Topic: Winter warrior window shield cover

[Fobroader]

Is that actually gonna clear a layer of ice off?  Somehow I doubt it.

Its worked for any of the conditions I've faced out here....I have no clue how bad the ice storms are out east.

[tortoise]

This morning it was was thick enough that a scraper was barely cutting through it, even when using one of the pointy edges.  I had to use hot water to melt it.

[JohnnyMac]

ME and my wife have been using them on our vehicles for over 5 years and they are best for frost and ice.  Snow is easy enough to get off most of the time but frost is a pain because you have to either scrape the windshield or wait for your vehicle to warm up.  It is a time saver and we us it for probably 7 months of the year.

Isn't there a spray on windshield clearing product at Canadian tire that is probably more effective than the ones previously listed and more effective probably?

[Seafoam]

ME and my wife have been using them on our vehicles for over 5 years and they are best for frost and ice.  Snow is easy enough to get off most of the time but frost is a pain because you have to either scrape the windshield or wait for your vehicle to warm up.  It is a time saver and we us it for probably 7 months of the year.

Isn't there a spray on windshield clearing product at Canadian tire that is probably more effective than the ones previously listed and more effective probably?

Probably thinking of the Alaskan product .https://www.alaskan.ca/en/product/detail/Alaskan_Windshield_De-Icer

[Ex-airbalancer]

ME and my wife have been using them on our vehicles for over 5 years and they are best for frost and ice.  Snow is easy enough to get off most of the time but frost is a pain because you have to either scrape the windshield or wait for your vehicle to warm up.  It is a time saver and we us it for probably 7 months of the year.

Isn't there a spray on windshield clearing product at Canadian tire that is probably more effective than the ones previously listed and more effective probably?

Probably thinking of the Alaskan product .https://www.alaskan.ca/en/product/detail/Alaskan_Windshield_De-Icer

Or get a spray bottle and put in -45°C windshield  washer in it

[KD]

This morning it was was thick enough that a scraper was barely cutting through it, even when using one of the pointy edges.  I had to use hot water to melt it.

I'd be worried about the windshield cracking from the hot water.   

[Noto]

Well if you drive your car on roads that have salt and debris on them it sticks to the windshield. When it comes in contact with the scraper it scratches the windshield.

It's called windshield washer fluid.  Try using it FFS.

Is that actually gonna clear a layer of ice off?  Somehow I doubt it.

It doesn't clear the ice off, but it does melt some of it such that it becomes hella easier to scrape it off.  No more hacking away at it.

This morning it was was thick enough that a scraper was barely cutting through it, even when using one of the pointy edges.  I had to use hot water to melt it.

I'd be worried about the windshield cracking from the hot water.   

I'm not opposed to the windshield cover, but the fuel savings would be trivial given that an I4 burns through max 2L/h at idle - a 6 min idle would use no more than 0.2L - $0.23 at today's gas prices 'round here.  I seldom have to idle that long any way, and then I get the benefit of being nicer to my powertrain (not driving off totally cold) and some heat inside.  Time savings, I don't know...I'd think not since you'd have to fold it up afterwards, plus the added time of putting it on before you retire to bed the night before.

I think it's a great idea, but I don't see the use for my purposes.

[Noto]

Just when we thought that all potential sources of division had been exhausted on this forum, we now have a new divide to contend with: those who value a winter windshield cover versus those who do not.

[Ex-airbalancer]

Facking lawyers always need to try to get the last word in 

[Seafoam]

Well if you drive your car on roads that have salt and debris on them it sticks to the windshield. When it comes in contact with the scraper it scratches the windshield.

It's called windshield washer fluid.  Try using it FFS.

Is that actually gonna clear a layer of ice off?  Somehow I doubt it.

It doesn't clear the ice off, but it does melt some of it such that it becomes hella easier to scrape it off.  No more hacking away at it.

This morning it was was thick enough that a scraper was barely cutting through it, even when using one of the pointy edges.  I had to use hot water to melt it.

I'd be worried about the windshield cracking from the hot water.   

I'm not opposed to the windshield cover, but the fuel savings would be trivial given that an I4 burns through max 2L/h at idle - a 6 min idle would use no more than 0.2L - $0.23 at today's gas prices 'round here.  I seldom have to idle that long any way, and then I get the benefit of being nicer to my powertrain (not driving off totally cold) and some heat inside.  Time savings, I don't know...I'd think not since you'd have to fold it up afterwards, plus the added time of putting it on before you retire to bed the night before.

I think it's a great idea, but I don't see the use for my purposes.

It's called windshield washer fluid.  Try using it FFS.

Does your windshield  washer fluid clean the  spots of the windshield that the wiper doesn't? FFS

Why do you have to have the last word on everything. Very tiresome.

[Noto]

Does your windshield  washer fluid clean the  spots of the windshield that the wiper doesn't? FFS

A squeegee when you fill up with gas would.

...that being said, I noticed that Costco gas stations (or at least the one in Guelph) doesn't have squeegees.