Re: optima batteris
I had a ret top optima given to me a few years ago, by a neighbor who was selling an old car it was in and I was in need of a battery. He swore it never failed him, but it wasn't worth a crap to me. If I remember correctly, it was maybe about 5 yrs old.
I am now at the point it looks as if I have to replace both my trolling batteries in my boat as they don't seem to be taking a charge from my charger. I looked at the date and they were manufactured in 2003 and both are Walmart marine 72mo batteries.
I will also point out, I bought a sealed gel type battery for a jetski about 6yrs ago, it was good for about 1-2 seasons, just like my other batteries for the ski that were half the price.
I'm pretty much done buying anything except walmart batteries... I just don't see the point spending twice as much and not getting at least twice the life. This wasn't asked, but I also have O'reily batteries in both of my vehicles and both batteries suck and give me issues if left sitting too long. Too long equals a week at max! Had one in a pickup, that I sold, same story. I would replace them under warranty for free and same issues, even had one truck tested for electical drain and it came back with no problems, just bad battery, so replaced under warranty, two batteries later, same issues....
