Walmart batteries are known in the automotive world as Neverstart.

I had a DAKA battery last 13 years in one of my Harleys. I put maintainers on all my vehicles that sit for any length of time that certainly helps !

Near every vehicle has a clock drawing power. And as mentioned your headlights are on while cranking robbing amps.

I went to Walmart to buy a battery but there's no more Johnson Control so I put it back.

I just replaced the battery in my truck a couple days ago, in finally bit the dust. It was from 2017, and it was a Walmart battery.

Modern vehicles have a constant draw on the battery, called parasitic draw. It's what keeps the memory in various modules. Normal parasitic draw is less than 50mA. Most vehicles will drop down to less than 20mA. The thing is, though, right after you turn the key off, it's a lot higher-sometimes 3 or more amps. That's hard on a battery, and it's why don't last as long.

Also, as others mentioned, plows are hard on batteries. A plow can draw 200+ amps, and while your alternator might be able to put out that much, they usually can't ramp up that high in an instant, it takes a few seconds. So when you operate your plow, you're basically just running off of the battery. If your battery is weak, your headlights will get dimmer when you work the plow. The weaker the battery, the worse it gets. I've seen where batteries are so weak that the vehicle's battery light comes on each time the plow is operated.

Sure do miss the old Sears Die Hards!

You're right about that. I currently have a 12 year old Interstate in my work beater, a '86 Toyota small pickup truck. No parasitic drain on this little truck. No power steering, door locks or windows either, and a manual transmission. I think 75% of the population wouldn't know how to get down the road in it

I've had my problems with batteries today , just like the rest of you

But --- I have a 2000 izuzu cube van for work , it has the original duel battery set up from new ...!!!
I bought it in 1999 --that's 25 years on original batteries...
I tell people that and I know it's hard to believe...

Sears Die Hard batteries was sold to Advance Auto Parts in 2019. They are still being sold by them, sears, maybe carquest auto parts.

Not the same quality.

I used to buy lots of Diehards back in the day. They were great. Now I'm not sure with new owners.

Interstate battery used to be great , now don't know.

Optima used to be top shelf but now are real junk.

Currently have a Deka battery in one of my vehicles , fingers crossed been 2 years so far.


Very hard to recommend a battery because a lot of the good brands don't preform like they used to a couple years back.

YouTube's Scotty Kilmer recommends the Wal-Mart Everstart because he says that all batteries are crap and ya might as well get the cheapest one if they are all crap.

It's not that hard to build a battery at lest I don't think so
Just acid and lead post and a few other .

I still buy the Die hard batteries (Red series) from auto zone..i agree they dont match the old ones. had a problem with 2 of them within a yr but i think it was more of under used truck with an electrical drain..Replaced with no problems both times still under warrenty.






Seems this guy has it down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNGg0P7B5fI

I wish I could disagree with you about Interstate batteries between selling them and replacing a personal one Monday that had been installed for only a year I can't.

That Indian dude Video^^^ is crazy stuff

today with a thawed battery my son took it to walmart , tested bad right away

Very cool