Go with the cheap one from WalMart. The Trailboss doesn't need a lot of cranking amps and there is not much on it to pull power. I bought one for my 97 TrailBoss first of the year and no problems since. I did buy the expensive one for my Arctic Cat, but it has a winch on it so I thought I might need the extra amps sometime.

 

Well, not a big fan of the lead/acid battery with vent pipes. The acid gets everywhere especially if the vent pipe gets yanked off by underbrush....A few bucks spent on a sealed battery is like that ounce of prevention/pound of cure thing. Thanks for the feedback all. Walmart is easy on the return policies and also 2 minutes from where I work.

 

I like the gel batteries for off road activities but the walmart batteries work just fine. Just make sure the vent tube is secure and the end is underneath so that acid won't splash on anything.
Like the other guys said, keep the receipt. I buy all my batteries from walmart. You can't beat the 3 year free replacement on car batts.

 

A few years ago, I bought a Walmart sealed battery for my SeaDoo Watercraft. It lasted just one season. I even hooked it up to a Battery Tender after each ride. I don't think Walmart had the three year warranty at the time. Recently I purchased a Walmart battery for one of my cars, with the three year warranty. So far no problems. With my ATV, I think I would go with the same one I have had for 2 1/2 years now with no problems at all. A three year warranty doesn't help you if you're stranded miles away from help.

 

the 3 year warranty is on car batteries, not atv, as stated.
any mileage, any vehicle, any time frame doesn't help either if your stranded miles away
redmtn, so what is the battery that your atv has?

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]Funny this topic came up now. Just this afternoon I was at my dealership talking to service about my atv. He said if you use any other aftermarket battery other than a Polaris oem, they will start causing electrical problems. He had no explaination why just that they see this problem alot. I'm doubtful as long as you have correct voltage. But then again, My friend has a "04 500ho, he put a AGM Batteries Plus battery in last fall then last month while we were riding everything went dead. Hot electrical smell up front, cdi box?? was melted and he spent $130.00 to replace it. I have that same battery in mine since early june, now mine is not starting (firing) not sure yet if I have fuel or spark issues. Anyone ever heard this before??????? Thanks

 

Our dealership has had best service from Yuasa and Interstate Cycletron. Changed a lot of Wally World batteries that didnt last. Just my 2 cents worth. They cost more,but in most machines last longer. We also sell Bikemaster from Parts Unlimited,not a bad battery,but not in same league with Yuasa.

 

Does Yuasa make the batteries for Polaris?
......Caper........

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Dearlh

[img][/img]Funny this topic came up now. Just this afternoon I was at my dealership talking to service about my atv. He said if you use any other aftermarket battery other than a Polaris oem, they will start causing electrical problems. He had no explaination why just that they see this problem alot. I'm doubtful as long as you have correct voltage. But then again, My friend has a "04 500ho, he put a AGM Batteries Plus battery in last fall then last month while we were riding everything went dead. Hot electrical smell up front, cdi box?? was melted and he spent $130.00 to replace it. I have that same battery in mine since early june, now mine is not starting (firing) not sure yet if I have fuel or spark issues. Anyone ever heard this before??????? Thanks</end quote></div>
I'm surprised OPT didn't reply to this unless he thinks it's just hogwash.
A battery is used for starting and supplies enough voltage for starter, spark, etc and the charging system kicks in with regulator and supplies more voltage than the battery, so there must have been a different problem.
This sounds like car dealers when you bring your car in for service and they ask what mods you did. Seems you can't even change the tire size these days without them denying a claim. One time they asked if I installed a K&N filter and the MAFS wouldn't be covered. I now keep all OEM filters for my vehicles and pull out the K&N when I bring a vehicle in for warranty.

 

I use the "battery tender" as well - works great. I bought my battery at "batteries plus" for $60 and it has 250cca.

http://www.batteriesplus.com/m...atteries/Polaris.aspx


Spend the x-tra $30 for the tender - it prolongs your battery life 2-3 fold.

Sealed Batteries Can't Overflow - They just EXPLODE, lol