Looking for battery replacement recommendations and group confirmation

[Sublimer677]

Hello community!
I did a quick search and didn't see anything specific to the 2. We are moving back to Arizona and I think I'm set on a flooded replacement, based on price compared to AGM and that those have cons as well. I would like to know if anyone can confirm that group 35 fits the 2011 Mazda2 without any modification, or if I should just find a slightly more rarely stocked 26R? In addition, using ChatGPT, I narrowed it down for the excessive heat in the desert to DieHard Gold, Interstate MTR, or NAPA legend. There's a COSTCO about 1.5hrs from me with interstate but they only have a 35, no 26R for $123. My other option is buying either a DieHard or NAPA locally, or paying more for a shop to order me an interstate 26R. What do you all recommend?

 

[Mazdiod2]

35 and 26R are very close .... is the 35 smaller?

AGM is the way to go to beat the heat.

 

[TheMAN]

Group 35 is bigger, and is a listed optional upgrade per Mazda

Get the group 35 for more capacity and more cranking amps... just go to a sams club and get a "duracell" battery, which is a rebadged deka battery, fully made in USA by east penn.... way better than the interstate junk or many other brands out there who are made by clarios, which always had quality issues and they leak, besides the fact that most of them come from mexico for many years lol