Prestone De-Icer

Back in the early 90s when I lived in Boston, I awoke one morning to find my car completely encased in ice. Not surprisingly, I was running late for work, so instead of thoroughly defrosting the windows and hacking off the ice with a plastic ice scraper, I simply chopped a small hole in the ice on my front windshield (who needs side and rear views?) and drove myself to work.

Like an idiot.

Thankfully, I'm a lot smarter now. When I'm running late for work and see that my minivan is encased in ice, I just yell for my husband. With eyes wide and blinking, I point out the icy task that awaits him in the driveway - picture a frozen beached whale - and then I remind him of his mad ice-scraping skillz.

He just loves it when I remind him about his mad skillz, like, "I'd be happy to clean out the cat box, but it's just that you have those mad cat box cleaning skillz."

Understandably, once I remind him of his many mad skillz, it's hard for him to refuse. And unfortunately for him, this winter he's had to rely on his mad ice-scraping skillz way too many times.

Until now.


The folks at Prestone have been making auto products for over 80 years, according to their website, and they know a thing or two about de-icing windshields.

Thanks to Prestone and the Parent Blogger Network, my husband put two of their products to the test: the Windshield De-Icer spray with ice scraper top (pictured above); and the Washer Fluid Booster (not pictured), a liquid de-icer and "dirt blocker" that you add to washer fluid to help remove frost and prevent re-freeze.

He was very pleased.

The scraper top de-icer works great on icy, frost-covered windows, and the Washer Fluid Booster leaves our windshields sparkling and clear.

In fact, thanks to Prestone, I have developed some mad ice-scraping skillz of my own.

If you live in a cold climate and frequently need to scrape the windows of your vehicle for safety reasons, I would recommend these Prestone products for you. They do the job, and they cut down the time in which you (or someone else) spend scraping your car windshield.

Please note: these products - like all de-icers - contain toxic chemicals (methyl alcohol and ethylene glycol), so use them sparingly and with the utmost care.

For more reviews of these and other products, visit the Parent Blogger Network.