Best choice for primary battery

[duro78 10+ year member]

ok my oem battery is approaching 5 years and 4 of those years was with 1200 watts plus. Ive been having a dimming problem so I was gonna add a second batt but considering my pri is on its last leg I decided it made more sense to uprade that one. I'm torn between the following..keep in mind space is an issue

optma YT D35- $159. plus ship= $179

Deka Int 9A78- $132 plus ship= $155

Kinetics 1400- $189 free ship online car stereo

Checkout what Im running in my sig. the deka actually had a slightly better output

rating plus is the cheapest...thanks guys

oh yeah big 3 coming soon

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[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I had an AC Delco OEM that was less than a year old and replaced it with a Kinetik HC2000...very happy with it. My alt is rated at 145 Amps max and I'm only running 1000W RMS. I did the Big 3 and still had some dimming and this battery cleared up most of the dimming.

 

[duro78 10+ year member]

thank you for the reply

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

deka

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

optima

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

dont waste your $ on optima....

another one you can look into is SVR

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

Dekkka

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

to each his own...

 

[Cameron_B 10+ year member]

dekka

dont buy hype buy performance

If it has better specs and is cheapest....no brainer

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Kinetik..I have had my hc1400 for over 4 years and never had any dimming even at over 1500 watts on stock alt.

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

screw optima, only get them if you can get employee discount otherwise the deka looks nice. If you get 2 batteries get them at the same time and the same type and you will get the best and longest life from them.

 

[duro78 10+ year member]

thanks for all the replies