redtop optima battery

[belmont mild]

Where the Foook do i find this battery in town?

[Mertin]

costco had them when i bought my yellow.....so did walmart

[belmont mild]

good good gotta nabb one tomorrow

[axldrgn]

which optima do you want for what.
:anyone:

[belmont mild]

im not sure not knowing alot about them was reading the yellows are good but was thinking a red? Any opions

[4WDarren]

I've heard the reds are pretty good too. Walmart has them for a decent price.

[SizzleChest]

i've heard of a few red duds being circulated, but i've yet to hear one negative comment about the yellows. i'm sure that optima's are better than a regular battery and will last considerably longer under the same conditions. and ya, they are pretty much mandatory if you are running a winch/big stereo or anything else that draws a lot of power, but for most people that are interested in them just because of their reputation, are they really worth 2x and 3x the price of a regular battery? i think not.

[Road Dog]

Optimas are built differently -- Instead of flat plates and liquid acid they use spiral plates and an absorbant mat with gelled acid. So when you go inverted the acid won't leak out. Plus they handle vibration and getting bounced around on a trail.

You might need a different battery tray and tiedown since they're a sized differently than "stock" batteries.

red - automotive cranking
yellow - automotive deep cycle
blue - marine

[belmont mild]

hmm red or yellow?

Im going to run dual batteries soon enough ....

[farenheight101]

reds usually used for engine power while the yellows are for a secondary battery (power for the amp in the back). I have a red in my civic. Went snowboarding one day and left my headlights on, I was up there for 3 hours. Came back and freaked that I left my lights on but it still cranked! And the red is cheaper by abit

[u2slow]

No need to mod the battery hold down. They come with a replacement, scalloped GM-style hold-down block (if it hasn't been lost or thrown away).

I run dual red-tops on my diesel. I've also accidentally left my lights on once - for a solid 8 hours :cwm24: Still started.

The Exide Orbital is a battery of the same spiral/gel cell construction.

I would not run a yellow-top on the main charging circuit. A Deep Cycle battery is meant to be deep cycled - not short duration high demand spikes and constant charging. That's what the red-top is for.

[SizzleChest]

lots of people run yellows as the only battery in their daily drivers and do fine.

[belmont mild]

reds it is gotta hit costco tomorrow i left my farking card at home while running around today!:confused2

[Luc]

Let us know how much you paid for them. Thanks

[vince69007]

ive got a red one in my blazer, and even at 8v it cranked and started my 4.3l.

[farenheight101]

I paid $160 for my redtop back in the day

[Danimal]

Yah I got mine from costco as well

[1/2toy1/2chevy]

i bought a red top it was made by intersate about 7 years ago, its the gel cell style like the optima, and used it for about 1 year and it sat for years forgot about it put the charger on it 3months ago and has been working like new , to me that is one pf the best ones ever..

[belmont mild]

just bought a redtop wished afterwards it was the yellow but whatver it was cheep thru a buddy and he can get me more

[VJRubi]

Paid 160 each for my red tops today. Polar Battery on Boundary. Good guys and lots of stock.:beer_cheers:

[Jim T]

I paid $127 for mine a year ago at a place called Federal Battery in Richmond

[crazyguy]

I have put blue tops in aircraft as aircraft batteries SUCK. starting a 550cubic inch air cooled flat 6 when youve screwed up and flooded it or doing a hot start sometimes requires ALOT of cranking that an aircraft battery just wont hold up to. we left the magnetors off and cranked an optima for 5 minutes continuesly, stoped for a minute and cranked again for another few minutes just to test the optima. it never let up.

[rsl]

The Exide Orbital is a battery of the same spiral/gel cell construction.


Did some searching on the net and the spiral wound Eliminators that Crappy Tire sells are made by Exide.

[scramblerman]

The Costco in Abby hasn't had Optimas for a few months...... at least when I've had a look. Do other Costco locations still have them?

Tim aka scramblerman

[u2slow]

When I bought red-tops ( just over a year ago) Walmart and Costco were within $5.

I have dealt with Polar Battery now for other items, and I will likely use them again.

the spiral wound Eliminators that Crappy Tire sells are made by Exide

It was only a matter of time before the brand engineering came through ;)

[belmont mild]

returning mine getting a yellow if it will not be returned from the guy i got it from (store) it will be thrown through his window later that night:cwm18:

mine does not hold a charge and started a little redtop search online well i wished i would have done that before i got it!!!!!

[Tmax]

for us 4x4 guys a yellow top is a better choice. two of them would even be better. also there are two sizes of yellow, red or blue top. if twin set up wont work for you, get a single bigger size. a blue top is the same as a yellow top but with more terminalos. handy for more hook-ups.

[frank]

I have put blue tops in aircraft as aircraft batteries SUCK. starting a 550cubic inch air cooled flat 6 when youve screwed up and flooded it or doing a hot start sometimes requires ALOT of cranking that an aircraft battery just wont hold up to. we left the magnetors off and cranked an optima for 5 minutes continuesly, stoped for a minute and cranked again for another few minutes just to test the optima. it never let up.

That sounds more like a starter endurance test than a battery endurance test...;)

[littletruck]

Bought a red top for the Dodge 6 months ago, best battery iv ever had cranks that 360 nice:redneck

[farenheight101]

returning mine getting a yellow if it will not be returned from the guy i got it from (store) it will be thrown through his window later that night:cwm18:

mine does not hold a charge and started a little redtop search online well i wished i would have done that before i got it!!!!!


Doesn't hold a charge?! you must have a bad bananna from the bunch, redtops rule, and are cheaper...

I'm sure Optima has warranties on thier batteries.

[crazyguy]

That sounds more like a starter endurance test than a battery endurance test...;)


it is. but proper aircraft batteries wont keep going like that.

[belmont mild]

i had one before i loved it guess i am trying a yellow out this time and lordco is bringing them in post haste optima line that is.... Was in getting things and mentioned a redtop problem...