I love ignorant people

A British co-worker once told me that "it's not what you are that makes the difference; it is what you are perceived to be". People see Fram on the shelves at Walmart, and they see Fram advertised. Maybe Hastings needs to make itself better known.

The Orange-Colored Filters have much better name recognition.

Now if she'd ask "do you have Wix" then I'd think maybe her husband knew what he was talking about

nate

(like the Orange-Colored Filters almost as much as the Orange-Colored Home Improvement Emporium)

Are Wix oil filters good?

Nothing wrong with being ignorant, that can be fixed.

I may be dumb, but I aint stupid! ~ Goober, the Andy Griffith show.

You Can't Fix Stupid! ~ Jim White, former KMOX Saint Louis radio talk show host. cuhulin

I have never been anywhere that hastings was one of the recognized brands outside the professional service arena. It is one of the better less known products and they seem happy to keep the secret within the jobber market.

Lugnut

Wix is a good filter.

That is the problem with Hastings.. When was the last time you saw a commercial from them??

I remember way, way back in the day (late 90's) a display on the counter of my local FLAPS with a cut apart Wix filter and a cut apart orange filter. I thought that that was quite effective, although one would have to actually go into the store to see it (and it likely wouldn't reach the people who go to Autozone or Pep Boys first)

nate

Wix filters always get good ratings from Consumer Reports and independant tests.

And if you live near a CarQuest, their own brand is made by Wix.

Any filter that has a picture of someone looking like a convict breaking out of jail is off my list!

I always figured Hastings to be for large truck/equipment.

Hastings have filters for every application. IMO Hastings & Wix are the better filters out there.

Ignorant is the way to be in the United States. I think its due to estrogen mimics in the water supply.

Estrogen and many other things are in our drinking water nowadays.I reckon the water treatment plants can't filter out all of that crap. cuhulin

Advance sells many brands. Which one are you talking about?

The store brand (same as Purolator Premium) is kind of crappy. They always leak a little around the gasket. Fram works very well for me.

They seem to be happy making less money too ;-)

I have no idea I don't shop there.

We have one of those displays. It has Fram, Wix, and Hastings all cut open... Even the Wix filter looks a bit cheaper than the Hastings one.

Fram filters I wouldn't put on my car. They have cardboard in them.

So who is the ignorant one in your tale?

jim wrote in news:mM-dnUhWm_gCgzjWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@bright.net:

Do you work at Advance or for Fram?

(you get a choice of *one* of the above),

"Bob Jones" wrote in news:4ba513bb$0$13659$ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:

And not being forced to produce upteen thousands of filters per month by a set date with the same quality. Hardly a trivial task. Henry Ford figured that out last century. Rent "Tommy Boy" sometime if you want a slightly different version of the explanation.

How good is Hastings? I can't find any recent test report, but in one done 23 years ago by Consumer Reports, Hastings was dead last, removing < 50% of the 20- or 25-micron particles in a single-pass, compared to about 75% for the average filter and 88% for the best performers (Fram Extra Guard, Lee Maxifilter). It's possible the Hastings tested was a depth filter (wad of cotton) rather than a pleated one.