OTIMA BATTERIES

Druers,
It is my belief that all camel herders should use the yellow top as it has more canking amps to get the lazy camels up off their arses in the morning.
One side of the jumper lead on each testie and they are assured to get up going.
Catch
Phil

Hi Druers
I had a look at the Optima range and found for the storeage capacity they were very expensive, ended up get a 90 AMPH from http://www.fridge-and-solar.net/ which was about 1/2 price of the optima
Ray

Optima are very expensive for what they are ie a sealed battery.

You can get an AGM battery, 100 amp, Remco $250 or Lifeline $350 or Fullriver $300, that will do a better job for a lot less money.

The Optimas are only 55 amp for the basic ones or 75 amp for their premium job.

I suggest you call Federal Batteries in Sydney on their 13.... number. Very helpful.

Cheers,

Jim.

Druers,
Optima are expensive but the assumption they are just a sealed battery is wrong. Coiled plates and low internal discharge make them worth the money. I have two Yellow tops in parrallel in a 4by for three years now,fridge, winch, jumpstarting large machinery etc etc. still working well. Previously tried a few different deep cycle, high output and Servere service types best I could get is just out of warranty, 12 mths. The bad bit is they tend to just "collapse", without warning, leaving you stuffed
These batteries are worth every penny I reckon if not just for the reliability I've had
Yellow tops seem to me to be the best for vehicles and vans, blue only has SSteel fittings, red is a cheaper option just for starting only
Go yellow
Regards
JR

Last quote I got for an Optima battery was $380 from Battery World.
Price for an Exide Orbital (same construction and specifications) was $168.

Guess which one I got?

Optima are way overpriced and even more overrated.
Check out Optimas basically non-existent warranty, as you will not find it on their website - well you may if you look long and hard enough. Pretty worthless warranty for such an overpriced overrated battery.

You can get a 100Ah HGL series Fullriver
for $260.00. Why buy half the battery capacity for so much more money. People usually only buy Optima once and buy a decent capacity battery the second time.