OPTIMA High Performance D35 YellowTop AGM Battery

This is my fourth purchase of an Optima dry cell battery. I still have all four.
My old Chevy 4×4 pick up. I bounced down the road cause I drove the heck out of it. Battery acid was everywhere and I was replacing the wet cell batteries every year. In 2006,I installed an Optima Red Top. No more spills and better starting power. I have used that same old Red Top in two pick ups and one car, sold the cars but kept the battery for a spare cause it fits most applications and still starts most any car or pick up at 6 years old. In 2006 our new pick up kept going dead cause we parked it most if the time. The alarm system would kill the wet cell battery after a couple of weeks parked. Bought a Yellow top, now it can be parked for just over a month with the alarm on before the batter goes low. We stored the pick up for three months with the alarm off and it never went dead. Yea you car alarm will kill your battery eventually. Yea you’ll need a deep cycle type maintenance free setting on your home battery charger, if you need to recharge Optima batteries. Most new chargers have that setting too.
If you buy a new charger with the 50 amp jump starting feature, you’ll never wait for a tow truck.
My old 2008 corolla needed a replacement battery in 2012. Yep, Optima Yellow Top was my choice cause I like to listen to the stereo with the engine off for hours. The car always starts right up now. Oh yea put two Optima Blue Tops in my boat for peace of mind. Wired in a Perko boat battery switch so I never have a dead battery. If we beach the boat and play the stereo all day long, I can switch to the full battery to insure we all get home safely. Yea you can do the same with wet cell batteries but they won’t last as long and charge back up as easy as Optima batteries. Plus you can mount Optimas sideways or upside down to make more room. Just don’t short out the battery terminals. Note:some modification of battery mount hardware may be needed in some applications but most just fit perfect. Check the battery post locations before you buy. I looked at the over priced batteries at my local car parts store first, took some measurements, then ordered from Amazon.
Yes Optima batteries are about double the price of most replacement wet cell batteries, but well worth it.
Amazon is awesome, the lowest price and you don’t have to carry the new battery home. Who doesn’t love free shipping. Order yours today and in about a week the nice Fed Ex or UPS person will carry that heavy battery right to your door or garage.

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Very much supply my gadgets (ham radio)

great product

I purchased this yellow top Optima battery for one of my vehicles back in 2017, and in spite of a three year warranty, it has lasted seven years. I’m very happy about that. Unfortunately, the price today is over $100 more, which is more than double the inflation. Perhaps there are other factors causing the massive price jump, but it was quite a shock!

Update: The third of the three died. Got about 2.5 years out of that one, too. When it died, it did so immediately and without warning. My wife called from a parking lot. Car had been starting fine but would not even pretend to turn over when she turned the key at the grocery store. There must have been an open circuit in it somewhere because it could not even take a charge to go for a jump start – had to rush to the auto parts store for something else. No more Optimas, EVER!

— original review below —

I got approximately 2.5 years out of this battery. At present it is delivering 4.5 volts and does not want to charge back up.

As another reviewer noted, Optima does not honor its warranty if the battery is sold by Amazon. I put Optima batteries in three of our vehicles in 2010 and 2011, and this is the second of the three to make its way to a recycling center. None of the three were available in stock from any local dealer, for whom Optima might consider honoring a warranty. Each of the dealers I checked could order the one I needed, at roughly a 20% premium over Amazon at the time.

I’m glad I didn’t pay more for this experience. Fundamentally, this technology should really awesome. I just replaced a gel battery, based on similar principles, in my motorcycle, and that wasn’t quite dead after eight years of abuse. It was expensive, but worth it.

The type that Optima makes appear to be simply expensive.

If you’re like me, and make your battery buying choices in hopes of never leaving yourself or a family member stranded with a dead battery, I suggest taking Optima off of your list. This is not a reliable product. Sorta defeats the purpose of the expense.

It isn’t as tall as the last one but it came with a frame to put under it to raise it up exactly where needed.