Deep Cycle battery dead on arrival new...okay?

[klassic 10+ year member]

I purchased a brand new Optima Yellow top dual purpose battery locally and when I got home to put it in it wasn't charged enough to start the car. Had to jump start it with my wifes car then took it for a little drive to charge it (hell its still running in the parking lot now). Should this be a problem with the battery being deep cycle and all? If it were a red top or regular starting battery I would have taken it right back but arent deep cycle batteries suppose to recover fully from complete discharges?

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[Raven 10+ year member]

Deep cycle batterys are supposed to be able to completely recover from a full discharge, so I don't think it would matter if it was charged or not.

Anyone else?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

an optima least from what i seen of anytype cant be fully discharged and then recover in fact i will also state i dont know of a battery that would. deep cycles can lose more and be revived more so than a regular battery but in "general" terms dont have a higher rate (fast discharge) of a regular battery. im not an optima fan but i will atleast admit they are alot better than an ac delco or a stock battery and they do often recover better than some hawkers