Lidl Screen Wash

neilmcl

Any news? I'm surprised they haven't stocked it yet.

Edwood_Woodwood

Deleted_User wrote: »

Have they got it in yet, the super duper -70c or whatever stuff in the 5L bottles?

Right, -70c screen wash needed for a UK winter!!:rotfl:

Edwood_Woodwood

Inner_Zone wrote: »

You dilute it to suit conditions.

Don't forget a few years ago it was around -25c in Scotland.

Price a few years ago was £5.99 for 5L.

The UK average for that extreme cold winter weather a few years back was a hefty....-1c!

There was just a few days, or even a few weeks, of very cold weather, it wasn't -25c for 3 or 4 months on end!!:rotfl:

I'll stick to a £1 for 2.5l of poundland screen wash, does just fine!:rotfl:

redux

Edwood_Woodwood wrote: »

Right, -70c screen wash needed for a UK winter!!:rotfl:

You are allowed to dilute it, as someone already said.

But if it's poor to start with, like some I bought at Halfords years ago that froze on the screen at only minus 1 degree even used neat, the only thing to do was ask for my money back.

Good thing I didn't use the Halfords stuff on a trip to Slovakia, where it was minus 16, and had been minus 28 a couple of weeks earlier, when that sports centre in Poland collapsed.

Edwood_Woodwood

redux wrote: »

You are allowed to dilute it, as someone already said.

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Yes but why pay £5.99 for 5l and do that when one can pay £1 for 2.5l which does the job? Never had a problem.

15l for the price of Lidls!

This is MSE after all!

Paul_the_Painter

You'll probably find that at the concentration to give protection down to -5deg (which is probably what the poundland is good for) you can dilute the Lidl stuff down with water at a ratio of 4 or 5 to 1. (Maybe more!)

So 20-25 litres for £6.00 so around 25p/litre, whereas you are paying 40p/litre

neilmcl

Edwood_Woodwood wrote: »

Right, -70c screen wash needed for a UK winter!!:rotfl:

I think you're missing the point. Because its good to -70c in it's neat form it can be diluted many times so it actually makes a very good deal.

Edwood_Woodwood

Paul_the_Painter wrote: »

You'll probably find that at the concentration to give protection down to -5deg (which is probably what the poundland is good for) you can dilute the Lidl stuff down with water at a ratio of 4 or 5 to 1. (Maybe more!)

So 20-25 litres for £6.00 so around 25p/litre, whereas you are paying 40p/litre

I could dilute the cheap stuff by 50% to give me 30l.

Would still protect at -2.5c and, considering even the really harsh winter of a few years ago only averaged -1c over the whole winter, that would be good enough.

Beside, when there were a few days of consistently very cold weather in my locality of -10c in that winter, the cheapo stuff still didn't freeze up overnight.

Yes, I guess if I hadn't used my car for days it may have but I didn't.

I'll stick with spending a pound, maybe 2, each winter!

Money_Grabber13579

I got the Lidl stuff about over a month ago in Northern Ireland, so maybe they've sold out...

Edwood_Woodwood

£1.99 wrote: »

It was -3 when I got in the car yesterday morning.

So what?
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