Online battery retailer

in all of your expertise, where is a good place to get a battery? I was thinking walmart and the like but are there better deals to be had? what should i look for?

I've gotten my last two batteries from batterystuff.com >> the Scorpion AGM. They were purported to be good batteries, but the 1st one lasted exactly 2 years. my current Scorpion AGM has been installed since 08/2017, so if it lasts the Summer it will be 2 years old in August. I've been more diligent using my smart charger, so we'll see if it lasts longer.

There are more expensive brands, such as Shorai, but I don't know anything about those.
Yuasa is another brand that I considered & would assume are good, but I didn't see an AGM battery for my bike on their website.
some of the Yuasa batteries are made in USA.

Previously, I had installed wet-cell batteries from walmart >> Everstart? I forget the brand. I didn't like them because the fluid level was difficult to see. plus I wanted to switch to a maintenance-free AGM.
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I have used motobat gel batteries in all my bikes without trouble for many years.

I've been using the Batterystuff Scorpions for about 10 years. They used to be good. My buddy has been using the same one for 7 years now and he abuses the thing. He never charges it. He never takes it out for winter. He leaves it in the bike all winter in an unheated garage (we got down to -22 def F this year). His bike somehow cranks at a very high speed and starts instantly.

I used to have similar results, but the more recent ones I bought only lasted about 2 years, maybe less? I've replaced them with Scorpions as well, but I don't know how much I trust them now.

My Motobatt has been going strong since 2013 but I use a tender on it.
Here's hoping I didn't jinx it...

I went with the scorpion but if i decide to keep the bike and it dies, i'll try out the motobat

I now you purchased already but another vote here for Motobatt should you need to change. I have them in three bikes, one that has sat over a year unfortunately and it still cranks over.