RainX

[lyndon sharpton]

you guy's ever you this stuff? if so how did you like it an how did it work for you?

[GL Anderson]

Re: RainX

I have used it for years and like it. GL

[Mark #28455]

it works

I only use it on the front windshield. The drawback is that in a light mist, the tiny water droplets form and you have to use the wipers. I also like the anti-fog they also sell.

[lyndon sharpton]

Re: it works

what is it a kind of wax?

[Donald M.]

Re: it works

Lyndon, I think it's a silicone base or perhaps teflon related. I used it for awhile and I didn't like it because if/when you need to use your wipers, such as light mist or dirty windshield, it causes the windshield to streak and it gets on the rubber wiper inserts and streaks the windshield until you clean it off with solvent. Just my opinion.
Don

[Bill W.]

Re: RainX

I like it !

[mike cobine]

Re: RainX

It depends on several factors.

If you are the type that is bothered by a speck on the windshield, it isn't for you. If you are the type with telescopic eyesight that ignores a dozen bugs on the windshield, you will do just find with it.

Depending on the vehicle, water will not blow off until about 40 to 55 mph. Up to that point, water beads up in droplets. If you can look through things without problem, you will see right through this. If you are like my wife, she can't see a thing with those thousand drops.

At speed, the droplets begin to move up and off the windshield. The faster and cleaner the windshield, the faster they move off and the clearer the windshield. If you are in traffic and slow, you don't shed as much water. If you are on open highway and like to boogie, you may not even know it is raining.

It doesn't work at all on mud.

Use of the wipers begins to wear it off and you have to recoat. Dirty windshield hamper it also.

I have used it for 30 years and love it.

It doesn't work at all on the plastic and acrylic windshields on motorcycles. Apparently the plastic is too porous and so the water sticks too well. At 80 in the rain, the water hardly moves and it sheets. Plain old Turtle Wax works much better.

It does work on the plastic shield on a helmet. Must be different plastic.

[Rex Kelly]

Rainx

I had to drive from Tampa to Atlanta with a light rain at night. There was a large amount of road moisture coming from trucks and cars on the road. With the RainX, I did not have to use the wipers for the entire 400 miles...Its great....I also use on the windshield of my '57 and seldom have to use the wipers..

[Kurt B.]

Re: Rainx

I have found that waxing your windshield provides the same benefit as RainX. I have been doing so on all my vehicles for over 20 years with no problems and no streaking by the wipers.
Kurt #26406

[Gary S.]

Re: RainX

Well, Mike sure hit all of the salient points on this issue. I think his comments are dead on.

IMHO, RainX saves wear and tear on wiper motors but in a very light mist does little. I have found that a double application right before a road trip does help a bit.

Just as a side note, I have read (but never tried it) that, in a inch, a potato cut in half and rubbed over a windshield serves the same purpose. Supposedly, if you are out and about in a rain and your wiper motor quits you can do this and get similar results. Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

Gary

[Gene B.]

Re: RainX

I think they should make some stuff that the bugs just slide off the front windscreen. What do you think???

[Michael H.]

Re: RainX

They do make something for bugs, but ya have to put it on the bugs.

I never travel cross country without Rain-X. Been using it for just about 20 years.

[Travis Williamson]

Re: RainX

I used to use Rain-X but switched to Castrol Accuvision. I like it a lot better. You can pick it up at Walmart or your local partds store.

I also buy the Rain-X wiper fluid and use it when my windshield gets dirty in between washes. It makes both the Rain-X and Accuvison last a lot longer.

I do not ever use wax because it causes a terrible glare when lights hit it at certain angles at night.

I would say the product work great but they work best at high (interstate) speeds

[steve westphal]

Re: RainX

I remember when Rain-X first hit the market. It must have been about 1975 and Mario Andretti was the spokesman for the product. Oh, by the way, a 3 ounce bottle cost about 30 bucks!!!!!!! Lots cheaper these days.