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Old 01-16-2016, 06:21 PM
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I had Optimas but I switched to Odyssey's battery, I will never go back to Optima.
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I had Optimas but I switched to Odyssey's battery, I will never go back to Optima.
I was looking at them today, but really wanted to avoid buying online in case of warranty issues. Battery plus can get them but they have 2-3 week wait time.
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Old 01-16-2016, 06:45 PM
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I went with a Braile B3121, weighs only 21 lbs, and coupled that with a CTEK charger for longer life.


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Old 01-16-2016, 07:05 PM
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I had Optimas but I switched to Odyssey's battery, I will never go back to Optima.
Ditto. Had an Odyssey for the last 3 years and very happy with it.
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I have a pair of Odyssey PC1500s in my Duramax and one Odyssey PC1500 in Dust Off. It is IMO the best battery on the market today. I will also mention that EnerSys, the company that manufacturers the Odyssey, also manufactures the same AGM battery for Sears. So the Sears Die Hard AGM battery is manufactured on the same assembly line as the Odyssey only in a different color case. As everyone knows Sears is always having sales on their batteries so keep an eye out for Sears battery sales and you can save a few bucks. Here are a couple of links to Odyssey battery videos, the second one shows how they are manufactured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dA393rClY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P-wqckJ2nM
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Old 01-16-2016, 08:52 PM
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I have a pair of Odyssey P1500s in my Duramax and one Odyssey P1500 in Dust Off. It is IMO the best battery on the market today. I will also mention that EnerSys, the company that manufacturers the Odyssey, also manufactures the same AGM battery for Sears. So the Sears Die Hard AGM battery is manufactured on the same assembly line as the Odyssey only in a silver case. As everyone knows Sears is always having sales on their batteries so keep an eye out for Sears battery sales and you can save a few bucks. Here are a couple of links to Odyssey battery videos, the second one shows how they are manufactured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dA393rClY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P-wqckJ2nM
I called sears today, they said they no longer sell those batteries. I'll be ordering an odyssey in the next few days and selling my dse mount. Thanks for all the advice guys! Always appreciated.
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Old 01-16-2016, 09:02 PM
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Here is a link to a company that sells billet Odyssey PC1500 mounts. I have one in Dust Off and it is very nice quality.


http://www.odysseybatteries.com/accessories/hdb1500.htm

I found this company that sells the Odyssey batteries for some of the lowest prices I have seen.

http://www.batterymart.com/p-odyssey...t-battery.html
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I bought my battery from West Coast Batteries, they also sold me a sweet battery holddown for it. phone # 951-736-3530
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Optimas have their probs . I have them and the key to agm batteries like optimas is keeping a trickle charger on them. Red top in my daily driver goin on 8 yrs but will go dead if i let it sit for a week. The yellow top in my fury is always on a battery tender and has a full charge when needed.
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