Please Read "Batteries discharged while sitting" ?

[442OLDS]

Like anything else,I suppose it is possible to get a bad Optima Red battery,but I have had great luck with them over the years.

Even though they seem to last and last,I usually will buy a new one about every 3-4 years.

Optima even pays contingency.(they have for the last few years anyways)

[Alex Denysenko]

Not that i'd ever use them in any of our race cars, but on occssion i 've succumed to a case of cheapness and used wal-mart crap in our tow trucks motor home, and trailers, by far the worst performing batteries right along with sears die hard then you have to fight with some know nothing clown in their service dept after one recent failure too many i swapped everything out for optima red tops no more failures, my daily driver f-150 flareside shop truck was the last straw just got out of physical therapy freezing cold out and the truck won't crank

we use braille light weights in all of the race cars with spectacular results we sell a lot of them too.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

Not that i'd ever use them in any of our race cars, but on occssion i 've succumed to a case of cheapness and used wal-mart crap in our tow trucks motor home, and trailers, by far the worst performing batteries right along with sears die hard then you have to fight with some know nothing clown in their service dept after one recent failure too many i swapped everything out for optima red tops no more failures, my daily driver f-150 flareside shop truck was the last straw just got out of physical therapy freezing cold out and the truck won't crank

we use braille light weights in all of the race cars with spectacular results we sell a lot of them too.

X2 on Walmart batteries, Alex. I will never use another one, pretty much hate using anything from there, that's a whole 'nuther discussion. Pretty much a lock that they will let you down at the most inopportune moment.

[John Kissel]

Just my luck, my yellow top that was in the racecar would not want to keep up even with charging every week or so. Put it in my suburban and it works like great. We had to go to advance one sat. last july as my friends were closed and bought a gold 78-2 for her TrailBlazerSS. worked fine until wed. am of this week. When it was like 1 degrees worked great. Tues. night it was cold and very foggy and damp, batt went down to 9 volts and no start. Dampness maybe made a circuit somehow to discharge it to ground, I don't know. Took a loong time to charge it to get it in the garage. Got a replacement. It seems that my chargers work better when pluged into an outlet than a power strip or extension cord. Resistance in cords, again I don't know. I was always told if you put a battery down on concrete it will discharge, so I put them on a board. John Kissel

[cal]

Thanks Guys
I have Optima Red tops in my 83 Camaro and 68 Corvette and they work fine, been in there at least 3 years and still going strong.

I couldn't get the red tops when I needed to change the batteries in the 81 Corvette ,
and got the Exide. Was told same battery just a different label

O well Guess I'll be spending more money

Cal
S/ST HR 1177

[Tod Lane]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

X2 on Walmart batteries, Alex. I will never use another one, pretty much hate using anything from there, that's a whole 'nuther discussion. Pretty much a lock that they will let you down at the most inopportune moment.

I replaced a WalMart battery this fall in old blue, a 1995 Chevy truck that was over ten-twelve years old...
Truck sat for months between starts some years.

[7423]

Costco "black top" batteries in everything we own for the past 20 years, never had a failure.
Peeled the decals off the sides of the batteries and put them on the side of my SST Vega years ago. Won a points race and sent a picture to the PR Dept of Costco, got a nice thank you letter in return and a $50 cash card..............

[Adger Smith]

This is an eye opener:
I just Checked the net to see the USA battery MFG's
Well, ran across a world wide list....
It would take you several lifetimes to check out this list to see what is the best.
Guess it is better to use what the herd says is best.
http://jgdarden.com/batteryfaq/batbrand.htm

[tj310]

Back in the day when we had to fill dry batteries with acid service stations had small wooden benches setup close to the water hose so you could rinse the acid that was inevitably spilled. If they sat on the concrete spilled or leaking acid would collect underneath and eat the floor. ---Trevor