Optima Yellow Top D35 good?

[Jer510 10+ year member]

Is the Optima Yellow Top D35 with 810 crank amps/650 cold cranking amps a good battery to replace my bad battery under the hood? I drive a 1996 Camry with a 80 amp stock alternator, Kicker ZX 750.1 amp, 2 Kicker CVR 12s. My current battery is an Everlast with 630 crank amps/525 cold cranking amps.

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[gotparts90 10+ year member]

optima sucks I have them just because I got the employee discount. I would never pay a retail type price on them rather get any other good one like odyssey or kinetic even just a bunch of taped together double A's

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

optima sucks I have them just because I got the employee discount. I would never pay a retail type price on them rather get any other good one like odyssey or kinetic even just a bunch of taped together double A's

do the kinetik hc batteries work for under the hood?

 

[smoka 10+ year member]

Optima is not that bad.

I would guess that Optima still outsells all the other 'car audio' batts combined. Though I'm not saying that makes them better.....

But I would buy a rectangle batt personally. More surface area = more power.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

The price alone would make me stay far away from the Optima battery. Even if they were the same price as other brands, I would still choose the other brands due to better performance and better build quality.

Here is a short list of better brands to choose from:

Kinetik

Deka

Stinger

Odyssey

XS Power

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

ive been running the same redtop optima now for almost 6 years without a problem. (under the hood) i have been using the same stinger spv35 on the diffrent amps for about 4 years with no problems. i used them both in a 97 s-10 to run an mtx81000d and fosgate 4ch, then in a bronco on the same amps and now in a nother s-10 but on a fusion nvam25001 and the same 4ch.

some people have good luck and some dont with certian batteries.

i vote for the optima.

-vic

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

ive been running the same redtop optima now for almost 6 years without a problem. (under the hood) i have been using the same stinger spv35 on the diffrent amps for about 4 years with no problems. i used them both in a 97 s-10 to run an mtx81000d and fosgate 4ch, then in a bronco on the same amps and now in a nother s-10 but on a fusion nvam25001 and the same 4ch.
some people have good luck and some dont with certian batteries.

i vote for the optima.

-vic

So pay twice the $$ for an Optima is your advice? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

I have 2 C&D tech batteries, that will walk over an optima any day, and I got them for a great price. No complaints here. With all that said, optimas are decent, and reliable, but they come with a hefty price tag for what they are.

 

[mike11202 10+ year member]

optima sucks I have them just because I got the employee discount. I would never pay a retail type price on them rather get any other good one like odyssey or kinetic even just a bunch of taped together double A's

wrong optima makes great batteries

 

[Jer510 10+ year member]

wrong optima makes great batteries

The guy at the stereo shop tried to sell me an Optima Yellow Top Hybrid for 190. Is the hybrid the same as the Optima Yellow Top? I know I could find one online for cheaper.

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

So pay twice the $$ for an Optima is your advice? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

dont know how much you pay for one but i got mine for $110 new where as a stock style battery from, lest say autozone, was about $90. so i guess what iam saying is shop around and if you can find a good deal on an optima battery then there you go.

on that note, i have a duralast gold in the wifes car thats 4 years old and has been running the 81000d for 2 of thoes years with a stock alt and is still going strong so thoes arnt too bad eaither.

iam just offering my opinion, and the fact that i have had very good luck with my optima and am still very happy with it all most 6 years later.

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

The guy at the stereo shop tried to sell me an Optima Yellow Top Hybrid for 190. Is the hybrid the same as the Optima Yellow Top? I know I could find one online for cheaper.

i think the hybrid is a deep cycle/starting/heavy duty all in one type battery.

look into stinger or kinetcik(sp?) as well, they make some good power for size batteries as well.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

i think the hybrid is a deep cycle/starting/heavy duty all in one type battery.
look into stinger or kinetcik(sp?) as well, they make some good power for size batteries as well.

You can make a battery to do very specific things, but a deep cycle battery will never be as good as a starting battery for burps. A starting battery will never be as good as a deep cycle for daily.

There is no such thing as both in one battery. You either have thin plates (starting) or thick (deep cycle).

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

You can make a battery to do very specific things, but a deep cycle battery will never be as good as a starting battery for burps. A starting battery will never be as good as a deep cycle for daily.
There is no such thing as both in one battery. You either have thin plates (starting) or thick (deep cycle).

very true, the reason why i wouldnt buy that battery.