Battery options BESIDES Optima?

i always hear that about charging the optima battery.

over the years i have ground my optima down to nothing and had it dead enough not to crank the car because the car sat so long and have just charged it with my charger like any other battery. that battery was in my dart from 05 to 2012 and was fine it never missed a beat. have it in the basement now. not sure if its charged up or not now.