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Optima 35R Battery

  • 04-02-2010 11:14pm
    #1
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Does anyone here know where in Ireland I can get an Optima 35R battery? It's for a 2004 Mazda RX-8.

    Cheers,

    Dave


Comments

  • #2
    yarmanfromdebar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭yarmanfromdebar


    I know a man who does batteries, i'll be talking to him in the morning, i'll ask him then, and get back to you.


  • #3
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    OK cool. Thanks!


  • #4
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    I'm (kinda) 95% certain that McHugh & Kramp used to do them, but they changed to the Exide Maxxima for at least a while some years ago; we found the Exides to have a very poor lifespan, so we switched to Hawker Odyessy batteries and find them to be superb, at least as good as the equivalent Optima.


  • #5
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    OK I'll look into that also. Thanks Rovi.


  • #6
    mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,704 ✭✭✭mountain


    Qualcom are the agents for Optima, 01 419 1600.

    DOnt know if them will sell direct to you, be prepared for the shock of the price.


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  • #7
    Mayshine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭Mayshine


    Rovi wrote: »
    I'm (kinda) 95% certain that McHugh & Kramp used to do them, but they changed to the Exide Maxxima for at least a while some years ago; we found the Exides to have a very poor lifespan, so we switched to Hawker Odyessy batteries and find them to be superb, at least as good as the equivalent Optima.

    Do you know where to purchase an Odyssey batteries in Ireland?

    Cheers


  • #8
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,885 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    He didn't hyperlink the name for the laugh!


  • #9
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Wow, funky looking battery.

    2521rts3.7r.jpg

    FWIW I have fould Yuasa to be the best make of battery I've had (tho I've never had an Optima) and buy nothing else. Yuasa are a very large Japanese maker and supply many manufacturers.


  • #10
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Mayshine wrote: »
    Do you know where to purchase an Odyssey batteries in Ireland?

    Cheers
    According to the manufacturer's site, their Irish agents are Tim Molloy Limited Dublin 00 3531 4542377 and JTM Jumpstarters Ltd Wicklow 00 353 40466998.
    Also Batyre Ltd Belfast 0044(0)02890 351582

    We get ours from Devon 4x4 in the U.K.


    Be prepared for a severe case of sticker-shock.


  • #11
    kuro2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭kuro2k


    Optima batteries aren't that great anymore, they fail after 12 months. If you check out a few US 4x4 sites you'll find the brand have gone downhill the last few years and Odyssey is the way to go

    O'Connell Brothers Cork (021 4323344) sell odyssey, a great battery.
    I picked up a Odyssey PC1500 from them a few weeks ago, €275!!


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