Car dash defrosting

myNewName

Is there anything on the market (Amazon?) that lets you defrost the car windows without leaving the keys in the car?

Del2005

Keep the inside of the windows spotlessly clean and they will defrost in a few seconds with AC or CC on. For the outside warm water* or an ice scraper.



* don't use boiling it could crack your window.

frozenfrozen

could you could lock your running car with a second set of keys?

deicer if it's actually iced over and always drive with air conditioning on to keep the car fully dry inside so that any mist will be quickly removed too.

Del2005

frozenfrozen wrote: »

could you could lock your running car with a second set of keys?

People check out housing estates on frosty mornings, it's easy to smash a window and drive off.

frozenfrozen

Del2005 wrote: »

People check out housing estates on frosty mornings, it's easy to smash a window and drive off.

good point unfortunately

listermint

myNewName wrote: »

Is there anything on the market (Amazon?) that lets you defrost the car windows without leaving the keys in the car?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FREESOO-Windscreen-Protector-Windshield-Weather/dp/B015IHSWUY/ref=asc_df_B015IHSWUY/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310666455302&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8735656710121015384&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20496&hvtargid=pla-466942889406&psc=1

bazz26

The wife.

The Continental Op

bazz26 wrote: »

The wife.

You sure that wouldn't fog it up?

myNewName

Del2005 wrote: »

Keep the inside of the windows spotlessly clean and they will defrost in a few seconds with AC or CC on. For the outside warm water* or an ice scraper.



* don't use boiling it could crack your window.

I think because it’s a hybrid it heats up much slower. The engine doesn’t kick in until it’s on a few mins and the battery is low.

The Continental Op

Listermints windscreen cover is as good an idea as any. It can be well above freezing outside but the windscreen of the car looses heat so fast it still freezes. Breaking that heat movement is a great way to stop the windscreen icing up .

kirving

myNewName wrote: »

I think because it’s a hybrid it heats up much slower. The engine doesn’t kick in until it’s on a few mins and the battery is low.

Depending on what hybrid model it is, it may have a heat pump (A/C in reverse), electric heater, fuel-driven cabin heater (some Volvo's), or at the very least activate the engine earlier than normal to build up some heat.

You might have to actually press the front window demist button to activate this though.

frozenfrozen

what car

coolisin

Not a fan of chemicals or what they might do with long term use, but deicing spray is great.
https://www.halfords.ie/search?q=de+ice

For the times id leave the apartment only to find the van or car frozen and not having time to go back in.
Slightly warm water is still great!

tcawley29

The Continental Op wrote: »

You sure that wouldn't fog it up?

Depends if she's in the front or the back

Johnthemanager

myNewName wrote: »

Is there anything on the market (Amazon?) that lets you defrost the car windows without leaving the keys in the car?

I leave a 4 litre bottle of water in the porch overnight, that does the trick for me. Usually doesn't freeze back over once you give the wipers a quick bash, just make sure the water has removed the hard ice first.

Always use cold water though.

myNewName

frozenfrozen wrote: »

what car

It’s a 2014 Yaris hybrid

frozenfrozen

that cover for the windscreen should fit so do you find its ice or mist/fog on the glass though is your issue, I was thinking you were having a hard time getting it to demist because of there being not heat early on in the journey?

if that's the case then I think definitely keep the car as dry as possible, you can get little dehumidifier things to leave by the glass or leave A/C on at all times.

I would guess if you put on full demister settings it would use an electric heater if there was no heat in the engine? I don't know about a yaris specifically

make sure as the video shows you've re circulation off, if the air is moist it will take until the glass is warm to demist. But if you pull the moist air out then it will take less than a minute to demist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2aNuXX12e0

Del2005

myNewName wrote: »

I think because it’s a hybrid it heats up much slower. The engine doesn’t kick in until it’s on a few mins and the battery is low.

I've a hybrid. When my windscreen gets dirty, usually about a month after I last cleaned it, it takes ages for the demister to work. When I get it spotless it works in a minute or so.

Henry Ford III

Available on hybrids too.

biko

That can't be real time? Took only a second!

biko

biko wrote: »

That can't be real time? Took only a second!

I have one and it’s not even remotely close to real time, plus they don’t have heated side windows so it’s pointless (probably actually more dangerous). If you’re going to spray/water/scrape the driver and passenger windows you may as well do the windscreen too.

biko

This is the technique I've been using for years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9btrNC2DPI

Pekarirska

Throw in cheap Argos electric fan heater for 20 minutes, have your breakfast, will defrost windows and get seats nice and toasty.

walshtipp

I normally stop the wipers half way on the windscreen and put two sheets of newspaper underneath to cover the windscreen. Stops the windscreen from freezing I've been doing it for years.

CJhaughey

walshtipp wrote: »

I normally stop the wipers half way on the windscreen and put two sheets of newspaper underneath to cover the windscreen. Stops the windscreen from freezing I've been doing it for years.

Tried that once, a shower happened and it took me ages to get the frozen paper off the windscreen.

CJhaughey

Defa sell mini fan heaters that can be installed into the car to heat it, they are really small and you can go down a whole rabbit hole of car engine heaters and timers and phone control of same if you aren't careful.
https://www.defa.com/product/termini-ii-1400/

colm_mcm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Available on hybrids too.

One of your greatest inventions!

Thanks for patenting it too so nobody else could do it

(I know - patent ran out a few years ago)

CoBo55

colm_mcm wrote: »

One of your greatest inventions!

Thanks for patenting it too so nobody else could do it

(I know - patent ran out a few years ago)

Probably nicked it from someone else like they did with the intermittent wiper...

Patrick2010

CJhaughey wrote: »

Tried that once, a shower happened and it took me ages to get the frozen paper off the windscreen.

Got one of these recently in Dealz, does the job for 1.50


https://www.dealz.ie/171587-windscreen-frost-cover/

CJhaughey

I've been using one of the sunshades stuck on the outside of the screen, made of foil bubble wrap.

zg3409

Cold tap water works for me. I empty the kettle and fill it up from the cold tap then poar it overm make sure all ice is fully gone before turning on wipers. It might refreeze if you leave it long enough. If its really cold you can boil minimum on kettle and add a full fill of cold which will bring water slightly above cold, but I rarely need that trick. I have deicing spray for when parked at work, but rarely needed in the afternoon.

Wishbone Ash

The Continental Op wrote: »

Listermints windscreen cover is as good an idea as any... .

Not ideal for those of us who park on a public street. It would just get nicked.

frozenfrozen

Has he answered whether its internal mist or external ice is his issue?

myNewName

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Available on hybrids too.

Not sure how practical or affordable it would be to get one fitted...! Can imagine it would go down like a lead balloon to announce I was getting a new car just so I didn’t have to deal with ice on the windshield!!