Yellow Top owns Kinetic HC1800

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

No comparision, the Kinetic lasted only a month or so.

The Yellow Top is clearly the top preformer of the two

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[hazardous0388 10+ year member]

what???

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

which yeller top?

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like a failed install to me. When you can kill a battery in less then a few months that is not the batteries fault.

 

[AQHDC3 10+ year member]

Sounds like a failed install to me. When you can kill a battery in less then a few months that is not the batteries fault.

This

 

[tdford5 10+ year member]

yeah my Kinetic HC1800 still going strong bouts 8 months no problems and a month did you contact them

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

It was a dead cell. But it was out of warrenty. I guess it was a bad batch.

I dont think they are good starter batteries anyway and thats what I was using it for

 

[ahole-ic]

awesome review bro

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I just pulled off to the back of the neighborhood and checked voltage.

Full tilt with AC blasting and lights on at idle, the Kinetik would drop to the low 12Vs and the Optima hasnt went below 13V measured at the amp

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

which yeller top?

this

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

this

D34 4 post

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Put Odyssey/DieHard Platinum on your list as well. Odyssey makes the AGM battery, DieHard rebadges it under their Platinum series, but gives it a 4 year replacement and 4 year pro rated warranty.

 

[Stryker 10+ year member]

I cannot speak on the kinetic's longevity at all, but i have had no issues with any yellow or blue top group 34 Optima.

I've been running them for years. my current 3 are 3 years old without issue. i throw them on the trickle charge here and there and always do what they should.

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

Iam running Red Tops with out any issues. My starting red top is over 5 years old and still tests better than new.

My dad's Nitro bass boat is 6 years old and still has the og red top starting battery that came with it.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

I had 7 years on my red top before recently switching to the DieHard Platinum. My batteries are Group 34/78 duals.

I've used BlueTop batteries in boats for years with success, I use solar panels when shore power is not regularly applied.

Batteries are only as good as the charging they receive. Any battery can be killed through misuse or poor charging cycles/intervals.