Optima Batteries

[toothpick]

I found Optima D34M Marine Batteries in Sam's Club for $155 each. Finally broke down and bought a pair. Hope they last a long time. That's more than I ever paid for batteries, but heard they are worth it. The next lowest price I found was $199 each.

[catchin30]

We fish 100 plus times from Oct thru mid April every year. We have been thru every battery around. Most of the time by Jan we are buying new ones. We run a 24 volt system, on board charger. We use the trolling motor constantly, as we go from matt to matt all day. We bought Optima's in Sept of this year and have not had any trouble with them.

[longliner]

I have a buddy who has used the optima batteries for the last several years and says their the best. So I guess when my batteries give out I will go to optima. This may be one of those times " you get what you pay for ".

[Beretta686]

I have been using optima betteries since they have come out. I actually am able to purchase them wholesale.

Off of ine battery we can run 2 green flourecents, 2 starfire and a floating light. It will run all of it from sunset to sunrise. If we make just 2 or 3 hour trips, I'll only charge it once for 3 trips.

The battery I'm currrently using just to run lights is 3 years old.

They are well worth the money

[crappie cowboy]

Don't you have a different kind of charger for them?

srm

[sac-a-lait]

no different charger needed. I have the red tops for craniking in all my cars and the yellow top deep cylcles on my boat. The red is over 7 years old and still kicking. The yellow is over 3 years old, been run down and charged up hundreds of times and only seems to get better with age. Also they arn't subject to any spillage and can withstand vibration better than any battery I have owned.

[FishnLine]

I have been using optima betteries since they have come out. I actually am able to purchase them wholesale.

Off of ine battery we can run 2 green flourecents, 2 starfire and a floating light. It will run all of it from sunset to sunrise. If we make just 2 or 3 hour trips, I'll only charge it once for 3 trips.

The battery I'm currrently using just to run lights is 3 years old.

They are well worth the money

That's pretty impressive. If they will run that many lights all night, I may have to get one.

[harpenter]

Hey guys, 1st time poster on the site. I've been reading lots of good articles though!!
My question is this. I just bought an Optima blue top D34 battery, and was wondering if my current charger will work for this or not. Currently I've been using the Everstart Boating/RV Charger. I've read some things on here that says I don't want to charge over 2 amps, but I don't see how I can control that with my current one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[CrappiePappy]

Hey guys, 1st time poster on the site. I've been reading lots of good articles though!!
My question is this. I just bought an Optima blue top D34 battery, and was wondering if my current charger will work for this or not. Currently I've been using the Everstart Boating/RV Charger. I've read some things on here that says I don't want to charge over 2 amps, but I don't see how I can control that with my current one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Bat...at%20Batteries

Specifically - look at the AGM Battery portion of the page.

If you want to get more in-depth, check here :

http://www.batteryfaq.org/

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.... luck2ya ... cp

[harpenter]

Thanks cp, good reads!