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Huntindog wrote:

ramgunner wrote:
The magnets are required at some Loves truck stops - the last time I went through Kingman, AZ that one needed it. There are also some BLU stations in Utah and other states, and the last one I used in Hurricane, UT needed it. $2.669 was the last price I got there for DEF.

That works out to about 5 bucks less that buying the 2.5 gallon jug at Walmart. I get about 3000 miles on that. Over 100,000 miles it will cost me 166.00 more to be sure that I am getting pure fresh (date coded) uncontaiminated DEF in my tank.

One bad tank of DEF can cost many times more than that little savings.

I don't see the risk reward ratio being favorable for the cheaper DEF.
YMMV:)

Never really looked at it as a "risk" or a "reward"....I was "given" a 2.5 gallon box of DEF the day I picked up my truck, May 9th, 2013...after it set for over a year, I got rid of it.....date had expired...didn't cost me anything, so I didn't lose anything....I had actually forgotten about it....DEF is DEF, Blue DEF is Blue DEF...it's the same as what's in the box...To me, it's more "convenient" to drive to the truck stop and pump it when I need it....Nothing "cheap" about it...again, same thing as in your box....The DEF I'm getting is just as pure as the DEF you're getting...(sorry, it IS the same thing)...and as much that is used at the truck stops, it too is "fresh" and not "out of date"...almost 28,000 miles, zero DEF issues....

One could get a bad 2.5 gallon jug just as well as one could get bad out of a pump....thus, that too could be costly..

I've heard of zero issues with the 2.5 gallon jugs, and zero issues with DEF being purchased at the pump, but that's just almost 2 yrs come May 9th.