Battery Varta or OEM Hyundai

I wasn’t happy with the replacement options for the old Mercury batteries. So, I stumbled upon the Varta V80H—a battery usually used in servers—and I built a charger for it. It’s the perfect match: it has good discharge characteristics, high capacity, slow self-discharge, and it's rechargeable!

I get all my batteries in Screwfix. They do Varta brand which are exceptionally good for the price.

I got ten years on a Varta in my MB 212. When I changed it out I was really surprised it was the original w/97k on it.

Varta is pretty good

Just replaced this battery in my Leon. Got the Bosch 096 agm for £127 from Tayna batteries on eBay.

The original Varta battery lasted 11 years and still worked but began showing signs it needed replacing.

Get a Varta battery, lasts forever.

Varta je možda malo skuplji, ali ga imam u kolima od 2016. godine bez izgleda da posustane ni malo. Predlažem da staviš najveći koji je fizički moguće, mislim da je kod mene to bio model od 77Ah sa 700A udarne struje.

The older VARTA battery could only hold a charge for 15 - 30 minutes at the end. It has been in use since January 2020 and was out of use for 8 months in 2022.

ZeniPower battery could still hold a charge for a long time. Estimating 5-7 hours.

I went to an official dealership and they told me the battery is faulty, and replacing it would cost around 185 euro, labor included. I checked online and it seemed like in the Netherlands a comparable battery costs between 85 and 120 euro.

In my old Audi, I had a non-OEM battery and I did the +1 in the serial number trick. That battery failed in a couple of months. I honestly think it was a bad unit.