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Optima Batteries 8052-161 D31M BlueTop Dual Purpose Battery | 
| Brand: Optima
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $184.33
as of 11/30/2009 22:18 CST details
You Save: $65.66 (26%)
New (6) from $184.33
Seller: Blue Grass Battery
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4581
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 59.8
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 6.5 x 9.4
MPN: 8052161
Model: 8052-161
UPC: 811405001611
EAN: 0811405001611
ASIN: B00099DW6G
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 12-Volt, 900 Cold Cranking Amps, Size: 12 13/16" x 6 1/2" x 9 3/8" tall, Weight: 59.8 pounds, Dual SAE & 5/16" Stainless Steel Stud Posts | | • | Reserve capacity of 155 minutes for constant performance | | • | Optimal starting power even in bad weather | | • | Fifteen times more resistant to vibration for durability | | • | Leak-proof for safer use and longer life |
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Product Description
Optima Batteries Optima Batteries Grp 31 12V Agm Dual Pur Boxed Made by Optima Batteries Part number 696-9052161
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Love them! November 17, 2009
Charles C. Deano Jr. (Niceville, FL)
I've bought nothing but Optima batteries for my boats since 2002 and love them. No servicing required and they've lasted more than five years, on average, vs. one or two years for conventional batteries.
Great battery September 10, 2009
Gerry G
I really wonder if some reviewers here actually read Optima's FAQ.
Optima clearly states that a deeply discharged battery may appear (even to "techs") as defective and explains how to charge such battery.
Also, ANY lead acid battery is subject to sulfation if stored at low charge. Desulfating chargers work and don't cost that much.
 Most Overated Battrey on the Planet August 29, 2009
Barry Mitchell (Portland, OR)
Over the past 5 years I have purchased 3 Optima batteries. The first one lasted just past it's warranty date and then failed. It was a red top. The last two were very expensive blue top marine deep cycle/starting batteries purchased at the same time and put in the same boat. The batteries operated through a Perko switch set on ALL. They charged together and discharged together. They are just now 37 months old. One has failed completly and the other still works. The warranty is 18 month free replacement and 18 month prorated. So here again no warranty help.
Most battries that you purchase for $200+ have a 48 or 60 month warranty. Optima does not. The company would go out of business if it had to honor warranties that other battery manufactures offer. Optima is just a lot of hype. I have learned my lesson and will never purchase another Optima battery.
Optima is owned by Johnson Controls and moved their manufacturing plant to Mexico. In Mexico they are not held to strict enviornmental laws and employ cheap labor. They now offer only a 24 month warranty, period. I guess they know how long their battery is good for.
 Great Battery, Beware of Amazon Shipping July 22, 2009
Kathy Kanauer (Fairport, NY)
Beware of Amazon shipping. Battery shipped from CA to NY and battery case was damaged; leaking fluid. Called Amazon, explained that packing was poor (Single walled cardboard box, no packing material. Item weights 60 #). Amazon sent another battery SAME packing method. Same thing happened, case was cracked and leaking fluid. Amazon needs to do some work to communicate customer feedback regarding packing. Packing method was not what I would have expected from Amazon and then they do the same thing again! Two batteries cracked and worthless because care was not taken to correctly pack the batteries. Sad considering these batteries cost over $200 each.
 Mixed bag at best... June 13, 2009
J. Bass (Missouri, USA)
I've purchased about 6 total Optima batteries over the last ten or so years for various vehicles. I have had to replace THREE (not concurrently) at right about 1 year of use *under warranty* due to the battery not holding a charge.
Actually, last night, my 2005 car wouldn't start. Dead battery. I parked the car for about 2 hours, no lights on, etc. to come back to a dead battery. The thing is - I replaced this battery a year ago for the same issue. Alternator checked out, etc. on the car, and putting the OE battery back in (yes, I've kept it) worked like a champ.
I took mine back to my local Optima dealer (where I purchased it), and they tested it as "internally faulted" (the same as the old one), so it is not due to a broken charging system, etc.
The other units I've taken back (both red and yellow tops) failed around 1 year as well, in different vehicles... Granted - the replacements for them seemed to last until I sold the vehicles...
Again, I've never abused the Optimas - and don't have any mods to my vehicles... This CAN'T be coincidence, especially since the OE batteries in the aforementioned vehicles were in perfect shape when replaced - and all lasted over a year, and are still running great in one of the vehicles...
I'm personally going to look into the Exide Orbital in the future... Maybe they have perfected the technology.
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