Halfords 'Night Before' Deicer

maninthestreet

Bought some of this at the weekend. Tried it for the first time last night.
I shook the bottle before use, as instructed, and generously sprayed both the front and rear windscreens, and the side windows, as instructed. Got up this morning, went out to the car - all the windows were thick with ice. Seems a completely useless product to me.

oldagetraveller

Probably just the same as modern conventional de-icers, totally useless. I have even used de-icers which have immediately frozen on top of the existing ice!
I blame the eco nazis because the older formulations are probably no longer "allowed"!

maninthestreet

I have no problems with the conventional de-icers that you spray on when the car is iced-up, it's just this 'night before' stuff that seems useless.

Freddie_Snowbits

Muppet!

I get out early, scrape and away.

pulliptears

Empty pepsi bottle full of cold water. 2 minute job

honeypop

I use a 'pre-icer' from wilkinsons the night before and it works fine. The windows are still icy however a couple of swishes of the windscreen wipers and it brushes off. It seems it still ices up but just doesn't stick to the windscreen and need removing with water/de-icer, so a whole lot quicker to deal with.

The only time it doesn't work is when it rains or heavy mist (or anything wet) overnight after I've sprayed it on the windows, as this seems to dilute it or wash it off and it doesn't do the job, but this is understandable.

Maybe the one from Halfords is just rubbish. Or maybe it got washed off in some rain?

DCFC79

maninthestreet wrote: »

Bought some of this at the weekend. Tried it for the first time last night.
I shook the bottle before use, as instructed, and generously sprayed both the front and rear windscreens, and the side windows, as instructed. Got up this morning, went out to the car - all the windows were thick with ice. Seems a completely useless product to me.

did it rain last night, it could have washed off

debralee_2

My OH always takes a bottle of tap water out with him in the morning and chucks it over the windscreen. Couple swishes of the wipers and job done. I have always found de-icer to be rubbish and a waste of money when you can just use water.

maninthestreet

DCFC79 wrote: »

did it rain last night, it could have washed off

Nope, no rain last night around my place - it was clear and FROSTY!
I've had more success with a piece of cardboard held down by the windscreen wipers. The windscreen was well iced up - it needed a lot scraping to get the ice off.