Reply to "Optima redtop 910 AMP batteries"

I had a yellowtop last 9 years.
Out of 3 redtops I've had, none have performed or lasted as well as the yellows.
Red tops don't react well to deep discharges, they also do not respond well to recharge if they have been discharged too far.
Johnson Control bought Optima in 2000 and immediately began cutting corners along with moving production into Mexico. Quality went down, but the prices went through the roof.
I think they(Optima) are now trying to respond to their quality issues, they brought back the 3 year warranty from the 1 year they had put in place.
Here is a thread from a Bronco board I'm on where a member was fighting a discharge issue with his red top.
An Optima rep. actually joined the board in order to post help with warranty issues as well as provide some good information on proper recharge procedure for the redtops drained below 10.5 volts.(it actually applies to all Optimas)
Full thread:
Redtop Optima thread
Two posts from "Optima Jim""
First Post

Second Post

I swear by Optima yellow tops, I'm running a set of two in my diesel as well as one for the winch on my trailer.
I'm not sure if there are other stores across the country who do this, but Sterling Battery in Boise sells "reconditioned" Optimas at a huge discount over new.
They supply the military contract for Optima in this area. If an Optima is pulled off of the shelf and is found dead by the military or they have a discharged Optima on equipment in service it is pulled from service and returned to Sterling.
Sterling then does a parallel charge and voltage check and if found good they sell it as reconditioned.
I can get a yellow top for $50 when they have them in stock. All three of the yellow tops I'm running now are "reconditioned" and have been going strong for 3 years.

Sorry for the long post, thought some of the information might be helpfull?