need suggestions for optima battery Options

[DaCCelica94]

trying to decide which optima battery to get. planning on doing some more audio/visual to my car. already running subs amp capacitor and other speakers. cars a daily driver. any suggestions on which optima battery i should get? Thanks

[garin]

well the red top and yellow top are the two big choices... i guess you knew that though. look at the reserve capacity and obviously the cca. optima batteries are really expensive. i'm not convinced that they are really worth it. i guess if you are going for top notch and lighting than they are.

[rkelly_83543]

The Optima battery is definitely worth it! I ran stock for awhile until my battery could not take it anymore. When I bought a new one I got a Yellow Top and I have loved what it has done for me! These batteries have a huge advantage over stock because stock batteries are meant to discharge quickly and do not have very good power reserves. The deep cycle Optima is meant to discharge slower over a longer period of time. These will last so much longer in a car audio application.
There is another thing you have to think about, alternator upgrade. Check out these vids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82xRzCr-lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv66sP9EXvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MP5F-uJAw

[AnaXyd]

I absolutely recommend the Odessey batteries. They are a hell of some batteries, and the PC1700 I'll got, provide 1700ampere in 5 secs. That should be enough for your power needs!

Capicator, (if that is a condensator), its a waste to have with a good battery though.

[JuMPiiN]

I hav a yellow top. And I love it ! I or rid of my stock battery and hooked up the new one and it made my car audio sound so much louder. It was expensive but worth it

[DaCCelica94]

Thanks guys. i was thinkn yellow top. gonna buy it this weekend

[dans_st]

just my $.02

I have had optima yellow tops in alot of my cars and as far as current they are so so, BUT, i had one go out every single time in less than a year....

So i always got them warrantied, but was a PITA whenever they went bad on me.

I say go Odyssey, Stinger(red ones), or BATCAP

my celica has Stinger SP1000, My Z28 has Odyssey PCT1700, My YUKON has 2 BATCAP 4000's and have never had a single problem out of them in ~5-6 YEARS

[cjh4l22]

yea unless you have to mount your battery upside down or sideways i wouldn't bother

[stephen_lee]

i've had a yellow top for 3 years and had no problems whatsoever, and thats with my ~2000watt system & carPC (i also ran a 300AMP electric go kart w/ it and ran it completely dead multiple times)

[AnaXyd]

Go Odyssey PC1700. You will NEVER regret. That batteri is awesome.

[trdproven]

although the yellow top is made for audio and video, reviews always mention them going out just like said above5. I recommend the red top over the yellow top for longer life.