Battery options BESIDES Optima?

Well to be honest there really is only 4 or 5 major battery manufacturers in the world. Everyone just buys them and puts their own name on them. Johnson Controls is the largest of them all. If I remember correctly, my Interstate dealer told me that Johnson Controls makes their batteries and the gelcell's they sell.

Now the shop truck we had was a beater that had to start and work all the time for us. It was our parts getter, plow truck, etc... We ended up buying a gelcell from Interstate for it back in 2006 and have had no problems with it. I'm not sure about charging it and what the procedure is but it has survived being charged by the stock charging system in a 94 chebby 2500 pickup.