WAlmartBatteries

[Ghostshad]

I need a trolling motor battery. Walmart is $40.00 cheaper than Napa.Who all likes Walmart marine batterys?  Thanks

[Scott F]

I’ve saved hundreds of dollars by buying my batteries at WalMart. I’ve never had an issue with them.

[volzfan59]

I've purchased plenty of Walmart batteries in the past. I've never had an issue but I used to be a battery maintenance geek, always kept them at the proper water level using only distilled water, kept them properly charged, etc. The only lead acid battery that I refuse to use is an Interstate. Never had one to last.

 

Now I use lithium batteries for the t/m and a gel battery for the big motor.

[Bankc]

Walmart Everstart batteries are made by East Penn.  NAPA batteries are made by either East Penn or Clarios.  So they could both be the same battery.  Either way, they're both made in the USA (Pennsylvania or Michigan), and probably nearly identical. 

[airshot]

Proper maintenance is everything !  If your maintenance habits are poor then no battery other than lifepo4 will last.  I have used wallet world batteries for years, charge them back up as soon as I get home. Use a maintainer charger when in storage for long periods of time.  Distilled  water only and monitor the charge.  Usually get 5-6 years out of them.  Current batteries are 2019 and still going strong.  If you do have an issue, they just swap it out for a new one, no questions ask.

[TOXIC]

I’ve never had a problem with them.  I noticed now online Walmart carries a wide range of lithium as well as their house brands.  Batteries are a price point thing for me.  I want the cheapest the will still do the job.  I am running 3 lead acid tm batteries and one AGM cranking battery.  I can’t justify lithium with the amount of time I spend in my buddies boat.  I don’t have 10 graphs pulling 500amps of power either.  😂. I do keep my lead batteries well maintained. 

[Catt]

I do a lot of fishing in rural areas, even Toledo Bend is. There ain't NAPA stories everywhere, there are Wally Worlds everywhere.

[GRiver]

Both my batteries are Walmart brand, keep them topped off and keep them charged. I haven’t had any problems.

[TnRiver46]

Ever start has always worked well for me 

[LonnieP]

I’ve always gotten several years out of Everstarts

[Way2slow]

It depends on the type of battery you are buying.  Walmart, like most other companies buy from several sources.  Clarios, (which used to be Johnson Controls) supplies the lions share of Everstart Batteries and they are made all over the world, just not in the USA.  I think East Penn makes their high-end AGM's and maybe some of the MAXX's but the only way to tell is being able to decipher the manufacturer's code, and good luck on that one.

You also have to remember, no matter who makes the battery, even if it's and East Penn, not all batteries are made the same, even by the same company.  The alloys, materials and construction techniques used to them can vary, greatly affecting the life cycle of the battery. 

EverStart batteries and considered a three-year battery.  Sometimes you are lucky to get three years out of them.  Sometimes, if well maintained you might get four.  You will have people say they get five or six years out of them, but that's generally because they are not putting that much demand on them and even a battery that only had half capacity is still good enough for their use.

Before I retired, I worked with batteries on a daily basis and saw people constantly trying to save a dollar and buy Everstart Batteries instead of Trojan's or other top brand for their industrial equipment and it was rare for them to get much more than a year or so out of them. 

Would I buy an EverStart, yes!  I just bought their AGM to go in my wife's HighLander. Because in todays market, you don't know who makes what when buying this rebranded junk.  However, I also check my batteries every six months or so with a good digital analyzer, and I replace the batteries in my vehicles every three years, regardless of how they test.  

[DaubsNU1]

I have had great success with Walmart batteries through the years. Lately they have a sticker showing manufacture date right on the battery...

 

Went to get battery for my John Deer x750...had to dig deep in to the stock at Walmart...the batteries in front were manufactured in October and November of 2023...battery towards the back manufactured in July of 2024 : )

 

Keep your receipt, Walmart does good job of standing behind their warranty.

[Way2slow]

Understand, that sticker is not the manufacturing date.  A lot of people think that but that sticker is put on them by the distribution center for the date the battery was delivered to the store.  The actual manufacturing date is coded into that numbers embossed into the battery.   The East Penn distribution center used to be a customer of mine before I retired, and I've seen many pallets of batteries come in without those little stickers and watched the guys putting the stickers on when they when loading them in their trucks to deliver them.

I was in a Walmart once where I watched a guy peeling off older dated stickers and putting new current ones on.   They have a predetermined shelf life that they are supposed to be pulled off the shelf and returned to distribution center to be charged and tested, and if it still meets specs, they will send it back out with a new sticker, but this guy was just swapping the stickers out.   After a predetermined a manufacturing date some companies pull them, pull the labels off and sell them as seconds.  

I have seen marinas and low volume retailers just pull the stickers off so you wouldn't know they were selling you a junk battery that had been sitting on their rack for months or even a year.

Some companies use numbers for both month and year, some use letters with A being number 1.