...

Just when I was recharging myself on a Cruise with my family.. my battery also happily discharging itself .. when i got back after 4 days, completely dead...

Finally my battery decided to fail on me.. on further check, it was not the stock battery as i mentioned earlier, but an Amaron. Guess the prev owner did changed it back in Dec'10..so it lasted 23 months...

Jarjar4 wrote:Just when I was recharging myself on a Cruise with my family.. my battery also happily discharging itself .. when i got back after 4 days, completely dead...

Finally my battery decided to fail on me.. on further check, it was not the stock battery as i mentioned earlier, but an Amaron. Guess the prev owner did changed it back in Dec'10..so it lasted 23 months...

23 mths not bad!

so bro JJ what batt you changed to and how much the damage?

Bro Ed,

Since that place i went to only have one brand Globatt, so bo bian end up changing to that. only 12 mth warranty - $120.

http://www.prlog.org/10607589-rahimafrooz-batteries-ltd-launches-globatt-battery-power-with-german-technology.html

DADDYCOOL wrote:wah bro JJ, i went to visit the link you gave ...

this Globatt Brand should be design in Germany ...

... but made in INDIA!!!

LOL..i don't care where it is made.. as long as it last and works for me can liao ..LOLOLOL!

5 days no use ... my batt passed away again ...

this time i use CSI knowledge to finger the culprit ...

and the biggest suspect is my video recorder ...

now i require a kind samaritan from HFSG to assist me in jump starting my car!!!

to be done on Sat morning if possible ...

Bro can help u tonite if u want....timing not sure...beep me if u need to jump start...after 8
.

Apologies in my long delay to reply as to my battery used, its Yuasa brand, past 3 years, but very low mileage on car less then 25k, second car, and battery charged every 3 months, still going strong.

kominato wrote:Apologies in my long delay to reply as to my battery used, its Yuasa brand, past 3 years, but very low mileage on car less then 25k, second car, and battery charged every 3 months, still going strong.

BRO KOMINATO, HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS SATURDAY AT JAN 13 MEETUP!

Hi people,

A bit of a contribution on my side's experience about battery.

Stock - traditional battery (those require to top up battery water), last me 2yrs ~ 100k mileage
2nd battery - Amaron (maintenance free), last me only 15mths ~ 75k mileage.
3rd battery - Globatt (maintenance free), just change for S$110 at River Valley Road tyre store (firestone).

Quite piss off with Amaron, believeing it will beat the traditional type of battery's life span. Or is it my high usage?