What Batteries?

jkh533 · Jan 10, 2011

What is everybody over here running?

There is a thread on Pirate about this but good grief too many opinions flying over there :****:

Just currious :dunno:

blacksheep10 · Jan 10, 2011

I've heard heard 3 or 4 opinions of whats good, but keep hearing stuff about exide orbitals.

bigsilly · Jan 10, 2011

I have always used Optima Red tops. They have a good warranty and I have had to use it several times. If not for the warranty I probably would have switched by now. In my single seat car I had to use a small one because of space and I used a Braille. It is small like the Odyssey, but it less expensive. It worked great.

InDaShop · Jan 10, 2011

Have used Optima Red, and Odyssey's. not complaints on either.

Heard the little stud on the Odysseys can break and become disconnected, but havent had a problem with the three I have.

COPPERHEAD42 · Jan 10, 2011

I had optima Yellow top in the jeep and it worked great. I bought a new one for it when I did the rebuild and never had a problem either. My old buggy had a odyssey and it never gave me any problems either.

jkh533 · Jan 10, 2011

I know I can get red and yellow tops at NAPA or O'Reillies what about the Odyssey or Exide?

This is what i was hoping or expecting to get, at least narrowed down to 2.

kmcminn · Jan 10, 2011

I use the smallest Red Top Optima

COPPERHEAD42 · Jan 10, 2011

Kevin dads scout has a red top and so does my buggy. Your already ready for a battery :flipoff1:

jkh533 · Jan 10, 2011

COPPERHEAD42 said:
Kevin dads scout has a red top and so does my buggy. Your already ready for a battery

Well Rob was askin me and I didn't know if Optima was still the best deal out there or not :dunno:

My motor should be coming any day, kid said he was waiting on rings and head gaskets :dblthumb:

:****:

Did get a handful of parts Kelly cut out for me the other day :driving:

blacksheep10 · Jan 10, 2011

I have 2 dead optimas around here I've taken out of customers' rigs and miles comes home with one (AAA truck guy) once every 2 months. most of his red tops he drags home are still in the warranty period. That is what has made me shy about them.
Read that battery thread again, deka rebadges at Carquest seem to be good to most, and the other 2 that everyone was harping about, odyssey (and the rebadge at Sears) and one Derek West is running. The latter is newer, so if you don't want to be a ginea pig, go with one of the others. Miles has a warranty red top coming my way I'd hook you up with if you want to go that way too
Kelly

grcthird · Jan 10, 2011

Every damn optima that I sell at the parts store comes back within a coupla months and has to be warrantied out. I wouldn't run one if you gave it to me, just my opinion. They're not the same battery they used to be. As far as power and cost goes advance sells a dual post 34/78 with the same cca as the optimas for like $200 less but you lose the non-spillable feature.

benfowler87 · Jan 10, 2011

grcthird said:
Every damn optima that I sell at the parts store comes back within a coupla months and has to be warrantied out. I wouldn't run one if you gave it to me, just my opinion. They're not the same battery they used to be. As far as power and cost goes advance sells a dual post 34/78 with the same cca as the optimas for like $200 less but you lose the non-spillable feature.

You work at advanced in Jasper?

InDaShop · Jan 10, 2011

grcthird said:
Every damn optima that I sell at the parts store comes back within a coupla months and has to be warrantied out.
They're not the same battery they used to be.

THIS!!!! I had an old one I couldnt kill, caught it on fire, etc...
Went through two new ones before trying the Odyssey's, but they arent all that either, they are just tiny.

COLT · Jan 10, 2011

I tried to inquire about the exide Orbital at the local exide distributor.. They would not even talk to me or even let me look at one because I was not a dealer... I even asked them who I could buy one from and they just shrugged there shoulders, I ended up with a red top Optima and it has been good to me so far.. I have heard from a lot of folks the Optimas DO have there problems like any thing else... If you are going to buy one, I would buy it from a large chain like Advance or O'riellys who will gladly warranty them..

monkey54 · Jan 10, 2011

well the miliatary likes odyssey or hawkers. lots of cca. i have alot of exp on both. both deal real well. buy what u can afford.. odysseys and hawykers weigh more than optimas if thats an issue. hawykers are 88lbs a piece

draggbody · Jan 10, 2011

i think peolpes problems w/ optimas is properly charging them... they think if its dead, just jump it off and the alt will charge it up, it doesnt, so they say they are junk... i run optimas in all of our rigs... cant tell you how many times allie has left her key on for weeks sometimes, put a proper 2 amp charge for 24 hours or more and it alive again... btw i engrave the date and who i bought my batteries from so that if i need the info i have it...

Mr. leafspring · Jan 11, 2011

BLUE top in my rig for a year now cause it was free

jkh533 · Jan 11, 2011

Good info guys, thanks for the responses.

I am all about a good deal and can afford to have it sit on a charger for a day if need be.

Let me know about that one Miles is gettin ya Kelly :dblthumb: