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| thinking about buying one to replace my trollingmotor battery ,anybody run these batteries ? what do you think of them as a product......?
thanks chris |
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Location: Hayward, WI | From what I have seen, the quality of them the past 3-4 years has gone down hill. |
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Location: oswego, il | I have one and its two years old. I bought it for my trolling motor. If it lasts along time, at 239 it will be worth it. It definitely on a daily basis does not last any longer if at all than a standard battery like an ever start. If I run my front depth finder it really seems to lessen its charge cycle. Less than impressed to that end. I will try an agm before buying another one. |
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| My buddy has them in his Lund----they are INCREDIBLE! Sometimes he can go 3-5 days between charging on our remote Canadian trips. They WORK! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | not worth the money imo...had one go bad in my up north boat recently..I've had much better luck with AGM style... Duration AGMs from Farm and Fleet have been great at about 40-50 less per battery.
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Location: The desert | BNelson - 7/11/2014 8:07 AM
not worth the money imo...had one go bad in my up north boat recently..I've had much better luck with AGM style... Duration AGMs from Farm and Fleet have been great at about 40-50 less per battery.
Agree with Brad. Just spent a week in Canada with a 3 year old optima that refused to hold a charge. Have had numerous others for work and they all did not live up to the price. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i bought one that was bad right away and returned it, the one i returned it with is about 4 years old now and cranking strong. i would not buy another one and would either go wet-cell Interstate or the AGM's noted by BNelson. in-fact because of the problem with the optima i'd had and the talk about, i went wet-cell thinking i'd wait til the jury came out on something that became proven. lotsa jingle when you're replacing a set of 4, especially if you don't have pure confidence. |
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Location: tHe LaKe Of PrIoR, mN | I also have optimas im not overly impressed with them I will be trying something else next time |
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| thanks for the input guys |
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Location: Eagle river | The WORST customer service in the industry bar none. They flat out refused to replace my blue top even though it was under warranty. They drug out everything until the warranty was up then they were off the hook. The Interstate dealer that had the battery for almost a year felt so bad for me that they gave me a new interstate battery free of charge. I will Never buy optima again. |
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| They used to be really good but seems QC went way down hill in the last few years. |
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| Glad I read this post saved some $$ I'll stick with NAPA  |
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optima bluetop deep cycle battery