Optima or Kinetic

[shellfish 10+ year member]

So I've been made fun for my electrical enough!

I stopped by the local audio shop yesterday looking for batterys.

I asked him about the optima yellow top (which he has for 160)

But he showed me towards the kinetic hc1400 saying that it will me the solution

to all my electrical problems and that baby is 200$ at his shop.

So the question is which one will better fit my needs of powering

a 3kw amp @ 1ohm daily? And to all the haters I should have 1awg

coming in soon as well.

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[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

get kinetik but not there thats retarted price. look online

 

[shellfish 10+ year member]

Can you recommend a few places too look at. Batterys seem to keep their price

no matter where I look.

 

[SQAddict 10+ year member]

Actually, for the Kinetik 1400, $200 isnt a bad price.

There are some slightly better deals out there, like the "CarAudioDeals" storefront on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/s.html?ie=UTF8&me=ANZ5B8ZZ261JD&brand=Kinetik), but your going to pay quite a bit for shipping.

Likewise, there are some companies, like Pacific Stereo (http://www.pacificstereo.com) that will give you free shipping, but it sits right under $200. There are advantages both ways: you buy local you can take it back easily if it fails on you. You buy online from someone who will ship for free, and you might try giving them a call and asking for their "best deal" (if you have other stuff you need to buy, do it all at once and your pretty likely to get a discount).

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

id just pick the kenitik up for $200

yeah you can get it for a little less, but with shipping etc. and you can install it today. i always hated ordering stuff and waiting a week for it to get here like im currently doing with a few things.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

I hope that isn't the extent of your electrical..

 

[mrose 10+ year member]

I got a Kinetik HC2000 for 245 shipped egay

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

I got a Kinetik HC2000 for 245 shipped egay

Egay, really!? Lol Kinetik is the way to go.

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=20380

189 free shipping full kinetic warranty.

 

[SomeDonnieDude 10+ year member]

A single hc1400 won't be near enough lol... if this is just for a daily driver then do HO alt and replace the stock batt with the biggest Kinetic (or similar) batt you can fit.. And redo big3 with 1/0.

Never personally ran optima, but I'd avoid them for car audio use.

 

[MasterOfAllBass 10+ year member]

Actually, for the Kinetik 1400, $200 isnt a bad price.
There are some slightly better deals out there, like the "CarAudioDeals" storefront on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/s.html?ie=UTF8&me=ANZ5B8ZZ261JD&brand=Kinetik), but your going to pay quite a bit for shipping.

Likewise, there are some companies, like Pacific Stereo (http://www.pacificstereo.com) that will give you free shipping, but it sits right under $200. There are advantages both ways: you buy local you can take it back easily if it fails on you. You buy online from someone who will ship for free, and you might try giving them a call and asking for their "best deal" (if you have other stuff you need to buy, do it all at once and your pretty likely to get a discount).

i got the HC 1800s new on a ebay store shipped for $200 each. there good to. 12.9v out the box

 

[SPLluminator 10+ year member]

Why not get a deka intimidator G31?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

i got my hc2400 180 local

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

the 1400 isnt enough like stated

 

[shellfish 10+ year member]

Well all comments considered, I probably will help my self to a hc1400

due to its almost identical size to my stock battery and its reputation.

Keep in mind that i won't b running 3kw right now because my sub just

wont take that much wattage.

And as time goes on I will drop another 1400 in the trunk and upgrade my

alt, but times are hard now and i only want to get the essentials, so i wont stall

every time my bass hits

p.s. i have 1awg coming in soon enough to run my amp and redo my

weak sauce big 3

also if noone recomends yellow tops then why the hell do i see so many

of you using them?