[Bridge4d]

No doubt with proper maintenance a standard flooded battery will last. But, I don't really like having to crawl into the forward battery box, unscrew all the screws holding it together, unhook the parallel cables hooking up the 2 batteries because the top of the box needs to removed out of the way so I can pry open the caps and then use a turkey baster to fill up the cells being careful not to overfill them. Then put it all back together only to have to repeat the whole process 3 or 4 times a year. No maintenance AGM Optima batteries all the way. Install and forget.

Noticed today that Advance Auto has a 25% off code (max of $50) that works on the Optima batteries (rare occurrence). Got 2, saved $100.