optima battery sale

[tonytony]

For anyone looking to get an optima this is the time to get it, I just purchased a red top from sears for 128 bucks with an old battery exhange.

[Van Westervelt]

What were they running yellows at?

[erik325i]

What were they running yellows at?

What's are the differences between red/yellow tops?

-Erik

[Van Westervelt]

Reds are more of an every day use and yellows are designed for high load systems. For instance, you have a lot of amps etc pulling power. The electronics on my car are getting out of control :) Anyone hear what they are runnin? Guess I will go check it out.

[lucky7]

my buddy works at murrays. i had him buy my red top. i think it was $122 with his discount.

[madjurgen]

are these really worth it over the much cheaper generic batteries?

[yozsi]

are these really worth it over the much cheaper generic batteries?

yep, they be sealed. no leaky.

[golde30]

ummm. im running a red-top. i have 2 amps with no capacitor, and it works out great. but as far as these prices go, i got my red-top at costco for $100. so i dont know what all this $122 on sale stuff is all about, sounds like a bunch of Hooplah.

[LINUS]

I had crap results with yellow tops in both my old Corrado and my Landcruiser - both went t-u loooong before warrenty up. Got reds to replace and no probs - easily 1500 watts of Eclipse amps in the Corrado, and the red did fine. Now on reds only. I was told you really need to cycle the yellows otherwise you end up like me. YRMV. I won't bother with yellows again though.

[tonytony]

What were they running yellows at?

Curt, if you havent ventured down to sears yet, i think it was about 160 give or take a few bucks possibly cheaper. cheapest around town, costco might be cheaper but i dont have a membership.

[AndrewBird]

G.I. Joes here sells them for $120 regular price. Me thinks you got jipped.

[smonkbmw]

these fit under the battery tray?

[tonytony]

well the gi joes here in portland metro had the red top for 150, i dunno about bend though

[Van Westervelt]

According to Luke all there pricing just went up.

[StereoInstaller1]

According to Luke all there pricing just went up.

Yeah, I am a dealer, consignment agent. My old cost on reds was about $112, now about $132. Old yellow was $141, now $162. I was told it is a global price increase. That is why I will likely drop Optima in favor of Kinetik. Lighter and now, due to Optima price increase, nearly the same retail price.

Luke