Battery Terminal Options

So I hate these cheap OE type steel terminals for obvious reasons. Are there any trick options out there better than the cheap bolt on replacement ends?

WWGRMD?

In for answers.

"Scosche" brand or similar car stereo terminals with the plastic snap-on covers are what I use. I made my own cables out of welding wire and lugs. Heat the lug with a torch, melt it part way full of solder, and stick the wire in. Easy, relatively inexpensive, and very flexible.

I've been eyeing these from Amazon: linkage

I'm looking pretty hard at these Military Battery Terminals.

Those both look pretty good.

I must admit I like the stamped steel ones better than the "crappy soft lead-like" ones which deform every time you use them until they're useless.

Nothing is as light or compact as the OE-type stamped steel ones...they're not terrible.

The reason to use a "Soft" lead terminal is to allow the Best FLOW of electrons in a simi corrosion resistant metal.Also IF you Keep them Clean and DO NOT Over Tighten them they will Last longer than several Batteries.

When you overtighten them you streach the clamps and after a few times they are squeezed togeather and no longer offer any clamping effect

Unless they're very cheap ends (and most are) deformation is generally due to over tightening.

Over tightening generally stems from using an ill fitting terminal and using to bolt to reshape the end.

You used to be able to find them in true positive and negative sizes then use a reamer/cleaner tool to size them more accurately so you don't have to over torque them to get them tight.

Now they're pretty much all the same in-between size with weak, undersized tabs for the tension bolt.

GTXVette wrote: The reason to use a "Soft" lead terminal is to allow the Best FLOW of electrons in a simi corrosion resistant metal.Also IF you Keep them Clean and DO NOT Over Tighten them they will Last longer than several Batteries. When you overtighten them you streach the clamps and after a few times they are squeezed togeather and no longer offer any clamping effect

I have two of the cheap bolt on terminals on the truck.

Right now they're going on 7 years old and on their 3rd battery without issue.

I don't think I've cleaned them more than about 1.5 times per battery either.

Crackers wrote:

GTXVette wrote: The reason to use a "Soft" lead terminal is to allow the Best FLOW of electrons in a simi corrosion resistant metal.Also IF you Keep them Clean and DO NOT Over Tighten them they will Last longer than several Batteries. When you overtighten them you streach the clamps and after a few times they are squeezed togeather and no longer offer any clamping effect

I have two of the cheap bolt on terminals on the truck. Right now they're going on 7 years old and on their 3rd battery without issue. I don't think I've cleaned them more than about 1.5 times per battery either.

I prefer the stamped steel to the softies.

The soft ones always get wrecked, some do crack, some bend, and some just have the goofy square head bolt spin around and around, and I promise I am not overtightening, just getting them tight enough to stop spinning.

What's wrong with using a tech screw after you screwed up the terminal? LOL

I like the Moroso solderless brass ones. LINKY