Neighbor swears by gel batteries, but is it actually different from what I have
So there's this older guy who lives a few units down from me in Al Jaddaf, and he's the type who genuinely knows cars, like properly knows them, not just someone who watches a few videos and suddenly acts like an expert, and we got talking last weekend while both of us happened to be outside dealing with our cars at the same time, mine was just a routine wash but he was actually replacing his battery himself which honestly impressed me because I wouldn't even know where to start with that, and when I asked what battery he was putting in he mentioned it was a gel type and started explaining a bit about why he prefers it over the regular ones most people use, something about it handling vibration and heat differently because of how the electrolyte is set inside it, which honestly went a little over my head in the moment but stuck with me enough that I went home and looked it up later, and that's actually how I ended up reading through a breakdown of premium Varta gel battery explained for Al Jaddaf motorists, which helped me understand a bit more about why someone would choose gel over a standard flooded battery, but I'm still not entirely sure if it's something that actually matters for my situation or if it's more relevant for specific driving conditions or vehicle types than for someone like me who just does normal daily commuting, does anyone know if gel batteries are actually worth considering for regular passenger cars or if they're more suited to specific use cases like heavy equipment or vehicles that deal with a lot of vibration, because my neighbor's car is definitely older and maybe has different demands than mine which is only a couple years old, also is maintenance different with gel batteries compared to what most of us are used to, because part of what caught my attention was him mentioning something about reduced risk of leakage which sounds like a nice bonus but I don't know if that's a big enough advantage to justify switching if my current battery is still working fine, I guess I'm mainly just curious at this point rather than actively needing a replacement right now, but I'd like to understand this better before my current battery eventually needs replacing so I'm not scrambling to research everything last minute the way I usually end up doing with car stuff, so if anyone here has actually used a gel battery personally, especially through a few summers here, I'd love to hear whether it made a noticeable difference or if it's more of a niche option that isn't really necessary for typical daily driving like mine.