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OEM Mercedes

OPTIMA › Battery

inlinesk8fiend 29 Dec 2025, 00:50

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Rating 5.0

I installed an Optima yellow top in my 2023 OBW. Works fine!

Pros: works fine

Vehicle: Subaru Outback

OEM Mercedes › Battery

spun_penguin 20 Dec 2025, 00:09

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Rating 4.0

Historically, OEM Mercedes batteries are really good and last many years.

Pros: good, last many years

OPTIMA › Battery

Netolu 15 Dec 2025, 16:51

Rating 5.0

Currently running a yellow Optima, 3 years and going strong. I don't recall what the OE battery was but it crapped out after 2 years in mild California weather.

Pros: going strong, three years

OPTIMA › Battery

-acm 14 Dec 2025, 17:23

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Rating 4.0

I had an older optima yellow top last about 10 years. I miss when that quality was available

Pros: last about 10 years

Cons: miss when that quality

OPTIMA › Battery

rproffitt1 13 Dec 2025, 21:26

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Rating 5.0

On my 2014 Leaf SV I put in an Optima Yellowtop and it lasted over 7 years.

Pros: lasted over 7 years

Vehicle: Nissan Leaf

OPTIMA › Battery

Zcypot 13 Dec 2025, 18:17

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Rating 3.0

My wrx would be parked for long periods and I had optima yellow tops. I liked how hard it cranked, good for e85 cold starts. But wow, after the second one went flat I stop getting them. Bought some random battery and it\u2019s been holding charge no problem.

Pros: hard cranked, good for e85

Cons: went flat

Vehicle: Subaru

OPTIMA › Battery

draconicpenguin10 20 Jun 2025, 03:13

Rating 3.0

Optima seems to be the only brand of cylindrical Pb batteries for automotive use... pretty much every other automotive Pb battery is prismatic.

That's the first I've seen one fail this way.

Cons: fail this way

OPTIMA › Battery

cvalerie8 1 Nov 2025, 14:20

Rating 1.0

One day my alternator went and killed the optima battery

Cons: battery failed

Vehicle: Honda

OPTIMA › Battery

WhiteRabbitFox 26 Sep 2025, 04:25

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Rating 1.0

DO NOT buy a red top Optima. They haven't been good or worth the price in like 15 yrs.

Cons: not good, not worth price

Vehicle: Ford Mustang

OPTIMA › Battery

Jackson_Cook 26 Apr 2025, 19:39

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Rating 2.0

Those Optima Red, Yellow and Blue tops used to be the cat's ass 20 years ago, but quality has fallen off big time in recent years

Cons: quality has fallen off

Vehicle: Kia

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