Optima battery

Optima battery

Postby Rusty1972 on Mon, 25 May 2020 1:03 +0000

What optima battery will fit my 2017 hilux ?
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Re: Optima battery

Postby Skrewdriver on Tue, 26 May 2020 12:55 +0000

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Re: Optima battery

Postby TOYZX on Wed, 27 May 2020 4:54 +0000

I wouldn't waste my money on them to be honest.

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Re: Optima battery

Postby martynvella on Wed, 27 May 2020 6:40 +0000

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Dont take this the wrong way, not challenging you over your opinion just want to find out why you feel that way?
You are in a profession that would see a few batteries so your opinion would be worth listening to.

I have chosen to use a red top optima because it is light, having swapped the position of the start and acc batteries the ARB holder was not rated f or the weight of my acc battery, while it was ok for a few years on bitumen i rearranged it before starting my annual desert trips.

Used another type of AGM for a couple of years but it got a bit sluggish at 0 degrees so didnt want to push my luck, the optima has been in for about 12 months now and running a standard type alternator that normally settles down to about 13.7 volts after a cold charge rate of 14.1ish. Still seems to be handling the fresh mornings ok but it was slightly better when it was new.
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Re: Optima battery

Postby dave g on Wed, 27 May 2020 8:21 +0000

Well I have run optima battery's for year's with no problems at all and got good life out of them me blue top is 7 year's old yellow top 3 years old. So it is up to you.
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Re: Optima battery

Postby TOYZX on Sun, 31 May 2020 11:41 +0000

Have had a couple myself in other cars over the years and only ever had one fail. At work tho have seen plenty fail and no longer fit them. Our customers and the conditions they are in just seem to kill them. For the price of an optima we get better life and performance out of Century agm and deep cycle units. I guess it all comes down to the conditions and use.

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