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Yes. Walmart batteries are just fine. It's all I've bought for my 3 cars in the last decade or so. Don't struggle with it. Just go get one and trade your old one in.
Originally Posted by gregkw12
What battery is everybody using
and are the Walmart batteries any good
Yeah, it's all a crap shoot anyway.
I've had a Sears Diehard Gold in mine for 10+ years. I do have a battery disconnect switch that I use during the winter storage in the garage, and have never had to jump start in the spring.
That makes a lot of sense. My car has a parasitic draw that 3 people can't find so I have a disconnect switch so I have to be careful about keeping the battery charged
I once worked for AutoZone. The company that makes their batteries also supplies Walmart
East Penn and Johnson Controls are the only nationally distributed car batteries made in the US. Regardless of the brand name, one of these outfit made it. Now many of the cheap batteries are coming in from China. No thanks!
Most car batteries sold in the U.S. are made by three companies that build them for the retailers:
Johnson Controls, which supplies more than half of the market; Exide; and East Penn.
They are sold under various names and built to the specs of retailers, so performance can vary.
That said, I've had very good luck with batteries from Auto Zone, I dont buy the cheapest one and buy the most CCA available that will fit. Get a good warranty too.
I have a O'Riley Super Start premium in my vette and both my trucks, (5.3 / 5.9) have had AutoCraft batteries from advance. They have never let me down even on the coldest day but i'm not really partial.
I don't have any firsthand experience but when Johnson Controls bought Optima and moved production to Mexico in the mid 2000's IIRC then reduced the warranty. There were a lot of complaints about quality and early failure. I haven't seen complaints lately. Maybe they fixed their quality issues. For the cost they should be one helluva battery.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Delco! No matter how much or how little I pay for a battery, I've never had one outlast the original. Delco batteries aren't cheap but they're very good
