[Today's guest post is brought to us by Evan who lives in Arizona. He's been a Costco member since he turned 21, 9 years ago, and before that he would use his parents membership. He's been going since it was Price Club, since he was born. He's also got a blog about Costco samples, over 1000 so far.]
Costco in Tempe, Arizona Switches from Kirkland Signature to Interstate Car Batteries
Interstate Car Batteries
To my surprise, I found that on my visit today, Costco had switched from my standing favorite Kirkland Signature brand batteries to Interstate car batteries.
For automotive applications the warranty seems to be a bit less, as I believe the Kirkland Signature batteries had a 36 month full replacement warranty, where the Interstate batteries have only a 30 month full replacement.
Car Batteries at Costco
Over the years, I have put many Kirkland Signature car batteries in my vehicles and they have done well, especially considering how the Arizona summer is notorious for killing batteries. The warranty exchange was always hassle free, and I drove with confidence knowing I had Kirkland under my hood. I will miss my Kirkland Signature batteries.
Also note that they still do carry the Optima brand high end batteries as well. I have confirmed that the Chandler Costco made the switch to Interstate car batteries, as well.
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tle //
2010.08.24 at 10:14 am
I run all my BMW on Interstate batteries. A third less the price than OEM and last just as long. Now with Costco warranty, it is a sweet deal!
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Justin //
2010.08.25 at 9:22 am
In my opinion the best deal for batteries in AZ is with AAA. They come with a 36 mo warranty and they have a battery truck that comes out to you.
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Ken //
2010.09.01 at 12:51 am
Evan, I agree with you may not seem like 6 months makes a big difference but in the sweltering heat, batteries tend to poop out near the 36 month mark. I just had a costco battery go out a 41 months, so they pro-rated it 60%.
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sean //
2010.09.15 at 1:25 am
The kirkland signature batteries are manufactured by interstate, they are the same batteries.
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