What kind of batteries are you guys using? Are the optima worth the price? Do they last any longer? Are some better for cranking the boat and others for running equipment?

Well to tell the truth (I know I am gonna catch crap for this) but the optima batteries are not a bit better than say a good Interstate or any other name brand battery. I have tried them all, I had the red and blue and yellow optimas and they are not worth the price.

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Optima= lighter and do not leak.

That is what makes them worth it and I get blue tops for $85 each

dewayne6243, do mine sharing with the rest of us were to obtain the blue tops for $85.00

My experience with Optima Batteries is that they cost twice as much and last four times as long. I have a Blue Optima in my Barron Sprint flat bottom that has a 1998 mfg. date, so it is 12years old and still going strong. That boat has a 12 1/2:1 compression Big Block Chevy and the boat can sit in the garage all winter, in spring I hit the starter and it spins that BB Chevy like nothing. I also have Optima's in my Hallett and had them in the Fountain that I used to have. The Optima is a AGM (absorbed glass mat) battery, there are other batteries on the market of the same type, like Life Line Batteries, and they are just as good.

http://www.lifelinebatteries.com/

I use AGM batteries in anything that I think I am going to keep for a long time, they are better and last longer.

Dave

Dewayne i will take 2 at that price please! They are worth it if you are going to get 12 years out of one.

they cant be blue top group 27s ?

Been using a pair of Kirkland from Costco for the past eight years !
ed

i have 8 year old optimas!