Thanx Mark ! .
Very helpful info .
I've been having great success with the wallymart batteries, they're rated @ 900 CCA, higher than other brands from the same mfr.
If I can get over five years out of any battery I'm well pleased, it's a rare thing for me not to get five + years of service .
-Nate
Mark wrote :
The battery industry has whittled down to only half-a-handful of manufacturers in the US, the largest, by far being Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) JCI supplies the batteries sold by AutoZone ("DuraLast"), O'Reilly's, Advance/CarQuest ("AutoCraft"), Sears ("DieHard"), Costco (formerly "Kirkland"), and most everyone else. (They also own the "Optima" brand of spiral-wound, absorbed glass mat batteries.) The batteries they send directly to their own retailers are branded as "Interstate". They also sell to Wal*Mart. All of JCIs batteries go through a series of quality checks at the end of the production line before they get shipped out. It has long been suspected and rumored that because Wal*Mart beats down their suppliers so badly, the bottom 30% of the batteries tested off the line go to Wal*Mart. I can tell you from first-hand experience at two major auto parts retailers that by far the largest number of cores turned in when a new battery is purchased were sold by Wal*Mart. (Maybe because they sell the most batteries...?) At any rate, I believe this is a case of "You get what you pay for", and perhaps it's best to go somewhere, anywhere, other than Wal*Mart for a battery.
Exide is the other large, still independent battery manufacturer in the US, and I think they still supply NAPA's batteries. The HomeDepots around here sell Exide-branded batteries at great prices, though the group size availability is limited.
Mark in rainy Centennial, CO
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