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Originally Posted by MDimitri
I live in Calgary where we have fluctuating temperatures in winter ranging from -40 to +18 celcius(Thanks greatly to the Chinook Winds). I always have my rig parked outside, my wife uses the garage and the rest of my stuff is on the other side of her car, hence no room for the H2! I looked into the Optima battery but found that it only provides you with a two year warranty and costs roughly $300.00+ and comes with a heavy duty 800 Cold Crank Amp kick over. Since this is the recommended standard for starting th H2 it is fine, but not for us up here...I obtained a Battery from a company up here with 1200 Cold Crank Amp kick over along with a 5year warranty for $98.00! It does not matter how cold it gets the truck starts every time. As for noises, the belt sometimes squeels a bit but thats about it!
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Does anyone know if Optima changed their warranties? When I bought my Optima Yellow Top five years ago, it came with a ten year pro-rated warranty. If they have changed their warranty, it would really influence my decision to purchase another one. I think Canadian Tire offers a battery that even exceeds 1,200 CCA. I have also seen a couple other batteries using similar designs to Optima; I think Energizer makes a car battery using a spiral design and it costs less than half what the Optima did. Of course, there is more to an Optima than just the spiral design, but the Energizer might be sealed too and have those benefits. I need to look into this now.