moop

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i know this has been answered 34124892179 times already.. but i'm goint to replace the 2 batteries under the hood for a daily driver truck.. nothing crazy happening

are optima yellowtop's right for the job?

bart pyle

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i think optima's are way over priced for what they are...imo

Sasha

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I think Optima is priced just right.

fracl

what about the red top optima? are they any good for car audio.. cause they have them at walmart for a decent price now.

jalat

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Something that has a large amount of cca's will do the job. brand name is what you pay for with optima

fracl

so there's no big difference between red top and yellow top then? as long as it's got a good cca..?

jalat

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Red top is a starter battery i believe, meaning that its made forthose -20C days when the cars cold and wouldnt be able to start very well. The yellow top is a deep cycle batter made for applications where there is a serious demand for current. I would go with the red tops if it was me.

fracl

well we get a lot of -20's where I live so. might not be a bad idea

ok well sorry the highjacking the thread man..lol

moop

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no worries here, just getting ideas for my truck

Sasha

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Red top under the hood is only better at extreme cold, and I just dont see any other pros worth mentioning. Yellow Top is still good enough for any cold you are willing to come outside for.

For extreme car audio duty, Red is horrible and will die really soon as you'll be discharging it often, and non-deepcycle nature of it will fall to it's demises. If you want reliability under the hood, Red will fail under harsh conditions, Yellow will laugh at you. It is a starter battery too, so double duty. No comparison. I still dont know why people dont see that. The info is googleble.