I finad things to be relative when it comes to ratings. Ask someone with a particular brand of phone, for example and they either love it or hate it! Well Consumer Reports just gave A T& T the lowest rating of the mobile neworks and also indicated that I Phone users were particularly dissatisfied! I know a number that love their iphones! Conversely, they gave Verizon the best ratings and frankly, I was soured on Verizon and after many years, too many to count, I left and went to Sprint! Lot of your experience is what you make it!
One thing that I did find interesting was that they rated car batteries and in the cold weather areas, we do pay attention to battery problems. I mentioned on my facebook page that it always seems to happen when you are in a hurry and you jump in the car, turn the key only to hear crannnnnnk, click, click, click and then nothing! Well CR says they rate theri batteries as follows:
What's behind our car battery Ratings?
Our battery-life test is based on a standard recently adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Our test includes partially draining and then recharging each battery almost 3,000 times over a 10-week period.
We look for:
Battery life performance
Reserve capacity
Cold-cranking amp performance
Interestingly, they rated an Everstart Battery very well as a cold weather battery. I had never heard of them before. I guess that is because I do not shop in Walmart! Anyway, thought I would pass it along!
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