Battery OPTIMA or Deka

Deka FTW..... Love mine, cranks my high CR engine over no prob....

I have the Deka ETX14 in my car. I've had no problems with it. It's the same as the braille only 100 bucks(or so) cheaper. I have a high compression 8v... but no stereo.

Its minor but there are 2 different technologies in use...the red battery is designed for cold starting while the yellow was designed to handle added accessories...at least thats what i take from the website...it also says that if you use a red top in a car with enhanced car audio the warranty on the Red Top is void...take that into consideration...

That's why I got one for my '66 Beetle (12 volt conversion) It won't rust out the now repaired battery tray! Also, you don't want to put a super-hyper battery charger on them. They tend to like being charged on the slow side.

I splurged on a red-top a while back when I needed a new one because I had heard how good they were as a battery, but I did not know about the safety features you mentioned!

The Dekas have all tested on par with the Braille. In fact the January Dekas tested at 435CCA (even though they're labeled as 200cca). If you buy a braille you're getting a great battery with a great warranty. If you buy a Deka, you're getting a great battery, an even better warranty (north america wide deka replacement at any deka dealer), and you're paying 1/3 the price.

They are exactly the same. Deka is half the price though. I've used a Deka in my buddies G60 that makes over 225whp on an 8v head with a lysholm, and it works great.

Louis, the Optima has a reversed polarity pole set up. You will have to extend you cables and now the positive post is very close to the fender wall. Pray that it doesnt slide during a hard turn.

Optima are very over rated. They once were good batteries but not anymore.

optima=the suck... one year on a yellow top turned into .05 volts under load....