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How long do the red & yellow top Optimas last?

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:25 am
by Maxtd5def
Coz I can't remember when mine went in. Could be 5 or 6 years ago. How long have they been around?

Now mine aren't quite holding a full charge overnight. Thinking of changing them before winter. Unless anyone has been running these things for longer?

Regards
Max P

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:29 am
by mavzilla
your kidding rite
put some new 1nes in and buy me some 2

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:30 am
by jeep97tj
You sure have got your moneys worth out of them :cool:

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:54 am
by Liam
Mine have been in since 98. still seem okay.

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:11 am
by Guy
My crappy old Yusa overlander's have been in since early 2000, been flattened a few time's and still are in perfect working order .. left the lights on in the GU the other doy for a couple of hours and it still started very easily

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:12 am
by ausyota
My red top lasted about 6 years.
Its pretty cactus now though.
Dont know whether to stick with optima or try an odyssey.

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:42 am
by sootygu
I had a orange top that lasted 8 months :bad-words: not good for a premium priced battery.




It was replaced with a yellow top FOC.

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:12 pm
by Guy
love_mud wrote:My crappy old Yusa overlander's have been in since early 2000, been flattened a few time's and still are in perfect working order .. left the lights on in the GU the other doy for a couple of hours and it still started very easily
well they lasted about 5 and a half years ...

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:38 pm
by frp88
what is the price for the optima's :?: i payed $124 for a supercheap 600cca no name 2year's ago still good :D so if it goes i would like to get a good one

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:28 pm
by Gwagensteve
Red tops are around $300, yellow tops around $400 Blue tops are similar to yellow.

I have had a red top since 1997, on a very infreqently driven diesel. It was joined up (bolted together) to a newer one in about 2002, so yes, I did everything wrong.

The older one is pretty dead now, but will still start a suzuki quite well if it is well charged.

The newer one still runs my G perfectly, but as a single, it does struggle to run an engel when camping.

I would never fit or recommend anything else. They just do what they say on the box.