Battery ODYSSEY or OEM Honda

Being designed for industry they have a reputation for much longer life (up to 10 years) and better performance at cold temperatures.

Odyssey batteries have served me well. AGM. My Benz has the battery under the passenger seat so I it’s irritating to change. My last Odyssey lasted 9 years and didn’t fail: I just decided to change it as a matter of maintenance.

Yes, very true. The closest you get to 100% SoC, the more the battery degrades. The ideal SoC would be at around 50-60%. But 80% is also good. (My EV has its lowest limit at 80%).

I'm on my second Odyssey Extreme (first one lasted from 2017-2022) and they are pretty good. I got the 34R-PC1500T. I give it a charge once every month or two with the Odyssey charger.

Odessey batteries . 5 years in AZ heat and still cranks . IMO it’s the only one I get my monies worth.

I went with Odyssey Extreme gel cell and its worth the price!

I’d take a Honda battery over a Subaru one any day if the week.

Currently, a bit over 3 grand (labour included), at least for the Civic/Accord Hybrids.

I have two Honda City and the first one had the battery changed after the first year, I knew this wasn't normal and Honda insisted that's perfectly normal.

It all boils down to the idling stop feature, to allow that feature these cars use a specific type of battery, but even then the idling stop completely destroys the battery, on top of being useless.

Some of these OEM batteries they choose to use are shit.