L322 Halfords Battery

Hello all.
Just need to advise this one.
hopefully every RR owner will know having a battery that is tip top condition is kind of holy grail important.

Knowing this, anytime a battery may not to be 100%, we all should simply change it. Simple.
This may be a little expensive, but fully needed.

Halfords now sell a battery that is lifetime....yes LIFETIME.
If its not working, you take it back and get another FOC for life!

Get yourself a Halfords Trade card and not bad price either as....yes you have guessed it.
It has a LIFETIME guarantee..

Best wishes....hope your RR is looking after you.

Cheers.

Thanks for the heads up, it sounds quite good especially is I keep motors for far to long

donp38 said:

Hello all.
Just need to advise this one.
hopefully every RR owner will know having a battery that is tip top condition is kind of holy grail important.

Knowing this, anytime a battery may not to be 100%, we all should simply change it. Simple.
This may be a little expensive, but fully needed.

Halfords now sell a battery that is lifetime....yes LIFETIME.
If its not working, you take it back and get another FOC for life!

Get yourself a Halfords Trade card and not bad price either as....yes you have guessed it.
It has a LIFETIME guarantee..

Best wishes....hope your RR is looking after you.

Cheers.

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What do Halfords determine as being "Lifetime" I've been caught by the small print on a deal like that before.

What
That's probably the life of the battery! How naïve do they think customers are?
As said, check the (very) small print before you hand over your money.

I've always had batteries from Halfords for the following reason. All batteries have a manufacture date on it. If this is in the time frame of the gauantee on the battery then just take it back and demand a new one. Not parted with cash for the last 12 years of rangie ownership. You don't need a receipt or proof of purchase. Don't go telling everybody will you. Their batteries have a span of 3 years max. The Japanese Range last longer as that's been in my x5 for over 4 years. Happy shopping and keep it to yourself
Ps don't buy a nackered battery from a car boot and take it back. That would be naughty

a lot of things a deemed as lifetime warranty but they generally mean the lifetime of the item, or the lifetime of the vehicle in some cases, personally i would read the small print. but when it comes to batteries the l322 does prefer slightly better batteries than the run of the mill halfords stuff, i find bosch to pretty decent.

Willos said:

I've always had batteries from Halfords for the following reason. All batteries have a manufacture date on it. If this is in the time frame of the gauantee on the battery then just take it back and demand a new one. Not parted with cash for the last 12 years of rangie ownership. You don't need a receipt or proof of purchase. Don't go telling everybody will you. Their batteries have a span of 3 years max. The Japanese Range last longer as that's been in my x5 for over 4 years. Happy shopping and keep it to yourself
Ps don't buy a nackered battery from a car boot and take it back. That would be naughty

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My 1000CCA Alphaline battery from Battery Megastore is coming up for 8 years in my P38 and still going strong and I'd bet it was a lot. cheaper than Halfords

Bought a bendable much advertised spectacle frame for daft money. Never bent or mishandled but decided to shear at one side of the bridge after about a year. Took them back and was told they had reached the end of their life. Lifetime warranty means nothing it's just a sales pitch.

Its is all down to the accepted definition of "lifetime".

Lifetime warranty[edit]
A lifetime warranty is usually a warranty against defects in materials and workmanship that has no time limit to make a claim, rather than a warranty that the product will perform for the lifetime of the buyer.[6] The actual time that product can be expected to perform is normally determined by the custom for products of its kind used the way the buyer uses it.

If a product has been discontinued and is no longer available, the warranty may last a limited period longer. For example:

• the Cisco Limited Lifetime Warranty currently lasts for five years after the product has been discontinued, but only if you know where you bought it from as the seller is responsible for administering it.[7]
• HP Networking product lifetime warranties last for as long as one owns the product.[8]

wammers said:

Bought a bendable much advertised spectacle frame for daft money. Never bent or mishandled but decided to shear at one side of the bridge after about a year. Took them back and was told they had reached the end of their life. Lifetime warranty means nothing it's just a sales pitch.

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But the product has to be fit for it's purpose. I had an after-market power steering box fitted a few years ago ... started leaking after 14 months (12month warranty) but had only been in place for 4k miles. The supplier declined to replace/refund as 'over 12 months guv' so I threatened them with trading standards & they rolled over.

norseman said:

But the product has to be fit for it's purpose. I had an after-market power steering box fitted a few years ago ... started leaking after 14 months (12month warranty) but had only been in place for 4k miles. The supplier declined to replace/refund as 'over 12 months guv' so I threatened them with trading standards & they rolled over.

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Quite right.

Interesting how many of us laud the Lifetime Guarantee on Halfords Professional tools range, and yet it seems the Lifetime Guarantee on batteries is suspect? The norm is for the Lifetime that the purchaser has that particular vehicle - ie it is not transferable, - and given that most people regularly change their cars - esp if they start acting up - so yes it is a gimmick to some extent but that is no reason why we who keep cars way longer than average can't exploit it.

Beneagles said:

Interesting how many of us laud the Lifetime Guarantee on Halfords Professional tools range, and yet it seems the Lifetime Guarantee on batteries is suspect? The norm is for the Lifetime that the purchaser has that particular vehicle - ie it is not transferable, - and given that most people regularly change their cars - esp if they start acting up - so yes it is a gimmick to some extent but that is no reason why we who keep cars way longer than average can't exploit it.

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It's possible to imagine a tool lasting a lifetime, most of mine are 60 years old, it's not possible to imagine a car battery lasting a lifetime. If a car is constantly used for short journeys meaning the battery is never fully charged, the life might be as little as 3 years. With mostly long journeys they do better, I just replaced my Transit's batteries after 14 years for example.

I will let you know. Got one using a Halfords Trade card.
Keep the receipt sir. It is the same as our tools.
If it ever breaks, we will give you another one FOC.
Simple.
Lets see....I'll let you know if anything happens..

I suspect the "lifetime = time the purchaser owns the vehicle" is correct. That said, the battery suppliers also have variable warranties, so Halfords probably roughly follow these even if their marketing blurb hints otherwise.

My son works for a fairly well known part supplier, and always says if you're keeping it go for brand-y with 5 year, otherwise if selling the car buy 3-year & give buyer the receipt. There's not usually a name on the receipt.

BTW, Halfords in Ferndown tested my Dad's 14 month old battery on his Focus (Halfords branded) and agreed if was fecked. Grab a new one sir . . . . . . snuff said . . . .thanks Hal.