I've been thinking about doing this for a while but just recently decided to go ahead and do it. It was pretty time consuming so I'm not sure I'll do it again, but the results would probably not be much different anyway for a year or two.
Before I started I thought the Pure One would be #1 here, that turned out to be true but I did stumble on a few other surprises. I knew Motorcrafts were highly regarded here but I never dreamed they'd come in #2.
This was collected off the "Post your latest oil change" thread, so this is not probably a mirrored reflection of BITOG as much as an indication of the preferences of those who actually prefer to post on that thread. As an example, from hanging out here on the oil filter forum as much as I do, I'd have expected more people to have been using the Fram Ultra than what was reflected in the oil change thread. Another interesting note, it was surprising how many people that used a Fram orange can had to add an excuse to their post such as "it was free with an OCI special" or something along those lines. I noticed that occur probably close to 10 times, yet I never saw a similar comment for the use of any other filter, even e-cores.
Anyway, here are the results, enjoy! The number to the left is the ranking, the number to the right is the number of filters used on the oil change thread.
1 Pure One 147
2 Motorcraft 119
3 Puro Classic 97
4 Wix 64
5 Mobil 1 48
6 AC Delco 42
7 Napa Gold 41
8 Toyota OEM 32
9 Bosch D+ 31
10 K&N 27
11 Other OEM 26
12 Fram Extra Guard 25
13 Hyundai/KIA OEM 24
14 Mann 24
15 Other Store Brand 23
16 Bosch Premium 20
17 Fram Tough Guard 17
18 Amsoil 13
19 Royal Purple 13
20 Fram Ultra/Extended 12
21 Quaker State 12
22 Mopar 11
23 Baldwin 11
24 MicroGard 10
25 Honda OEM 8
26 Super Tech 8
27 BMW OEM 8
28 Napa ProSelect 7
29 Casite 7
30 Driveworks 5
31 DENSO 5
32 Mahle 5
33 Napa Silver 4
34 Hengst 4
35 Valvoline 4
36 Napa/Wix syn 3
37 STP 3
38 Purolator Synthetic 3
39 Hastings 2
40 Fram High Mileage 2
41 MicroGreen 2
42 Champ 2
43 Pennzoil 2
44 Fleetguard 2
45 Knecht 1
Before I started I thought the Pure One would be #1 here, that turned out to be true but I did stumble on a few other surprises. I knew Motorcrafts were highly regarded here but I never dreamed they'd come in #2.
This was collected off the "Post your latest oil change" thread, so this is not probably a mirrored reflection of BITOG as much as an indication of the preferences of those who actually prefer to post on that thread. As an example, from hanging out here on the oil filter forum as much as I do, I'd have expected more people to have been using the Fram Ultra than what was reflected in the oil change thread. Another interesting note, it was surprising how many people that used a Fram orange can had to add an excuse to their post such as "it was free with an OCI special" or something along those lines. I noticed that occur probably close to 10 times, yet I never saw a similar comment for the use of any other filter, even e-cores.
Anyway, here are the results, enjoy! The number to the left is the ranking, the number to the right is the number of filters used on the oil change thread.
1 Pure One 147
2 Motorcraft 119
3 Puro Classic 97
4 Wix 64
5 Mobil 1 48
6 AC Delco 42
7 Napa Gold 41
8 Toyota OEM 32
9 Bosch D+ 31
10 K&N 27
11 Other OEM 26
12 Fram Extra Guard 25
13 Hyundai/KIA OEM 24
14 Mann 24
15 Other Store Brand 23
16 Bosch Premium 20
17 Fram Tough Guard 17
18 Amsoil 13
19 Royal Purple 13
20 Fram Ultra/Extended 12
21 Quaker State 12
22 Mopar 11
23 Baldwin 11
24 MicroGard 10
25 Honda OEM 8
26 Super Tech 8
27 BMW OEM 8
28 Napa ProSelect 7
29 Casite 7
30 Driveworks 5
31 DENSO 5
32 Mahle 5
33 Napa Silver 4
34 Hengst 4
35 Valvoline 4
36 Napa/Wix syn 3
37 STP 3
38 Purolator Synthetic 3
39 Hastings 2
40 Fram High Mileage 2
41 MicroGreen 2
42 Champ 2
43 Pennzoil 2
44 Fleetguard 2
45 Knecht 1
