odysee batteries?

[PranK]

Hey Guys,

What do people think of Odysee batteries? i need to change my batterie today and was going to get an odysee one, apparently they are better?

Thanks.

Christian

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

I have an Odysee (Bright Orange one) in my GTST and so far no complaints. best thing is I don't even have to think about touching it unless if fails. But I was given a 5 Year warranty and if it dies of natural causes they give you another one. It was $290 fitted.

[walkoau]

they are dear but well worth it. if you have the money to spare definetly pick an odysee battery.

[kaotik]

my mate had 1 in his gtr and said if u dont drive it for more than 2 days it goes flat so he got rid of it

they also dont last if u got a big stereo setup

[YO880]

Got one in mine, much better than the standard battery, lasts longer, more power.. though it is slightly higher than ther std battery, so you will have to make up a custom bracket to hold it down..

plus it is a sealed battery, so you can mount it anyway you want.. i also had to extend the -'ve and +'ve cables to reach..

[Guest RedLineGTR]

i use a century batterie seems fine to me....no problems start or running the stereo for a couple of hours..dont what you wanna run with it...extra amps and decks etc...

[SLY33]

If you have the money go an Optima Yellow top gell cell battery i think around 400 bucks, has killer crank power AND is deep cycle -you can let it go dead flat over and over and recharge it and it will be fine. ideal for big stereo's. We put one on a v8 and the speed that it cranks compared to a new std battery is unbelievable. Getting one for the line soon.

Ive heard good and bad about odysee batts. Some ppl love em, others say they drop cells real quick and are crap.

[YO880]

had 2 of them for over 2 years now (was running 2 in parrallel in my lsat car), never had any problems, maybe it comes down to poor QA? maybe they have bad batches? not sure but never had any issues with mine!

[whatsisname]

I had an Odyssey ES12V800, what a piece of crap! It dropped a cell in less than 6mths.

I spoke with a few Odyssey battery stockists & users, I was shocked to find a number of them had failed within 12mths! To make matters worse the Odyssey rep treated me like an idiot & only OK'd the warranty claim after it was proven (in person) that it had failed due to poor quality construction. I offered the rep to test my car's elec system to show him it wasn't a charging sytem fault that killed the battery too! I got my money back & now run a Yellow Top Optima ($405) - that hasn't missed a beat & starts the car in a flash even after sitting for a few wks

[YBSLO4]

I got a big odessey battery. Mainly got it for the stereo as they have alot more charge and ar more consistant. It is sooooooooooo noticeble as soon as oyu install it how quick the car kicks over on start up is incredicble compared to the standard battery. I am very impressed with mine, but price is not too good, i paid around the $400 mark for it.

[whatsisname]

It's not the starting ability that's in question with these batteries. After all a 5sec 800CCA start pulse would want to do a good job! It's the quality control & longevity that's the issue! 6mths under "normal" useage isn't what I'd class as value for money I could accept the fact that I had a one-off bad one but when MANY other people report that same problem (including stockists) then I'd be taking my money elsewhere (as I did). The lack of customer service from Odyssey in OZ is the final nail in the coffin.

[YBSLO4]

Spose if yours farkd up then you copped bad service aswell, it wouldn't have gone down well eh... ah well i am happy with mine so far, its been in the car for about 3-4 months so i guess i'll know soon if it does the same thing, havn't had any problems yet, but i would have a liked to get an Optima battery but couldn't get one when i needed it. Ah well.

[Sumo]

Is it just me because im a cheaparse? but I haven't had any trouble with the good old century battery, Cheap - but does the job

Sumo

[YBSLO4]

Nothing wrong with normal batteries peoples, just sometimes, aprticularly with decent sound systems you need a good power source, and that only comes from a decent battery and is the reason i got mine. but i had heaps of problems with my standard battery anyway, would die after a few days of not driving it simply cos the alarm was armed so i had enough and got a newy, but went the better more exspensive battery for stereo cos i needed it.

[Dahtone Racing]

grrrrr my battery died today heap of crap

i was gonna go odysey but sounds like ill go optima from wat im hearing

i have a big setup TV DVD AMPS SUBS etc

wat u guys reccomend?