Originally Posted By: The_Eric
Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
I'm on my 3rd Everstart Maxx JCI battery (in 3 different cars, different sizes, but all souther versions)) and they are great, but all of them seep some electrolite on the top. Am I alone with this?
No, you're not. I see lots of JCI (as well as Exide) batteries leaking electrolyte.
renegade_987, as said before, Everstart and Interstate are both made by Johnson Controls. You can bet that if the warranties are the same or similar, that they're using the same chemistry and plate technology. A JCI battery wouldn't be my first choice, but they have proven to be a decent starting battery.
Given almost universal agreement on the poor quality of Exide batteries, if you rule out JC, then that only leaves East Penn among the major battery manufacturers.