Let me preface this by saying that you, your family, and both you and your families health is number one in the current times. Take care of those things first, but while taking care of those I wanted to warn you so that when this is all behind us you are not hit with a big bill replacing a car battery.

By now, no matter where you are in the world your vehicle that once was a daily driver may only be getting grocery store miles from going around the corner or may not have even moved for weeks and weeks to come. Knowledge was passed to me long ago that a good natural battery charge is made after driving at least 30 minutes, but with vehicles sitting more and more your going to need some help to keep your car battery alive.

I recommend you get yourself a car battery charger ASAP

Car batteries can run anywhere from $100-500 depending on size, brand, and where you buy it. You can buy any charger in a pinch, but I recommend a good one.

Buy it nice, not twice

Some cheap chargers can just charge and charge and can do more damage than help if the charger is not intelligent enough to know how to maintain. Some chargers you don't really know what it is doing, no screens, no status lights, etc. I personally run a set of Optima chargers.

Danny Korecki Danny Korecki

I have been using Optima chargers in some capacity since 2016.

I run Optima's big boy "Optima Digital 1200 - 12V Performance Charger and Battery Maintainer" in the garage for my daily driver 2012 BMW E92 M3 and the little brother "Optima Digital 400 12V Performance Maintainer and Battery Charger" out of the garage with an extension cord down the driveway to my wife's daily driver 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid, which also happens to be running an Optima Red Top battery. The Optima Digital 400 can be purchased for less than $100 and the Optima Digital 1200 is available for less than $200. For these normal purposes of keeping your car going, I would definitely recommend the Digital 400.

Danny Korecki Danny Korecki

I don't want to sound like an ad, but these are the chargers that I use and spending less than $100 (or less than $200 if you opt for the big boy) once is better than replacing over $100-500 times however many vehicles you have in your household. I just want you to take preventative action and not neglect your car batteries in this time of low use.

Any questions about car batteries, charging them, or these two particular Optima battery chargers I use leave them in the comments below. I would love to converse with you and drop some knowledge where I can........