Subject	In the last `5 yearsthe quality of Optimas has declined
Posted by	BlackholeZ on March 22, 2015 at 1:57 AM
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In Reply To	I'm not refuting your experience with your Optima, but I posted by Zuberman on March 21, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Message	They moved manufacturing to Mexico and they've since gone to shit. I got 7 1/2 years out of my old red top and that included sitting for about 6 months completely dead. I put it in my buddy's truck and jumped it and it rocked on. I've seen plenty of 3-4 year old optimas shit the bed in the last few years and I no longer recommend them. Interstate makes a good battery at a decent price. I'm happy going back to them. -Dan VTC Solenoid Caps and install instructions. "Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse." "'she' also likes to swap since I think I am going to need to give her to woody again." - Dvlhntr "full alphabetic boost mode" - ChristopherTheOne " Purrs like a sexually satisfied black panther." - BigTDogg "Two oil eating, angry, spinning triangles of death." - turtleboy on rotary engines
Follow Ups	Experiences w lightweight batteries? - Boosted1 11:55:16 03/21/15 I'm not refuting your experience with your Optima, but I - Zuberman 12:48:45 03/21/15 This is a little over two years old.... - Zuberman 12:51:23 03/21/15 $549!! Lithium ion. - Boosted1 21:31:49 03/21/15 If it lasts 2-3 times as long as a conventional battery - BlackholeZ 02:06:44 03/22/15 I had a blue top marine version that I got lasted 6 years, - Boosted1 20:53:42 03/21/15 Yes I track and auto cross my car occasionally. - Boosted1 21:34:13 03/21/15 In the last `5 yearsthe quality of Optimas has declined - BlackholeZ 01:57:25 03/22/15 FYI both are made by Johnson Controls. - Sportzcoop 19:23:53 03/22/15 You're not the first I've heard mention that - BlackholeZ 11:16:18 03/23/15 Refill the Optima. Deep cycle charge it, and - ttz'in (norcal) 13:10:21 03/21/15 How are you refilling a sealed battery? (n/m) - Boosted1 20:50:10 03/21/15 Did you have the Optima properly tested? There are a couple - Zuberman 13:33:54 03/21/15 All good info. - Boosted1 21:21:26 03/21/15 Re: All good info. - Merlund 22:38:14 03/21/15 It's at 9.5V. (n/m) - Boosted1 08:46:03 03/22/15 I just ordered a Braille B2015 for my S30... - DennisW [Houston] 15:33:10 03/21/15 I have a Braille B2015 and love it. No issues, over 2 years - ZaXxon 16:22:49 03/21/15 Did you buy the bracket from Braille too? (n/m) - Boosted1 20:47:38 03/21/15 Yes, used Rivnuts to mount it (n/m) - ZaXxon 06:53:19 03/22/15 How often do you drive it? - BlackholeZ 02:01:16 03/22/15 I drive it as much as possible, sometimes DD. - ZaXxon 06:55:04 03/22/15 That's nice to hear. - BlackholeZ 12:44:38 03/22/15 I'm open-minded enought to take all this info in and look - Zuberman 04:10:11 03/25/15 lol that looks so inferior. micromachine! (n/m) - FrozTTy 16:40:22 03/22/15 LOL! Size matters? (n/m) - Zuberman 04:11:59 03/25/15 Ive had a Hawker Odessy pc-680 for well over 10 years.... - MeatMan 19:38:45 03/21/15 The same battery for 10 years?! Or the same kind? (n/m) - Boosted1 20:49:12 03/21/15 The same battery. (n/m) - MeatMan 02:02:36 03/22/15 I have a Autocraft XTC30XL which equals a Deka (Penn) - SuparexTT 19:39:52 03/22/15 Re: Experiences w lightweight batteries? - sky z 08:16:17 03/25/15
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