WINDSHIELD TREATMENT -3.5 OZ.

by Sopus Products

Product Features

• You are purchasing 1 bottle/can.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 2.5 x 5.4 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000WNED08
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: BCRX11112
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,198 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive)

Product Description

For windshields, windows, mirrors and lights. Forms a super slick, invisible repellant coating. Makes rain bead up and roll off. Restricts adhesion and build up of frost, bugs, salt, tree sap, mud, and road grime. No. BCRX11112: 3.5 fl. oz., squeeze bottl

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miracle in a bottle, March 4, 2006

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C. J. Leach (Midwest, United States) - See all my reviews
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This stuff is the best example I can think of, of a product that not only works but far exceeded my expectations. As one reviewer mentioned, it will cause wintertime ice to easily flake off. Ditto for summertime bug removal. It repels rain so well that it is a viable alternative to doing an expensive windshield wiper mechanism repair (for those of us that drive old cars). I work as a highway patrolman (er . . patrolperson) for a living, and quickly learned that windshield wipers tend to lift off of the windshield when when having to drive at 80-90+. No problem with Rain-X as this is where it works best -- aided by the wind to blow your windshield clear. MANY TIMES I have driven to a call at high speed, in blinding downpour rain, with my wipers turned off and seeing perfectly (and enjoying my coffee), while other traffic is stopped on the shoulder or crowded in under bridge overpasses (I still can't figure out the purpose of that) due to no visibility. And I find that it lasts for several weeks on a car that is not garaged. My highest recommendation. Three thumbs up! Oops - make that two thumbs up.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, not perfect., October 30, 2008

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Karl S. Chwe (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WINDSHIELD TREATMENT -3.5 OZ.

What is good about this stuff?

- As others have pointed out, it makes glass hydrophobic, meaning it causes water to bead up. That means that water, and the dirt that comes with it, is easier to push off the glass with wipers, keeping the glass cleaner. Also, it is easier to see through wet glass when the water is beaded up, so you might not need to use the wipers as much. Also, if you are travelling at high enough speed (typically highway speed), the wind will blow water off the glass, so again, you might not need to use the wipers. (Interestingly, the more your windshield is "raked" or slanted, the higher speed you need.)

- It makes glass easier to clean. Dust and even snow and ice sweep off pretty easily. Dried bugs come off more easily.

- It lasts pretty long for what it is. There are other products, like waxes, that do something similar for auto paint, but wax wears off fairly quickly. If you tried to use something like wax on windshield glass, the wipers would rub the wax off quickly. RainX bonds very tightly to the glass, in a very, very thin coating, making it hard to wear off. Depending on how much you use your wipers, you can go quite a while without having to reapply it.

- It isn't all that expensive.

What is bad about it?

- It seems to use alcohol as a solvent (and not the good kind of alcohol either), so the fumes can make you dizzy, especially when you are doing a large area of glass.

- (The real problem) It works great when it is newly applied, but when it begins to wear off, it is worse than nothing. When the wipers begin to wear through the RainX coating, you get thin streaks where the water is sticking to the glass. It actually looks worse than if you had never used RainX at all. So if you start using it, you sort of have to commit to reapplying it once in a while, forever.

So I am a bit reluctant to start using it on a windshield. I would use it on all the other glass on a car though, because that glass isn't rubbed by a wiper, so the RainX treatment might last a very long time. I would use it especially on the external side view mirrors, because snow seems to build up on those pretty easily, and it is important to be able to see with them. I would also use it on headlight covers, provided they are glass (do NOT use RainX on plastic.) The RainX would help keep dust and dirt from building up on the headlights, so they would shine more brightly.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great!, January 11, 2005

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D. DUROSE - See all my reviews
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I love Rain-X. The rain literally beads up and rolls right off your windshield. It keeps my windshield nice and clean. It's almost like you don't even have to put on your wipers when you're driving and there's a light rain.