Yeah I need a new battery. It seems now everything on my car has just decided to die. I'm looking for a deep cycle battery to handle the stereo system. I want a strong one so that it handle any upgrades I make later down the road. Of course almost everyone knows what a Yellowtop is but I was wondering are their any other good deep cycle batteries to compete with the Yellowtop like Lighting Audio and Rockford Fosgate stuff.

Thanks

 

Optima is the industry standard and everyone uses them... Ive also heard many of the other companies sell repacked Optima batteries with their name on it.

go to www.optimabatterystore.com for the cheapest prices!!!

 

I had a optima yellow top under the hood and a stinger spv44 in the rear tire well both put out about the same cca. They were both around $130 just depends if size and weight is an issue the optima is twice the size of the stinger and weighs around 10 more pounds

 

OK guys tell me this, I heard that if you get a battery that has to much power it may damage the starter. Is this true, some guy at a stereo shop told me this and I just don't believe it.

 

uhm.. he's not too smart if he told you that...

my brother runs 2 1100 cca batterys in his truck with no problem...

the starter only pulls what it needs...

 

Only issue is the Optima batteries aren't a true deep cycle battery. Ask anybody who's ran them dead and they'll tell you they aren't.

I know there are some true deep cycle batteries out there, just don't know where to find them at. If I find some I'll let you know.

 

Red tops are NOT, but the Yellow/Blue tops are a true deep cycle battery..

I've ran plenty of then dead, and I mean dead multiple times and never had a problem..

but if you run a red top dead, you've killed it...

 

I have been running an Exide Select Oribital battery for probably 2 years now without any problems. I did have to replace the starter, but I don't think that was at all related to the battery. My car does have 105,000 miles on it.
I have never had a problem with running my two amps and all my other accessories at once.
The Exide is essentially the same as the Optima. If I remember correctly when I did my research, almost the only difference was about 2 minutes of reserve capacity. Oh yeah, and most importantly was the price. The Exide will be MUCH cheaper than the Optima.

Here are some links for you to check out...

This is the newer version of the battery I have.
This is the new Oribtal XCD geared toward those with high powered audio systems.

Do some research... there are other companies out there that make these batteries. Some of them are SVR Batteries, Sosche, Hawker, Lightning Audio, etc.

Good Luck!

Matthew

 

Have you heard anything good about Rockford Fosgate batteries?

 

I have heard bad things about that site...
Read this thread, for example.

 

Take a close look at this picture. Notice on the bottom left it says Exide Orbital. This means that you are paying a lot more for an Exide Orbital battery that just has the name Rockford Fosgate stamped on it.

Later

 

Ouch, I wonder how much I woudl have tp pay for that name lol. Hmm but Lighting Audio makes their own right?

 

I ordered there and had no problems whatsoever...

 

Optima Yellow Top =

 

Another vote for the Yellow-Top Optima