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SignUp Now!Anything but an Optima.
Nothing but trouble with many of them over the past couple years.
Wow, I hadnt seen many Optima failures but glad I saw this thread. I had 2 red tops, and then tried a yellow top. I just couldnt keep any reserve power with those batteries. The yellow top I had on my daily driver, if I left the engine off/key on with stereo (amps drawing power too) for 5 minutes it would either start slowly, or need to be jumped. I just had bad luck with them. I went to Sears one day, bought a Diehard Gold, gave them my collection of fancy looking colorful top batteries, and problem was solved.
i have optimas in my 89 gmc s15 jimmy and in my 84 gn no problems. thare just if the vehicle sits for a while you need to put it on a battery tender overnight. thats why everybody says that these are junk as they never charge them.
and dont put a regular charger on them as they will go bad. i sell these batteries and i always sell a battery tender along with them. most are for sump pumps in houses but a few for vehicles.