Polar Battery Ltd

I want to give them 5 stars years ago but I can’t due to a recent incident that happened last year. In the past I only come here to purchase a battery that is 6V 42AH for my emergency lights. So like always I showed up here. This battery is not cheap and is about $ 150. So they said told me that they don’t have it in stock and would need to order it. It will take about 3 days to come in. I need this battery urgently because I have inspectors coming in. So 3 days later, I showed up and they told me they couldn’t order it because it was discontinued. You could have told me that in the first place and I could have went somewhere else to look for it.
Their things are not cheap to be honest. I have bought other items from them like an alarm battery which the alarm (at home) battery is $ 30 and last about 5 years. So to be honest, they charge a premium for their stuff pretty much because it either comes oversea or the USA.
For my 6V 42AH, I ended up going accross the boarder and ordered it from Interstate Battery and had it shipped to Blaine. The battery which would have costed me $ 150 to $ 200 (at some other store) costed me about $ 80 Cdn. That is like double the price for battery in Canada. Don’t for get the one if I got from Polar would be made in Taiwan and the one I bought from Interstate made in the USA.
After the 6V 42AH incident, I stopped coming here. I mean if you don’t have it then say so. I don’t live close by!

Cheap, fast, and polite. About as good as it gets.
Parking is available in the tiny cramped lot in front of the building, as well as on the street.
Staff were friendly and very helpful. The guy behind the counter was able to locate the exact battery I was looking for in seconds, and the price was almost half that of the nearby Battery World. They even had it in stock, so I was out the door in minutes with a nice shiny new battery.
Will definitely pop by here for all of my future battery needs.

I received fantastic service here! When I said what battery I had he found me a better quality battery which is working great! Very well priced and very nice to deal with! I bought an automotive battery but Whilst I was in the shop I noticed they carry a range of other types of battery too which is good to know. I’ll certainly come here again in future!

These guys are amazing. Very professional and knowledgeable. When I needed an Optima Yellow Top (DS46B24R) battery, the one with the pencil pins and one of the few batteries compatible with the Toyota Prius, Polar was the only store that I found that had it. If any of my friends needs any sort of battery, I point them straight to Polar.

Not what they use to be. Sold it and the new owners just sell batteries, not so service. They use to offer to charge up my dead battery, even loan me one until it was ready. Now they just sell them like everyone else.

Super helpful. Yes, they get my vote.
I’ve never been a fan of rechargeable stuff. The reason being, you have to replace the cells at some point. These guys are the guys to come to if you need to.
Honesty and quite willing to give you advice even if you don’t bring your business there. I know that I will be replacing the cell in my battery pack for my camera flash at some point. It’s close to 20 years old and still firing.
This time, I have two 18 volt cells that I needed to be rebuilt. They were quite happy to test out my batteries as well as my charger. Free of charge. Turns out my charger was dead as well. They were quite willing to give me advice as well as options on what to do.
Yes, I will be back

Brought in some rechargeable battery packs that needed replacing. It should take about 20 minutes to build these things but I was told «next week». The following week I was told the same thing. Same story the third week. I gave up and took my business elsewhere.
I’ve had good service here before but this is more than an oversight.

My car that I just bought a few days ago needed a new battery, a friend told me to go to Polar. As soon as I walked in I was greeted with a hello and smiles from everyone. There was a guy waiting to check my battery. Upon learning I did need one, they had the the one I needed and it was in my car and I was ready to go in like 4 minutes. I have forgotten what really good customer service felt like until I took my car here. Keep up the good work guys!

This review is in addition to the one I wrote for «Polar Battery» — they are the same company and operate next door to each other. But the difference is that «Polar ADVANCED Battery Technologies» work with more specialized batteries like the tiny ones in your watch/​calculator or even a battery pack for your 5 year old laptop. Again the people are super helpful and knowledgable but in the case of specialty batteries, you may have to give them some time to research the availability of the battery to specially order it in. And price wise as well on all your rechargeable and small common batteries are at a much better price than you would pay at a drug store.
If you want to make an inquiry over the telephone, just make sure to double check it’s the specialty battery side because sometimes the other side will answer their phone for them.

Don’t let their circa 1992 website put you off! Their location is also nothing to brag about either in a dingy industrial park but these folks have got what you need and are super helpful.
I totally was expecting some humming and hawing before filtering through catalogs and then making a special order for the very specifically sized, non-​spillable, rechargeable battery I needed. When I showed it to them, they put the replacement in my hand and asked, «Is that all?»
Awesome sauce!