Howdy
I have had GREAT luck with both Interstate batteries and Optima. I had a Odyssey in my Motorcycle and will not be buying another on of those. Personally I would buy whatever brand you can get with good local service and warranty.
If you are at all handy with electrical stuff go out and buy yourself some heavy gauge welding wire and make up your own cables. Make sure all the crimp connections are clean, sealed and TIGHT.
The cross over cable is a huge draw and basically turns into a great big resistor over the years. This tends to act like a low(or BAD) voltage battery and will eat your other battery. If you don't replace them at the same time you will most likely not be happy. I even try to get two batteries with the same date code. I have three vehicles with two batteries and 4 others with singles. So when one starts acting up the bad battery goes for the core and the good one gets rotated to whatever has the oldest battery.
Hope this helps!
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