[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-28-06 AT 10:00PM (EST)[/font][p]I'm sure they don't make their own batteries. See if you can find out who makes them and this will give you a better idea about the quality. I always look at it as you don't buy batteries as much as you rent them. So the better the warranty the better deal it is for the consumer. I like buying batterys at Walmart. Not because they are better but when they go bad they stand behind the warranty and give you a new one, no questions asked. I'm sure there are other stores that will do the same. I have had companies like interstate which make a good battery hastle me when I say the battery is bad and wont hold a charge and they say it test ok. I have some XPS batteries that came with my boat and have had no problems. I would go back to Walmart to get new ones though, just because of the no hastle exchange policy. You would be surprised to see how many batteries are made in the same place and sold with a different sticker and brand name. Will you have to pay shipping on the XPS or are you close enough to exchange it if it goes bad? Good luck.