Project Farm tests Walmart and O'Reilly batteries

[4wd]

I've found his results identical to my own when it came to his weedeater line test, I tried half of the ones he tested and found identical results. Discovered twisted power max weedeater line.
Another one was his box cutter blade tests, I had already tried most of what he tested, identical results. Found the Irwin carbide coated blades were the best for my application, continued using them.
One of my all time favorites was his bar and chain oil tests. Had tried most of the same ones. I found motor oil seemed to be the best, he found motor oil to be the best, i continued using motor oil.

He needs to follow you … less drama for all

 

[4wd]

We now have O-O-O-O’Reilly’s not far from me. I’ll have to check them out.
I’d like to see more testing on other group size batteries. I mean, we know that the group 65 is better but what about others?

Case in point - I see dead space in the battery box ?
That H6 is replaced with an H7 …

 

[Nukeman7]

The Project Farm test is flawed in that the Walmart EverStart batteries tested were sourced by Todd in his home state of Missouri. Hence, they were the South Korean made batteries.

Depending on what part of the U.S. you reside, the EverStart batteries available at your local WalMart might be sourced from Clarios or East Penn (which is the same manufacturer of the O'Reilly SuperStart batteries used in this test). What we can all agree on is that the SuperStart batteries cost ~30-50% more than the same tier EverStart batteries. If you are in a region where WalMart sells the East Penn made EverStart batteries (e.g., East Coast), the results would be reversed when cost is factored in.

 

[f355spider]

The new WM ones are made in South Korea & look a lot better than the Clarios.

Clarios is supplying the batteries at WalMart in the midwest and west coast. Clarios also supplies Interstate and AC Delco. Most of the flooded batteries are from Korea. The Clarios AGMs come from one of several factories in the USA, Mexico, China, Germany, Korea or India.

I believe O'Reilly does much the same thing. East Penn supplies on the east coast, but everywhere else its Clarios.

 

[f355spider]

"VERY IMPRESSIVE!"

 

[Intelligent Molecule]

I know we hate PF

"We" do? Been watching this channel for years, and he does some of the best product testing I've seen. His motor oil testing isn't good, but overall does an excellent job.

 

[ctechbob]

My 2003 Accord made it 4 years on a Value Power Walmart made in 2022. Pretty good for that car, for whatever reason it has always been a 2-3 years per battery car even though everything always checks out with it.

It is getting the Weize AGM out of the Acura tomorrow though. Wife just told me it did some oddball things with the lights on the dash yesterday, that is its usual sign that it is time to replace the battery, even though it still cranks the car just fine. I just don't have time to go get one tomorrow so I'll slap the one from the Acura in it and let her roll.

 

[f355spider]

By comparison, when Consumer Reports does their testing, they claim they heavily weight their rankings based on their accelerated life tests, not just performance. I am unsure how those life tests performed, but they claim that is more useful then their cranking amps, reserve capacity, etc tests they perform.

I don't see the Project Farm guy doing anything that is based on estimated life, only strict performance tests.

 

[AZjeff]

"We" do? Been watching this channel for years, and he does some of the best product testing I've seen. His motor oil testing isn't good, but overall does an excellent job.

The BITOG hive in general.

The Project Farm test is flawed in that the Walmart EverStart batteries tested were sourced by Todd in his home state of Missouri. Hence, they were the South Korean made batteries.

Depending on what part of the U.S. you reside, the EverStart batteries available at your local WalMart might be sourced from Clarios or East Penn (which is the same manufacturer of the O'Reilly SuperStart batteries used in this test). What we can all agree on is that the SuperStart batteries cost ~30-50% more than the same tier EverStart batteries. If you are in a region where WalMart sells the East Penn made EverStart batteries (e.g., East Coast), the results would be reversed when cost is factored in.

See what you mean about flawed, what should he do?

Is the Clarios better than the Korean battery? How does one tell if a battery is Clarios or East Penn?

 

[Nukeman7]

The BITOG hive in general.


See what you mean about flawed, what should he do?

Is the Clarios better than the Korean battery? How does one tell if a battery is Clarios or East Penn?

See my Post #240 in this parallel BITOG thread about the Project Farm battery test video.