Battery OPTIMA or SAMSUNG

I have an optima red top 34/78. Its incredible. Been almost 3 years in and no matter how much I throw at it on the trails I dont get dead cells. The individual gel cells are less perceptible to shake damage from rough terrain.

I’ve got yellow top optima. Hasn’t failed me yet :)

I put that same Optima in 6 years ago (to the month!). Mines still fine knock on wood

Red optima battery on my 93 integra 10 yrs old still starts.

FWIW, my post is the top one, I did not go with an OEM battery after reading through other threads where users had issues finding one in stock and instead went with the Optima YellowTop that was recommended on their site. I have had zero issues.

I recently switched to an Optima Red Top 35 Series which has 720 CCA.

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 are junk now as well since they were bought out a few years ago.

Optima has been garbage for about a decade now, ever since they were bought out and production moved out of the country. Quality immediately took a huge dive.

I'd be more concerned about the Optima battery - they have been crap quality for years now. Probably better than VW OEM junk though.