We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A dead battery can rapidly ruin your plans when your car won't start. Just like choosing the best battery brand, having the correct battery ...

Nobody wants to have their car battery die. Thankfully, car battery chargers have become an increasingly more popular way to either prevent — or, at least, significantly delay — that from happening.

First, let’s clear the air: Optimate is not Optima. The former is a European-engineered brand of battery chargers; the latter is a maker of those red-and-yellow AGM batteries you’ve probably seen in ...