Optima isn't nearly as good as it used to be. I've owned a lot of their dry cell batteries and they've gone to **** over the years. They don't hold up well to this kind of use, and if they drop below 11V they **** the bed.
Get an Optima battery and the battery minder - it's just a trickle charger that slow charges the battery to a certain voltage and then turns itself off. That's what I use in my S2000.
Agreed with others, weigh your usage and environment/climate into the equation. We will personally be replacing ours with a deep discharge battery like the Optima Yellow, since I've noticed that of recent we've been running a lot quick errands that involve one person running in while everyone else hangs out in the car with A/C on.
Once Johnson Controls bought them, they've become worse and worse.
My optima failed after 1.5 years
Johnson Controls ruined Optima.
Optima batteries have taken a hit in quality in recent years.
Optima batteries have been objectively awful for years. Don't buy them.
I have an optima, have had others, love them. The only issue I've ever had with an optima is getting a severely discharged battery to take a charge, but through youtube i figured out it was an issue with my charger and started putting another one in parallel.
Optima batteries are not as good as they first were. Optima batteries have gone down in quality after being bought out, after Johnson Controls bought them and moved production to Mexico.
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