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Originally Posted by murfdawg
The Optima batteries at sams are not very good. Mine didn't last long and died quickly. Look at RC/Ah and CCA on whatever you buy and compare.
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That's the same one that is $175 on Amazon. I would be really frustrated if I paid that much for a battery and it didn't last for me. If I felt like the Optimas would run for the better part of a decade, I'd spring for them, but my experience is they all seem to go dead by about 5 years, even the AGMs. I just replace the trolling batteries and the starting battery every three years with a good deal at Advance. It's usually about $45 per battery, which is a great deal, and I never worry about whether my boat will start or my trolling motor will run. Like somebody else on here mentioned, all of those batteries are made at the same factory and just get different labels. Find a decent deal and put them on a replacement schedule if you can.
Anybody else have a different experience with Optima? Maybe they do last 10 years, and I just don't know what I'm talking about.