Battery charger choice for Optima type battery?

[SGSST109E]

I work for the company thats owns Optima. Battery Tender is what I use, CTECH is good too. We also make our own charger now. The key with all the Optima whether red, yellow or blue is that the charge voltage can not go over 14.5volts. If you had a charger that put 500 amps thru a battery it would be fine in charging an Optima as long as the voltage stayed below 14.5 volts.

[Doug Domm]

The Battery Tender and CTECH may be the better suited for battery maintenance but will they get the job done between rounds? Or do these Optima type batteries just perform that much better between rounds? I've yet to have a battery that I had absolute confidence in.

[rallye bob]

I use a Coleman Powermate Pulse 1850 portable generator with a "built in" battery charger. I use it on my Optima between most every round. Been doing it for years. No issues as of yet. Am I asking for trouble?

[Pat Cook]

I have been using a Wal-Mart brand 1.5 amp battery maintainer on a yellow top Optima battery for the last 6 years.....has been working great. Did I just jinx my battery?....

Just bought a 5 watt solar powered battery maintainer of Northern Tools, gonna see how well that works here in sunny AZ