Interstate Battery

The batteries although manufactured by the same company sometime even on the same production line may not be the same. The customer dictates the specs and cost, in the case of Wal Mart they are big enough to ask that certain parameters be met while a smaller customer may have to use relabeled Wal Mart spec batteries.
I worked in a factory making Television CRT tubes. While my paycheck and the building both said Sylvania on them,we made CRT,s for every television manufacturer. Most were identical no matter the label the finishing department put on them. When dealing with an established technology the is no profit in constantly reinventing the wheel, you just add or subtract minor features mostly for marketing purposes.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
I'm guessing most of us know by now, that Interstate Batteries is only a marketing company. Their products are all made by other companies, principally Johnson Controls for wet cells. Johnson also makes batteries for Walmart, Sears, and many others.

Johnson Controls is the *only* mfgr of Interstate Batteries.

Has something changed?

Maybe - since most (all?) wet cell vehicle battery mfg is in MX.
(but, doubtful it made any difference).

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I like my Interstate grp 27, then again it gets babied most of the time. The oldest battery I have is the one that came in my 03 F 150. It sits for months at a time and fires up no matter the weather. I did notice it was getting a bit slow at cranking over in sub zero temps so I expect to need one by next winter.

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:
I'm guessing most of us know by now, that Interstate Batteries is only a marketing company. Their products are all made by other companies, principally Johnson Controls for wet cells. Johnson also makes batteries for Walmart, Sears, and many others.

Johnson Controls is the *only* mfgr of Interstate Batteries.

Has something changed?

Maybe - since most (all?) wet cell vehicle battery mfg is in MX.
(but, doubtful it made any difference).

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I don't think Johnson makes all of Interstate's non-vehicle batteries, but I could be wrong. I do know a lot of their flashlight, cell phone, power tool, hearing aid, and other non-lead acid batteries are made in China, but I don't know who the actual manufacturer is.

I'm a fan.

I ran my Interstate battery flat in my camper last fall, got busy and never got around to taking it out before one of the coldest winters we've had in a long time. I was pretty sure I would be buying a new battery this spring.

Finally got around to charging it a week ago and it seems to have survived just fine. Not sure if it's quality, luck or a combo of the two, but I seem to think I have replaced batteries that have endured much less.