[geeteeohguy]

Originally Posted by SRR

FWIW I just warrantied two Optima's that were sold in 2017, both tested bad. I store damaged two others, yellow tops that went bad on the shelf! 3 years old. My idiot boss insisted I didn't charge them "correctly" so we did it his way... still bad.

Yeah....we used to use them exclusively. Until they started to fail in the first 18-36 months. The quality went down the drain, and they were pricey. I put a NAPA battery in my Tundra about 3 years ago. The good thing about NAPA anything is the service....they are everywhere and stand behind their products. Not cheap, like my Ray-O-Vac finds, but WTH.

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by geeteeohguy

Yeah....we used to use them exclusively. Until they started to fail in the first 18-36 months. The quality went down the drain, and they were pricey. I put a NAPA battery in my Tundra about 3 years ago. The good thing about NAPA anything is the service....they are everywhere and stand behind their products. Not cheap, like my Ray-O-Vac finds, but WTH.

There are two reasons I use NAPA batteries.. One is I like the black case. They don't stick out like a sore thumb in the engine compartment of my customers stock cars. Second, and most important: My NAPA store is always there standing behind me when I have any issue of any kind no matter what. They never leave me twisting in the wind when a part fails, period. Just had a NAPA Legend battery fail at 35 months, It's a 72 month battery, 2 year free replacement. They gave me a new one no charge. The pro-rate would only have bought half a battery. That's why I am fine with paying $10-15 more up front for their parts. Are they the best? I doubt it, but the service makes up the difference.

[sdbob]

I use NAPA also.local store guys are helpful,really I've gotten life out of mine.