In a message dated 11/02/2007 3:40:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > After having three OPITMAs go bad on me and since they only have a 1 year warranty and > cost $275 I was not impressed. that the kind of info that never get propagated about those OPITMAs what do you mean go bad would not hold a charge at all or it would charge then it would discharge at way faster rates than when it was new
They kept getting less and less able to hold a charge until they were not able to hold a charge for any reasonable time. Optima claims a 300 cycle lifespan. Well, the why I use them 300 cycles comes and goes rather quickly. So, at 300 cycles for $275 that's $0.92/cycle. Way too expensive in my books. The Kirkland Group 41 will give about the same performance at 1/4 the cot and has a 3 year no questions asked warranty. So.......... Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 |
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