Does anyone have the Optima Red top, and if so, any problems? Reveiws??

 

great battery, mine was probably drained for at least a few months since i was out of town. came back, charged it and the rating is back to brand new. Amazing

 

looks cool and no problems so far

 

While I don't have a red top, I do have a yellow. I will speak to the fact that the Optima's are great batteries and can hold a charge forever.

Great purchase, IMO.

 

just put my Yellow top in today....will see if it holds up to its praise with my audio toys

 

great battery. cant go wrong with optima.

 

How did you guys fit the positive battery clamp onto the post? On my 2k2, it wouldn't reach.

 

i had teh same problem .. just had to bend the + post a little. but as i found out after..it's the wrong battery model... they have one that the posts are closer to the edge. oh well.

 

had to bend the pos cable as well as dremel some of the plastic off- waiting on some Stinger terminals to rewire the right way and do the Big 3....

 

Optima's are the only batteries that have been able to last longer than three years for me in Las Vegas with the stereo. I've had no problems so far and when it does finally go out I'll be going back to Interstate (they pro-rate the price) to pick up a new one.

 

Would you happen to have the part number?

Thanks

 

you want the 75/35 red top battery. no bending of the terminals at all! i can only say good things about mine so far!

 

i pull up the positive side cable from the holder...there's socket or holder thing that holds the cable..just pull it up and you don't have to bend anything...

 

[QUOTE=redstradic]you want the 75/35 red top battery. no bending of the terminals at all! i can only say good things about mine so far!

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The 75/35 works for me too.....

 

are the optima batteries any lighter than the stock battery?

 

heavier...

 

yessir....the yellowtop felt nearly twice as heavy as the OEM

 

i went on a site & it stated that the orange top was 4 our car (03). also, i hear the red top is not 4 those that hav lots of equipment (stereo, strobes, etc). sumbody fil me n

 

Yellow top is the deep cycle battery-originally intended for commercial use (catterpillars, bobcats..etc...) can withstand heavy drainage and accept
fast charges, and when completely drained can be recharged plenty of times- those running high output alternators and/or heavy audio equipment benefit most- can also be ran with car off for extended periods of time while still being able to hold a charge and enough cold cranking amps to start the car

The red top is just a heavy duty conventional(non deep cycle) battery replacement

 

I don't understand why the Orange Top would have been recommended, unless it was intended to be installed "backwards" so that the negative post would be on the right. I don't know about y'all, but installing a "reverse terminal" battery backwards just seems too complicated to me. Why not just install a regular (non-reversed terminal) battery normally?

In any case, there are better options today, specifically the 75/25 if you want dual posts, or the "Group 35". [Edit: The Group 35 is actually a "reverse terminal" battery also, but with the posts positioned closer to the edge]

And finally, what was the Orange top 34R is now the Red Top 34R. The Orange Top was "a Red Top with reverse terminals", and I guess Optima decided that just confused people, so now they have Red Tops in both regular and reverse terminal configurations.

Get all that?

Edit: Actually, talk about confusing people. I am finding two different "Group 35" batteries. One has the posts at the back corners and has the negative post on the right. The other is a "reverse terminal" battery (negative on the left) with the posts near the front. Well, I called Optima, and these are in fact the same battery, just with the top label repositioned. They also confirm that the "Group 35" is the recommended battery for the Maxima. Also listed are the 75/25 (aka 75/35) and the 34R (now a Red Top, used to be an Orange Top).