New Battery Vendor at Walmart.

[nthach]

Originally Posted by blupupher


Those battery recycle centers look like toxic [censored]. With all the lead and acid going around there, it is not a place I would want to work.

All that recycling is now being done in Mexico(even though JCI did open up a new LEED-certified facility in South Carolina to reclaim lead) and South Korea now. Which is probably why JCI has been making more batteries in Mexico.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted by MParr
Might as well give Exide a go at it. The Walmart Mexican made JCI batteries that I have getting over the past 4 years have been junk. Two batteries in four years isn't a good record.


+1. JCI now gets my boycott for selling Mexican batteries; regardless of COO I've not had great experiences with the last few. The last battery I bought was a US made exide from a Home Depot. I also got a Napa east penn a number of months ago.

 

[PimTac]

The Exide batteries were junk decades ago. I'm not going to take a chance on them now.

I had one blow up in a vehicle I owned a long time ago. It was only a couple years old at the time. That was the last one.

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted by PimTac
The Exide batteries were junk decades ago. I'm not going to take a chance on them now.

I had one blow up in a vehicle I owned a long time ago. It was only a couple years old at the time. That was the last one.



Things change, at least we can hope. All I know is that voltage retention of the exude I installed is much better than the JCI max or the AAP silver I had employed before.

 

[BeerCan]

Originally Posted by nthach
Originally Posted by blupupher


Those battery recycle centers look like toxic [censored]. With all the lead and acid going around there, it is not a place I would want to work.

All that recycling is now being done in Mexico(even though JCI did open up a new LEED-certified facility in South Carolina to reclaim lead) and South Korea now. Which is probably why JCI has been making more batteries in Mexico.

There is a place in Tampa that reclaims lead as well. I know a guy who works there.

 

[CR94]

Originally Posted by andyd
... So far Exide hasn't had a positive review yet.
The Exide 24F I bought for under $40 at Rural King never had a problem, and didn't cover itself with acidic grunge, unlike all 3 JCI batteries I'd used earlier.

 

[Linctex]

I looked at almost every battery on the shelf at a Walmart in Fort Worth - all were JCI.

 

[wtd]

I just bought a battery at Walmart and it was a JCI. I was going to get another O'reilly's battery since the one I just replaced lasted almost 10 years but I didn't want to pay $60 more dollars for a car that probably won't last that much longer.

 

[Silverado12]

FWIW I had an Exide battery that was excellent. The guy at the local auto parts store stayed open late about 15 minutes just so I could pick up the battery. I was grateful for him doing that for me because my wife had to use her car the next day so I didn't care what the brand was. I look for Deka battery, though when I need one now.

 

[researcher]

Just checked walmarts over here in Michigan.. ALL batteries (auto) were JCI.. none were exide at all.

 

[Mr Nice]

Originally Posted by Linctex
I looked at almost every battery on the shelf at a Walmart in Fort Worth - all were JCI.


Same down here.