Walmart Brand Car Batteries Flop in Absurdly In-Depth Test

It’s always tempting to go with the cheapest-possible option, especially as wars and tariffs drive up the cost of everyday items. But there’s always the risk that you’ll get exactly what you paid for, as demonstrated by this very thorough test of car batteries from Walmart and O’Reilly Auto Parts conducted by the YouTube channel Project Farm. Host Todd doesn’t do things by half measures, and this battery test was no exception. He rounded up nine brand new Group 65-rated batteries—four from Walmart and five from O’Reilly. The test group included one absorbed glass mat (AGM) battery from each brand, with the rest being conventional flooded lead-acid. Walmart lived up…

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