trying to decide which optima battery to get. planning on doing some more audio/visual to my car. already running subs amp capacitor and other speakers. cars a daily driver. any suggestions on which optima battery i should get? Thanks

well the red top and yellow top are the two big choices... i guess you knew that though. look at the reserve capacity and obviously the cca. optima batteries are really expensive. i'm not convinced that they are really worth it. i guess if you are going for top notch and lighting than they are.

The Optima battery is definitely worth it! I ran stock for awhile until my battery could not take it anymore. When I bought a new one I got a Yellow Top and I have loved what it has done for me! These batteries have a huge advantage over stock because stock batteries are meant to discharge quickly and do not have very good power reserves. The deep cycle Optima is meant to discharge slower over a longer period of time. These will last so much longer in a car audio application.
There is another thing you have to think about, alternator upgrade. Check out these vids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p82xRzCr-lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv66sP9EXvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MP5F-uJAw

I absolutely recommend the Odessey batteries. They are a hell of some batteries, and the PC1700 I'll got, provide 1700ampere in 5 secs. That should be enough for your power needs!

Capicator, (if that is a condensator), its a waste to have with a good battery though.

I hav a yellow top. And I love it ! I or rid of my stock battery and hooked up the new one and it made my car audio sound so much louder. It was expensive but worth it

Thanks guys. i was thinkn yellow top. gonna buy it this weekend

just my $.02

I have had optima yellow tops in alot of my cars and as far as current they are so so, BUT, i had one go out every single time in less than a year....

So i always got them warrantied, but was a PITA whenever they went bad on me.

I say go Odyssey, Stinger(red ones), or BATCAP

my celica has Stinger SP1000, My Z28 has Odyssey PCT1700, My YUKON has 2 BATCAP 4000's and have never had a single problem out of them in ~5-6 YEARS

yea unless you have to mount your battery upside down or sideways i wouldn't bother

i've had a yellow top for 3 years and had no problems whatsoever, and thats with my ~2000watt system & carPC (i also ran a 300AMP electric go kart w/ it and ran it completely dead multiple times)

Go Odyssey PC1700. You will NEVER regret. That batteri is awesome.

although the yellow top is made for audio and video, reviews always mention them going out just like said above5. I recommend the red top over the yellow top for longer life.