Lidl 5l screenwash

HillStreetBlues

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

anon_ymous

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

One is ready mixed. One is concentrated where you put your water in yourself. The ready mix is "good to go" If always get the concentrated version tbh 

anon_ymous

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

One is pre mixed with water essentially, so you're paying for screenwash and you're paying for water too. The concentrate one will make far more actual screenwash and tbh when it's used neat, that is a deicer

HillStreetBlues

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

One is ready mixed. One is concentrated where you put your water in yourself. The ready mix is "good to go" If always get the concentrated version tbh 

But both are -10 out of the bottle, so what makes one concentrated and the other ready to go (apart from the label)? as they seem to be same strength.

anon_ymous

HillStreetBlues said:

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

One is ready mixed. One is concentrated where you put your water in yourself. The ready mix is "good to go" If always get the concentrated version tbh 

But both are -10 out of the bottle, so what makes one concentrated and the other ready to go (apart from the label)? as they seem to be same strength.

I guess that the premixed one would actually go down to -20C if it was concentrated 

HillStreetBlues

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

One is ready mixed. One is concentrated where you put your water in yourself. The ready mix is "good to go" If always get the concentrated version tbh 

But both are -10 out of the bottle, so what makes one concentrated and the other ready to go (apart from the label)? as they seem to be same strength.

I guess that the premixed one would actually go down to -20C if it was concentrated 

Could well be, but I'm looking at it from a money saving POV.
The concentrated one is 20% dearer but I thought concentrated ones were better value in general once it's diluted.
If you add 50% water to concentrated it "Effective down to -4⁰C" but wouldn't that also apply to the "ready mixed" if you added 50% water  as the active ingredient would be diluted by the same ratio.

So am I paying extra thinking it's better value, when if fact I'm paying more for the same stuff that's just labelled differently?

photome

waqasahmed said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

One is pre mixed with water essentially, so you're paying for screenwash and you're paying for water too. The concentrate one will make far more actual screenwash and tbh when it's used neat, that is a deicer

Yes. It they both go down to -10 straight out of the bottle,  if you dilute the concentrate one it won’t go down to -10 

I have always bought concentrate as I don’t want to pay for water but there appears no difference between the 2 Halfords versions other than price 

photome

HillStreetBlues said:

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

waqasahmed said:

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Halford's Screenwash
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-ready-mixed-screenwash-5l---berry-611727.html
-10 ready mixed
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/screenwash/halfords--10-concentrate-screenwash-5l---berry-611743.html
--10 concentrated

What would the difference be if out of the bottle they are both -10?

Very good question, on the face of it there doesn’t appear to be any difference

I expected to find out the difference on here, guess everyone's flummoxed.

One is ready mixed. One is concentrated where you put your water in yourself. The ready mix is "good to go" If always get the concentrated version tbh 

But both are -10 out of the bottle, so what makes one concentrated and the other ready to go (apart from the label)? as they seem to be same strength.

I guess that the premixed one would actually go down to -20C if it was concentrated 

Could well be, but I'm looking at it from a money saving POV.
The concentrated one is 20% dearer but I thought concentrated ones were better value in general once it's diluted.
If you add 50% water to concentrated it "Effective down to -4⁰C" but wouldn't that also apply to the "ready mixed" if you added 50% water  as the active ingredient would be diluted by the same ratio.

So am I paying extra thinking it's better value, when if fact I'm paying more for the same stuff that's just labelled differently?

That is exactly how I read it and looks like the concentrate is poor value

chrisw

The concentrate one seems to imply it has additional detergents added, so presumably if it's 50% diluted it will still have a good concentration of detergent, whereas the ready mixed one will dilute the detergents, despite the freezing point being the same.. 

anon_ymous

chrisw said:

The concentrate one seems to imply it has additional detergents added, so presumably if it's 50% diluted it will still have a good concentration of detergent, whereas the ready mixed one will dilute the detergents, despite the freezing point being the same.. 

I guess someone needs to see what it says at Halford for each re: the "instructions"

I'm personally of the opinion of getting a more expensive screenwash for the winter, and a cheap Asda one for most of the year because the price difference is quite big. 

The winter one doubles up as deicer if you've got a spray bottle. That's cheaper than having to buy 500ml or deicer