RAIN-X ! Try it! You'll love it!

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I use it with great success on our boat windshields.

DozerLEAF said:

RAIN-X...to conserve electricity usage.

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I'm sure it's a great and cool product, but I don't think it saves that much energy.

i.e., What do wiper motors consume, maybe 50 Watts (each, tops)? So if you're driving in the rain for 2 hours, you'll save (generously) ~0.2kWh, 3 cents, and extend your range by about a mile? Might be worth it for other reasons, but not "energy" or financial, imho...

mbender said:

DozerLEAF said:

RAIN-X...to conserve electricity usage.

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I'm sure it's a great and cool product, but I don't think it saves that much energy.

i.e., What do wiper motors consume, maybe 50 Watts (each, tops)? So if you're driving in the rain for 2 hours, you'll save (generously) ~0.2kWh, 3 cents, and extend your range by about a mile? Might be worth it for other reasons, but not "energy" or financial, imho...

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No, you don't understand - you put it on the whole body and it slips through the air easier! :lol:

Some states probably require that you use your wipers when it rains. I'll bet NY is one of them.

It's cool stuff. But, once it starts to wear off, I definitely don't love the chattering wipers that result from a partially rain-x'd windshield.

So be sure you're ok with a regular regimen of re-applying to maintain the coating.

I've tried it several times over the years. Yeah it's neat to see the water roll off the windshield, but ultimately I always end up deciding it's not worth the hassle to maintain. Some things are just good enough. Good wipers do a good enough job.

I've used their washer fluid exclusively for years now and I love it. After using it for a bit the rain beads and I find I use a lot less washer fluid because of it. In the winter with cheap blue stuff I use to use 2 or 3 jugs. Now I use about 1 to 2 and I don't even go through a whole jug in the summer.

TomT said:

I use it with great success on our boat windshields.

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And it works well, provided you stay above 35 knots?

Just dont put it on the inside of the windshield in hopes it would reduce fogging. It makes it worse! Carry a rag like an old time vw driver.

LeftieBiker said:

Some states probably require that you use your wipers when it rains. I'll bet NY is one of them.

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California, requires you to have your lights on when the wipers are on. With Rain-X, you can leave your lights off, if you aren't running the wipers. :lol:

Nope, at pretty much any speed... Mine is not a go-fast boat, it is a cruiser...

gbarry42 said:

TomT said:

I use it with great success on our boat windshields.

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And it works well, provided you stay above 35 knots?

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johnrhansen said:

Just dont put it on the inside of the windshield in hopes it would reduce fogging. It makes it worse! Carry a rag like an old time vw driver.

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Just use their anti-fog product for that:
http://www.rainx.com/product/glass-and-cleaners/rainx-anti-fog/

It seems to me a long time ago Rain-X was good now, not even comparable.

pchilds said:

LeftieBiker said:

Some states probably require that you use your wipers when it rains. I'll bet NY is one of them.

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California, requires you to have your lights on when the wipers are on. With Rain-X, you can leave your lights off, if you aren't running the wipers. :lol:

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Put your lights on anyway, so the jerks with streaked, dirty windshields and worn wiper blades can see you. Not worth the hassle of getting smacked in the rain just to save a few kwh.

JohnBike said:

... Not worth the hassle of getting smacked in the rain just to save a few kwh.

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Make that a few hundred "watt•hours". Even the non LED headlights don't draw much power compared to what it takes to move the car. If the two headlights draw 130 watts, the draw might be about 150 watts for all the lights. That would take more than six hours of use to use up a single kWh.

Turning on the lights has a trivial impact on range. Just driving in heavy rain would be a bigger hit to the range.

FWIW.