Battery OPTIMA or OEM Volvo

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3.5

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3.3

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3.6

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OEM Volvo

OEM Volvo › Battery

Past_Ad5967 20 Oct 2025, 03:09

Rating 5.0

Didn’t even have to replace the battery in that time (11 years).

Pros: long lasting

Vehicle: Volvo XC70

OPTIMA › Battery

RunsWithPremise 30 Sep 2025, 19:04

Cranking:

Rating 4.0

A lot of people say the Optima is not a good battery anymore, but I continue to have good luck with them.

Pros: good reliability

OPTIMA › Battery

chromavor 30 Jul 2025, 23:43

Cranking:

Rating 5.0

I use an Optima Yellow Top battery and it made a big difference. The Yellow Top is honestly just good for the car in general.

Pros: made a big difference, good for car

Vehicle: Mitsubishi Outlander

OPTIMA › Battery

_hazey__ 19 Jul 2025, 09:32

Rating 5.0

I’ve got Optima batteries in some of the more “Special” cars.

OPTIMA › Battery

jekern 26 Apr 2025, 23:11

Cranking:

Rating 4.0

Yellow top is/was a hybrid cranking/deep cycle battery, once popular for putting big stereo systems in cars because it could handle the discharge cycles of running the system without them engine running.

Pros: handle discharge cycles

Vehicle: Kia

OPTIMA › Battery

NoviceMk2Mech 25 Mar 2025, 21:40

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Rating 3.0

I had a Red Top Optima battery, but it’s so dead that even my NOCO AGM charger won’t recognize or charge it.

Cons: battery completely drained

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

OPTIMA › Battery

Blackjackreno 15 Jan 2025, 21:17

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Rating 3.5

The optimas (red top) I got in 2019 are still going. They are not the best though just better than liquid.

Pros: good longevity

Cons: not best performance

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

OEM Volvo › Battery

Bhanu_prakashhh 30 Dec 2024, 23:22

Rating 1.0

I have a friend who bght volvo XC-90. He had horrible experience with the battery in just couple of weeks and had to replace it as part of warranty.

Cons: horrible experience, needed replacement

Vehicle: Volvo XC90

OPTIMA › Battery

k0uch 22 Dec 2024, 16:51

Rating 1.0

Optima batteries have, in my experience, gone downhill over the last few years. For their price, I don’t think they’re worth considering.

Cons: quality declined, not worth price

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