Optima batteries...

Matt, cant see a problem with marine type batteries.
Been looking at them myself, will be interested in other opinions.

Cheers.....Lionel.

Looked at them once upon-a-time but too dear and with only 12mth warranty not considered to be value for money.

over priced
over rated
over hyped
if you can get one for 50% of advertised price then buy one

The Optima is a spiral plate AGM battery of high recombination and is an excellent battery but its capacity is small in comparison to other AGM batteries.

The fast recharge capacity makes them one choice for competition fishermen in USA for running the electric trolling motors.

Cost per size is a deterent to their use.
Wheeley

I used the lower cost equivalent, the spiral wound exide Orbital , hard to beat as a battery

G'day Matthew

I actually use Optima batteries in my 80 Series Cruiser, two red tops and a single yellow top (deep cycle), these batteries have out~lasted all wet cell batteries that I had used before the Optimas.

I have two in the engine bay in the standard dual battery set up and the deep cycle unit lives under the floor along side the chassis rail, this yellow top unit feeds a rather heavily used 12v ~ 240v inverter.

Yes they are as dear as poison but four years on, they are still just brilliant.

I have no affiliation with Optima Batteries, but I will most definately buy them again, no question.

From what I remember of the "Optima" information sheet, the Marine (Blue top) is only different in the battery post configuration, so it should be ok for your intended use.

Regards:

I have 2 Yellow top's in my 100 series,they were put in March 04 and still going strong,my vehicle sits for long periods of time and only once did i have to jump start it(was about 6 months) and have not had any problems since.they do recover quickly as stated and IMHO are pretty hard to beat. the only difference in the marine is the terminals (has screw and post) and they are stainless, otherwise it is the same as the yellow.

Matthew,

Had a 55AH yellow top used as an auxilliaty battery in the vehicle which lost a cell at 2.5 years. Was replaced with a new one on which I was given a decent discount. This is still going OK after 5 years and now used in the camper trailer. Replaced the auxilliary battery in the vehicle with a 100AH AGM as the 55AH wasn't big enough for all the accesories.

I have one yellow top Optima bought 2003. Checked it this morning and although haven't charged since about Easter, sitting on 12.53v. Use it a few times a year.

I have a yellow and a red top the yellow is deep cycle and starting used only as second battery and red is starting battery.

I first got a yellow top and it stuffed up not long after I got it.

It was replaced and at the same time got the red top so both started life together new and they are approx a year old now and have been great.

Cheers Scoof . :-)