Everstart batteries from Walmart

[caliburst]

Dont buy them. they suck. I bought one for my 96xp because I didnt want to buy one from the dealer and it shit the bed after a month. I just bought another one and all it does is make the solienoid chatter and it wont turn over. I put a better battery from a friend in it and it fired right up. Now, Im off to sears to buy a die hard.

blech!

[caliburst]

Oh, and I was told by the very knowledgable walmart employee that batteries cannot be returned, only exchanged and within like 14 days (store policy).

[Pale Rider]

Diehards suck!!! they were once rebadged exide batterys...

AC delco/diehard and exide are made at the same facility...

suck it up and get a good battery...
breaking down on the water is no fun...

[addicted]

look for a local place that carries deka. get the deka agm and you will never go back. most big trucks run deka batteries, and I have been using them in everything for about 5 years. only 1 failed after 3 years because i left it in the ski outside over the winter

[stingray152003]

auto barn has deka agm batteries for 80 bucks

[54lariatxp]

hell just shoehorn a motorcraft powerstroke battery in there, you may never need the 800 cold cranking amps, but dammit you could run a radio forever....

[Tiny]

Dont buy them. they suck. I bought one for my 96xp because I didnt want to buy one from the dealer and it shit the bed after a month. I just bought another one and all it does is make the solienoid chatter and it wont turn over. I put a better battery from a friend in it and it fired right up. Now, Im off to sears to buy a die hard.

blech!

I would normally agree with you if it wasnt for the fact that a friend of mine is on his 4th year on one of those cheap ass Walmart batteries...He even said the other day it was bone dry, no acid, no liquid and he filled it with distilled water and it fired the ski right up.....Go figure....

although i wont buy one cause i am a Deka dealer and they are now super expensive down here in the south....they retail for 140!!!!!!!and that is for the ETX16l for a 2 stroke, the 20l for the 4 strokes is almost 200!!!!!!!

[NJJer]

I am just a vault of useless information, as you can see.

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-Ameriton
-Duralast (Contact local Auto Zone store)
-Energizer (Contact local Target or Wards store)
-Equalizer (Contact local Wards store)
-Eveready (800-331-9926 or contact local Costco or Wards store)
-Interstate (800-272-654
-Motorcraft (800-392-3673)
-Power Connection
-older Sears Diehards

East Penn (610-682-6361)

-American
-Electro
-Deka
-Hi-Tech
-Pow-R-Surge

Douglas (800-368-4527)

-Farmland (Contact local store)

AC Delco/Delphi (800-223-3526)

-Diehard Gold (Contact local Sears store)
-Double Eagle (Contact local Firestone store)
-Dura Power
-Everstart (Contact local Wal-Mart store)
-Freedom (Contact local Sears store)
-Lastcell (Contact local Trac Auto store)
-Tough One (Contact local Western Auto store)
-Voyager

GNB (800-242-6750)

-Champion (Contact local Sams store)
-Omaga (800-925-6278 or contact local Wal-Mart store)
-Voyager (Contact local Sams store)

Exide (800-346-3760)

-Auto Express (Contact local Wards store)
-Centura (Contact local K-Mart store)
-DieHard non-Gold (Contact local Sears store)
-Edge
-Legend (800-538-6272 or contact local NAPA store)
-Motorvator (Contact local K-Mart store)
-Power-Tron
-Prestolite (Contact local HiLo store)
-Pro Start (Contact local Pep Boys store)
-Quick Start (Contact local Wards store)
-Sears (Contact local store)
-Titan
-Value-Lite (Contact local Firestone store)

[YoYamma]

I actually had good success with the Walmart batteries in the Yamahas, and they we're a lot cheaper than the ones I have now in the Seadoos, the only reason I didn't get them again was because Walmart was sold out...

[axgrider73]

I personally had two of the Walmart batteries last over three years each in two different skis.