optima red top or no?
01-21-2011, 08:54 PM
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optima red top or no? i have to get a battery for my car tomorow and thought about getting the red top optima, but the reviews lately have been hit or miss.
im going to get it from advance autoparts since they got a deal on batteries right now.
my choices are
Opitima red top
Autocraft gold
they are both close to the same cranking power, the red top does have a little more, but the autocraft has more reserve capacity. both come with a 3 year warranty.
what do you guys think?
im going to get it from advance autoparts since they got a deal on batteries right now.
my choices are
Opitima red top
Autocraft gold
they are both close to the same cranking power, the red top does have a little more, but the autocraft has more reserve capacity. both come with a 3 year warranty.
what do you guys think?
01-21-2011, 09:43 PM
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The model 78-7yr AC Delco battery is a beast. Much better than any Optima. It can only have an equal, there's no better battery out there that'll fit and is made for regular passenger cars. And with a 50 month 100% free replacement, it can't be beat for $109.00. Its also the lightest battery. 15 pounds lighter than the Die Hard Platinum.
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01-21-2011, 11:15 PM
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I fyou do buy the red top from Advance, can I recommend paying for it online and picking it up int he store. You can use one of these coupon codes. I got a red top for something like $70 when I bought mine.
http://zservers.com/aapimages/aapbrakespromo-10off.html
http://zservers.com/aapimages/aapbrakespromo-10off.html
01-21-2011, 11:33 PM
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I fyou do buy the red top from Advance, can I recommend paying for it online and picking it up int he store. You can use one of these coupon codes. I got a red top for something like $70 when I bought mine.
http://zservers.com/aapimages/aapbrakespromo-10off.html
http://zservers.com/aapimages/aapbrakespromo-10off.html
$40 off of the red top
$30 off of the autocraft
cant believe im "coupon shopping" i almost feel like a woman
03-20-2011, 09:04 PM
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yea thats exactly what i was going to do. that the reason im undecided on those two batteries. i know i a lot of people run different batteries from other stores, but advance is the only one i can you one of the online coupons for.
$40 off of the red top
$30 off of the autocraft
cant believe im "coupon shopping" i almost feel like a woman
$40 off of the red top
$30 off of the autocraft
cant believe im "coupon shopping" i almost feel like a woman
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03-20-2011, 09:29 PM
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Go to walmart , pick up their battery, use it, if have problem , their alway a walmart down the street, no matter where u are ^^. their battery made by johnson company, its good battery with good price and warranty.
03-20-2011, 09:50 PM
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Not sure what to recommend.
My 78-7 yr AC Delco lasted through:
-3 different daily beaters over 3 years in KS,
-2 years in my TA in KS
-sitting unplugged for 10 months for basic and AIT in KS (relatively bad KS winter)
- a winter in fort drum NY with temps down to -52 degs F
-a deployment (unplugged except for starting monthly)
-a mild summer
...then it died.
My optima red top lasted 2.5 months of a mild fort drum NY winter (about like a Kansas winter) and died. Replaced under warranty but still I am less than confident in my purchase.
Batteries are so melodramatic. Most parts just quit. Batteries....they die
My 78-7 yr AC Delco lasted through:
-3 different daily beaters over 3 years in KS,
-2 years in my TA in KS
-sitting unplugged for 10 months for basic and AIT in KS (relatively bad KS winter)
- a winter in fort drum NY with temps down to -52 degs F
-a deployment (unplugged except for starting monthly)
-a mild summer
...then it died.
My optima red top lasted 2.5 months of a mild fort drum NY winter (about like a Kansas winter) and died. Replaced under warranty but still I am less than confident in my purchase.
Batteries are so melodramatic. Most parts just quit. Batteries....they die
03-20-2011, 10:42 PM
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I was at O'Reilly Auto with a friend getting his Walmart battery tested. It was bad...along with all 5 OTHER Walmart batteries sitting around the battery machine. Keep in mind that the Optima is a dry cell battery. If you wanted to relocate to the rear, a dry cell is a MUST to keep from filling your interior with explosive hydrogen gas when the battery starts to die.
03-20-2011, 10:49 PM
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I have bad luck with red top optima as well, after third one, and last one I stuck in the rains, and walk fking 2 miles with that fking red top to advance and they refuse to exchange, cause it was the third one -_- under 1 year.
03-21-2011, 01:04 AM
#13
I have 3 red tops (69 Camaro, 70 GS Clone, & my 2000 Camaro SS) and so far "knock on wood" they seem to be great batteries. I don't even disconnect them and my cars start right up ever month during the winter. So far, so good. Go Optima Red Top.
Side note: I've heard that they have been bought out and move the manufacturing to Mexico and since then, the quality has suffered.
But, I would buy another (especially with a discount coupon).
Side note: I've heard that they have been bought out and move the manufacturing to Mexico and since then, the quality has suffered.
But, I would buy another (especially with a discount coupon).
03-21-2011, 01:11 AM
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Get the red top.....
The one in my goat has lasted through two deployments of mine, every weather condition in the US, and 5 years now. Its so good I bought one for my TBSS when the ACDelco in that one crapped out.
The one in my goat has lasted through two deployments of mine, every weather condition in the US, and 5 years now. Its so good I bought one for my TBSS when the ACDelco in that one crapped out.
03-21-2011, 11:51 AM
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I was at O'Reilly Auto with a friend getting his Walmart battery tested. It was bad...along with all 5 OTHER Walmart batteries sitting around the battery machine. Keep in mind that the Optima is a dry cell battery. If you wanted to relocate to the rear, a dry cell is a MUST to keep from filling your interior with explosive hydrogen gas when the battery starts to die.
The Optima Red Top uses a water acid mixture. They can vent hydrogen gas during unusual situations.
