Hastings oil filters

[bobo]

A friend of mine recently bought a Hastings oil filter for his 1998 Honda Accord with a V6 engine. I see they are made in the US but I've never heard of them.

Are they any good?

I am contemplating switching from dino, mostly Castrol GTX 5W30 to Mobil 1 synthetic. Mobil 1 oil filters aren't readily available where I'm from (British Columbia) and I will likely go to Nissan and buy an OEM filter. I am just turning 59K miles on my 95 Maxima SE (5-speed), 80% plus highway driven.

Any feedback on Hastings filters would be appreciated.

This is my first post so flame away if need be.

 

[labman]

The LF 143 I cut open was very similar to the Purolator L 10193 and ST 3950, but looked much better than Fram PH 3950. You can't tell about some important things by looking, especially the quality of the media. Unless you can get it for less than a Purolator Premium Plus, I wouldn't bother. The premium price it often sells for mostly reflects its higher cost distribution chain.

I wouldn't pay a premium price for any filter short of the OEM.

 

[obbop]

The Hastings factory is in rural Nebraska. There is so little to do out there that the workers likely exert much of their attention to their job. Whether that equates with quality is beyond my knowing but the possibility of a correlation does exist.

 

[Big O Dave]

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Originally posted by obbop:
The Hastings factory is in rural Nebraska. There is so little to do out there that the workers likely exert much of their attention to their job. Whether that equates with quality is beyond my knowing but the possibility of a correlation does exist.

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Keep this in mind when you buy stuff made in Southern California

... all I can say is they used to make Camaros and Firebirds here, in Van Nuys.

Come to think of it, most Edelbrock stuff is made here and so is AFR!

 

[MustangGT]

Hastings are good filters, same price as WIX and Pure One where I live, I'd use regular purolator plus given the choice.

 

[boxcartommie22]

hastings and baldwin are the exact same filter..baldwin makes hastings

 

[Gary Allan]

Well, they have the same corporate offices ..but not everything Baldwin has a Hastings x-ref. FG mentioned the straight poop on it once.

 

[Ken2]

A Baldwin tech rep told me that Hastings filters are identical to Baldwin, but not every Baldwin filter is duplicated in the Hastings line. Baldwin filters are mainly for industrial or heavy duty transport, and Hastings is marketed more toward the consumer market.

Clarcor Corp. makes Baldwin, Hastings, Casite (lower quality), maybe other brand names, and Amsoil oil filters, as well as other brands of industrial filters.


Ken

 

[Mike_dup1]

Just because one company owns them all does not mean that are all carbon copies.




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[Volvohead]

Hastings, way back when, was a first-class filter maker. They commanded a premium, and you got it back in return. Very well made and at least the equal of a Wix in every respect. Then.

I haven't used one in a number of years. But I've not heard anything bad about them recently. They could be the same today as in '75. If I couldn't find a Wix/NAPA Gold, I'd probably use a Hastings without much concern.