mine for some reason dies fast now from the cold? i charged it last week and now it's dead again. i had the red top for the last 2 years and never had problems? do they go bad just like other batteries? thanks in advance

I have a simialr problem with mine and it's a little over a year old

How did you charge it?

jump start

maybe your alternator isnt charging good?

maybe you have a slight drain on the battery from a shorted wire or bad electronic unit

Maybe you got too much bling????

should check this out, heh one time I drove my car a little too hard and a wire came out from my amp that tells it to turn on so i just wire it directly to a power wire, which drained my battery.
not saying this is happening to you, but i got ****ed at the optima for a while, when i should have been ****ed at myself

Per Optima's webpage:

It'll last up to 2 times longer than other batteries.
It can sit unused 3 times longer than other batteries.
It is over 15 times more resistant to vibration than other batteries.
It's nonspillable and can mount in almost any position.
It provides constant performance quality keeping your battery running at the same level even as it's being discharged.
It provides more power in the inital 1, 3, 5, and 10 seconds of the vehicle starting process than comparably rated conventional lead acid batteries.