OPTIMA® Digital 1200 12V Performance Battery Charger and Maintainer

This is the first charger I have ever owned that has really been well engineered. The handle and cord storage is great; the clamps are first rate (love the little light in my dark battery compartment on the boat); and the electronics seem to be very well done. I bought it because I my old Schumacher charger had died, and I had borrowed another Schumacher charger from my neighbor to charge a marine starting battery that had been heavily discharged by accidentally leaving the fishfinder on for a week. The borrowed charger simply would not recharge that $100 battery, apparently because it was so heavily discharged. After a string of cheap chargers, I went looking for a better one. This looked very nice and the reviews were good. When I got delivery of the new Optima, I tried it on that same marine battery. It analyzed it for a couple of minutes and then went right to work. I checked after 3 hours and it was still at only 50% of capacity, but by the next morning it was fully charged and it seems to work just fine now. I figure that the Optima just saved me half of its purchase price on its first job. I plan to use it to maintain my boat batteries over the winter. They don't do to well up here in northern MN. This looks like a winner.

This charger is working well. I like the digital readout and options available like AGM, deep cycle, maintain, etc. You do have to “select” what you are trying to do but it’s a single button push in most cases. Being able to ask it the state of the battery is useful. I have a 40 year old charger that still works but bought this for a new location, I’m glad I did. I may get another and put my old one on the shelf as an emergency backup, that’s how much I like it.

I got one of these because my neighbor let me borrow his. One of my cars had the battery completely die on it. The battery was about 5 years old so it is what I would consider near the end of it's life AND i don't drive the car a lot. I pulled the battery out and put it on this charger. It took ~12 hours for it to fully charge and go to maintenance mode. The battery has worked like an absolute champ ever since. The cost of this is slightly prohibitive/steep. But compared to the $40 ones you find at the part store... it does a lot more and performs WAY better. So it certainly lives up to the price.

The perfect battery charger, use it on both Optima Red and Chrysler AMG batteries, easy to use.

I ordered this charger because I have two Optima battery's in my army truck (M35 A2). This winter was a bad one and when I checked the truck last the battery's were dead. the voltage was down to 6-7 volts. This charger said that it can help deeply discharged battery's. The charger automatically goes through different charging steps so you just pick what kind of battery you are charging and it does the rest. The first battery came right back to life. The charger has a conditioning step to help out the battery. The second battery took three times to get it back to life, but the charger saved both battery's. Saved me from buying new battery's ($350). Totally worth the price! Stores all the cables nicely, and charges your cell phone too.

This is an excellent charger! Works great on my yellow top, my secondary standard battery, my mower, and soon I bet it'll see the Harley battery. I'm charging all of them with this now. Real simple to use. Connect the battery, plug it into the wall and push a button or two. It tells you the battery life after a 5 mins evaluation, then starts charging and tells you what amp and voltage it is at. I'm super impressed. I bought this to have a nice charger around, and the guys at Optima charged a battery for me at a car show years ago with this same charger. Gave it back to me in just over an hour and said I was good to go, and that battery got me through the rest of the show!

I had to buy a second one due my gf accidently running over the first one. But the charger works as advertised and recovered my old sears die hard when my other charger would not. it got me 2 more years of the battery and the battery has been winched on and I have a ARB fridge. I recommend this charger. it I did not want the charger faster, I would have ordered directly from Optima with a new batter to get an year of warranty on the battery.

This charger is freaking awesome. I use it on my Optima Yellow tops, a Sears Diehard Gold AGM and the 2 wet cell batteries in our Jeep Wranglers (one Mopar and the other a Walmart battery). I know it's pricey, but you get what you pay for. I own 2 different Schumacher chargers and always thought they were the best chargers, but now know better. Update: Charger stopped working in November 2018. Fortunately it has a 3 year warranty. Called Optima and got authorization to send it back. Got a brand new replacement a couple of weeks later. Very happy with the way Optima took care of me.

I bought a yellow-top Optima battery for my Subaru STI in June 2018. The car is stored over the winter. February 2019 I went to check it and noticed no power, not even a "click" when the ignition key was turned...a voltmeter showed "1 volt" (I think I left an interior light on). I have four battery chargers of different types, none of them could revitalize the STI's Optima battery. My mechanic son suggested trying an Optima battery charger. As I also have an Optima battery in my Silverado (and plan to buy one for my 2016 Buick when it needs a new battery), I decided it was worth the expense. I connected the Optima battery charger as soon as I received it to the STI's battery, and in 12 hours the battery was 80% recharged. The Optima charger seems to have technology to "reach down" and recharge a deeply discharged battery that other types of chargers cannot. Amazing. I'm thinking about having a battery-charger garage sale, I don't need the other four now that I've seen what the Optima charger can do (not only to the Optima battery, but other types as well). Highly recommended.

A must have for AGM batteries, great to maintain them on a custom car not used that often

Really great charger and maintainer. Very well built and lots of features. Has great onboard storage of cords and keeps them nice and neat. Cords are made of good grade rubber and do not crack under the coldest day. Display is easy to read and the charger is not complicated to understand. I recommend everyone gets one they are a life saver.

I had an older Optima battery that would not charge with my other chargers. Hooked this one up and had it do the battery check. Its charging now and is good to go.

This is a great battery charger for all types of batteries. The LED light and battery test are great features.