just buy a new Battery save yourselve a bigger headache not so long after the 'battery service'

Servicing a car battery is a zero sum effort. You njust mbuy another one. Na utafute ile mandainance-free ya ngileen

Thanks all, Looks like i will be shopping

Anyone know where i can get a good deal on a maintenance free battery (size- standard saloon car, thinking of Nakumatt but am thinking there may be other dealers with better prices in the market.

kindly requesting for suggestions for models/brand names that people have had experience of and can vet for their reliability, please include prices if u can

Mbloo...I thought those mbatteries are no longer being manufactured!!!

@Ndume, my battery run dry over the weekend and I did not waste time on whether it is indeed dead or not, just bought myself a new one. Incidentally everyone has his/her opinion whwther you should go for maintenance free or not. I bought maintenance one(chloride) coz its cheaper and life expectancy is almost same to the maint free type. What they call maintenance is checking, and if necessary topping up with distilled water every 4-6 months. This can be done at the same time when you service the car and so its not something that you yourself have to do. Nway you can get genuine chloride outside of Nakumat. it will be cheaper. I heared many autopart dealers recommend a type from korea called KV. It must be a good type having been tested extensively by mathrees who are satisfied with it.

Bwenyenye. You must be a real burgouise of the old order.

The concept of all under one roof is what Nakumatt and now many others too is made off. They are agents for TVs, Car batteries e.t.c i.e more of selling space sellers than what you know.

Do not condemn us to Chloride Exide and why not put Nakumatt/Tusky's if you like and Car battery together oe even cars, TVs or readymade juice?

chloride batteries dissapoint a lot from my experience. My bad battery experiences stopped the day I mbought a ngileen maindainace free mbattery (like the old handy man at the shop called it) from a shop (motormart) located at Nakumatt mega. The same ngileen mbattery, I believe it is AMARON made in India, is found at Nakumatt supermarket outlets

My car came with a maintenance free battery from japan and it died after a few months. Shopped for a chloride exide one but terminals couldn't fit. The option was to change the cars terminals. But then someone recommended KV from Thailand which fit perfectly and its now been 1yr of trouble free service. It came with a 1yr warranty.

very true @GG - if I can chip in - if your battery level is low, maybe you can suspect your alternator of over charging it (thus it boils when running - overcharges to sometimes 14v and slowly the charge dissipates).

Or it could have been a one off incident with wiring that maybe caused a short and therefore the battery was affected - in which case, top up with battery water and see how that goes. I did that with a battery that was just outside the warranty period...and it lasted another 2 years or so.

Those deriding Nakumatt Motor Boutique - I think if you know what battery you want you can get it from there. I have done so TWICE - conveniently in the evening...both times for a Voltmaster.

Yangu I got in 2014, don't remember the name but it still works. It's black and green if that helps anyone identify. Picked it at Nakumatt Highway.

Is it out of warranty?