Is the Kinetic HC16V battery any good?

[AK22 10+ year member]

Hi, is the Kinetic HC16V any good, as compared to the XS Power D1200 or the Optima Yellow Top D34? I wanted to know if they are reliable since I am seeing mixed reviews on the internet. I have an audio system which has a total amperage draw of about 180 amps and I wanted to know if this battery would work well as a secondary battery running of a stock 90 amp alternator, with big three in zero gauge, a Bosch S4 battery in the engine bay and a stinger 200 amp battery relay isolator. Thanks.

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[jmkanek 10+ year member]

the kinetik is a 16volt battery, needing charged around 19 volts, and the other 2 are 12 volt batteries, needing charged around 14.4ish

so you cant really compare the hc16v to either of those

 

[Julian 10+ year member]

The HC16v is a hybrid battery... It has both 12 and 16v posts. I would stay away from these, in my friends shop we've had tons of them and had very little success with them and they are just garbage.

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

interesting statement above, as i run 5 kinetik hc16vs with 0 problems feeding my NS-1 very nicely

 

[Julian 10+ year member]

In the old demo truck we had a lot of them... I mean a wall of batteries behind batteries... this is from 08 and they're still floating around the shop. We had issues with them not keeping voltage, failing, and some of them just stopping to work all together. Your 6 might be fine but we had more than 40 + of them