20 Best Winter Windshield Washer Fluid (2023 Updated)

The Prestone De-Icer was well worth the $7. 00/gallon. My windshield is clean, clear and void of ice! I was concerned at first not knowing how strong this liquid was BUT compared to my fathers vehicle equipped with an electric grid windshield de-icer my use of Prestone De-Icer worked faster and keeps my view clear while driving! Highly recommend! A++++.

I am a food delivery driver and I often work when it’s dark out and during winter it snows a lot. The day I received the Rain-X in the mail I immediately Put 1/3 of the bottle it my newly filled washer fluid tank.

I sprayed it a few times and noticed the difference right away. My windshield had been quite dirty from a snow storm the day before that I had barely scrapped off with a gas station squeegee. These was a clear line showing where the wipers has cleaned my windshield with the Rain-X vs.

the gas station squeegee around the edges that the wipers don’t get. My windshield was crystal clear while the rest of my car was dirty. I continued to spray the fluid during the night while I was out driving and it continued to snow.

I was able to see apartment building numbers more easily than ever. The only thing I’m not super confident on is that the bottle says 1/3 should last with a full bottle of windshield washer fluid. I feel like I’ve noticed a difference and that my windshield isn’t as clear the more I’ve used that initial 1/3 part.

Maybe that’s because the snow has been so heavy lately. I might try refilling or using more since it does work well, just not as long as stated maybe. Also store the bottle right side up, do not allow to lay down.

Mine fell over in the truck and leaked a little. Would recommend!.

Here on the Forgotten Coast of Florida (on the Gulf Coast near Tallahassee) we have tons of natural beauty. The Gulf, bays, rivers, forests, swamps and all that comes with that – including flying bugs.

Between April and October it’s hard to drive anywhere without the windshield of the Jeep coming in contact with a number of insects large and small. From mosquitos and yellow flies to dragonflies, and let’s not forget.

LOVEBUGS! These constant splatters make it tough to keep a clear view. Looking for a solution, I decided to give 303 Windshield Washer Tablets a try. After mixing up a batch according to the directions, I filled the reservoir tank and waited for the splat to happen.

Compared to the OEM fluid, 303, boasting “3x Cleaning Power”, performs as well or slightly better at removing fresh splatters and somewhat better removing the dried on splats. I would recommend it for ease of use and cleaning power.

This is so much better than any other windshield wash product you can buy. First thing is it works well but that’s not even the best part. The great things are it costs less because you get five gallons worth of product you can hold in the palm of your hand so shipping costs are less.

It’s way better for the Earth because less plastic and packaging are used and we all know the Earth can use all the help she can get. You decide how strong you want to make it, for normal mix it with a gallon of water.

Need it stronger because the birds use your windshield for target practice, just use less water. It takes up no space to store and to mix up more only takes about ten minutes. We all have an empty plastic jug around and now we can feel good that we can use it again instead of just throwing it away.

Good for me good for you good for the Earth.

One thing I did to allow the tablet to dissolve better was place it in a small amount of hot water and then further dilute it in a gallon of water. Also, I do not recall when I ordered it that it would freeze in the winter cold if an additive was not added.

If it was noted then my bad. No biggie as that is easy enough to fix! Adequate for the job. And. I have 3 cars so a gallon is normally used at one time, thus easy to store the tablets for next time’s use!!.

This product is just as good if not better than some of the “name brands” on the market. It cleans the bugs, dust and other debris from my windshield with no problem! Also, having great wiper blades helps this product function as it was intended.

I especially like that this product works in cold weather as well. With some of the more expensive products, I had to push my windshield cleaning button numerous times to get it cleaned, but one push does the job for me in most cases.

I will continue to use this “store brand” for my vehicle and I highly recommended it!.

This is what I use year round it is a concentrated standard fluid good for bird scrape on the windows, and other flying pests in the summer. For winter I use the same washer fluid for slush that comes from highway and freeway driving.

It does a good job cleaning my windows. The price for a gallon is about $4. 00 which has been cost effective for me.

I went into my local O’Reilly Auto Parts store looking for windshield washer fluid. I looked around and found the O’Reilly brand fluid stacked in the middle of the aisle. I walked right over and grabbed a one gallon jug.

I went up to the service counter and made my purchase. Little did I know, that I would receive an email, asking ME to review this magical elixir. I poured it into the windshield fluid reservoir in my vehicle.

I was very pleased with this product, it seemed just as wet, and just as blue as the product I has used previously.

I was with my daughter shopping for wiper blades and the sales rep came up and just started chatting with us. Telling my daughter what the difference between on bald manufacturer from the next and we decided on one and he gave us this Prestone Bug wash which my daughter says really saved her.

She drives into the sun and sometimes there is a film on the windshield well not anymore this stuff works so much better than the previous one she replaced it with. Squeaky clean she said. BTW this AZ has the best sales associates.

I walk in they greet me and always friendly and ready to help. Not like their competitor up the road.

This wash doesn’t make your wipers skip across the windshield. Smells more like a soap than a chemical coming thru your vents when you use it. The pollen is extreme where I live inGA and it cleans up the windshield just fine.

Along with bugs (as long as you don’t wait a week to wipe them off). Walmart stores have discontinued selling but online Walmart is still available. I ordered 3 boxes and they arrived at my home in 3 days.

No damage. Price is worth what the item is.

I’ve been using Prestone Bug Wash for years because it’s the best windshield washer fluid I’ve found to date. Every once in a while, I’ll try something new/improved, but it never does as well as Prestone Bug Wash in getting the bug guts off.

Yes, I love how Rain-X beads the water off of the windshield better than Prestone Bug Wash, but Rain-X does NOT get the bug guts off like Prestone Bug Wash. I live on the central west coast of Florida and travel 30 miles each way to work every day.

We have LOTS of bugs here, including swarms of Love Bugs twice a year, and I go out of my way to get to an Auto Zone to get this stuff because Advance Auto and other auto parts stores don’t carry it.

“Repels water” it uses something similar to RainX. It puts a waxy film on the windshield that makes driving directly towards the rising or setting sun or bright glares an impossible/dangerous task. This concoction is dangerous to use for east-west commuters on a sunny day.

(As is any product similar to Rain-X). I would buy $. 99/gal gas station blue water before I buy this. On several occasions, I had to use the Windex and paper towels I keep in the car for normal car window cleaning to clean this stuff off.

Prestone WITHOUT this water repellant is my favorite 5-star product. Today, I’m going out to find a store that sells the NON-water repellant version of Prestone Windshield Cleaner. I prefer to use “Prestone AS250 De-Icer Windshield Washer Fluid” year round.

(I do not work for Prestone).

Rain-X’s 2-in-1 was having serious trouble removing bugs. It is also known to foul washer fluid sensors. While I have no such sensor to worry about, the bug issue was becoming obnoxious. Given it is lovebug season, I had to find better stuff.

This washer fluid is significantly better at removing the bugs. While it is not perfect, it is certainly the best I have found so far. It tends to only have trouble removing the ‘baked on’ or dried bugs.

Also, unlike the Rain-X stuff, I am no longer getting odd ‘mineral deposit like’ outlines of where bug splatters were.

I recommend that the Rockport Wal Mart stock this item. This type of washer fluid is nonexistent in South Texas. There are huge numbers of people from the frozen north in this area during the winter.

We need to use the anti-freeze washer solution or our systems can freeze up on the way home or back down in the fall.

Not great on bugs, but it does not freeze and break your windshield washer pump if you pay attention to the freezing temperature on the bottle. In Texas we do not get the very cold rated stuff, but a little isopropyl alcohol added to it can fix keep it from freezing in a cold snap.

After looking up the freezing point of alcohol and my tanks capacity, I did a little math and added a pint of 90% alcohol to my motor homes tank before the BIG FREEZE came in Feb of 2021. Worked fine.

Could be better on bugs.

This product does NOT live up to it’s claims. During the first real freeze of winter, the fluid froze. The temperature never went below zero degrees Fahrenheit. The fluid froze up and was useless. I could not clean my windshield of the dirt and debris.

The description and product packaging indicates that it can withstand temperatures up to negative 20 degrees. I would NOT recommend purchasing or using this product. Spend the little bit extra and go with the name brand product.

This stuff is not as good as Prestone Wiper Fluid. Cleaning your windshield with this stuff is like going through a car wash without the rinse cycle. Suds, suds, suds. then a foggy, soap-filmed streaky mess is left behind.

Clear water would do a better job of cleaning your windshield. Bought this for the anti-freeze properties, but it’s not staying in my tank long enough for it to get cold. Going now to buy all weather Prestone like we should’ve done in the first place.

I love Rain-X, especially if it isn’t raining hard !!! It just bounces like little rain drops and keeps the window clear and I don’t even use my windshield wipers either!!! After a while, when the rain picks up, and comes down a little harder, then I do have to turn on the windshield wipers.

The only thing I have noticed, you can kind of tell when you are getting real low, especially if there is dirt in your holding tank. I can clean off the windshield and the wipers and I still get crud on the windshield.

Then I fill the holding tank back up after I try to get the crud out of the holding tank and I’m back into business!!!.

This washer fluid is the stuff I look for during cold and icy winters. It really clears a windshield much better than the all-season blue washer fluid.

Rain-X all season washer fluid is fantastic for those that live in an area that can see fluctuations in weather. With a price that is competitive to non-brand names, I highly recommend this product. I am extremely satisfied with the results.

First used Rain-X original in the 1980s, great stuff however once you use the wipers the coating wears off. Have used other brands of washer fluid, usually concentrates to be diluted depending on lowest operating temperature.

Then Rain-X got smart and created washer fluid for a good price, no need to dilute, which does a great job cleaning, using a slightly soapy consistency like you wish gas station squeegee buckets had.

Trust Rain-X, they’ve spent over 40 years perfecting their products.

I’ve been using this fluid for a few years now, I specifically like it so much because when it rains, no matter how hard, I literally don’t even need to use my wipers. The raindrops just run right off! Also it does an excellent job at cleaning and has never frozen on me.

The only drawback I can think of of this rain X washer fluid is that it’s stains my washer reservoir orange. I don’t think it would matter to 99% of retailers, but there’s always is that 1% who might.

I live in south Florida and don’t need the “winterized” fluid. I really just bought the Rain-X brand because I didn’t want to buy cheap colored water. Turns out that this was a big mistake because I put half in my vehicle and half in the wife’s.

A few weeks later, this stuff had congealed at the bottom of the washer tanks, and now neither vehicle can spray washer fluid. The flow of fluid gradually decreased until there was nothing coming out and you can hear the pump motors still running.

If I had to take the vehicles in to have this repaired it would cost me at least $100 and that’s if the pumps aren’t clogged up. Even though it’s a project to remove the tanks, I will have remove/clean them, and hope everything still works.

What a nightmare for a $3 bottle of washer fluid!.

First, it does its job of cleaning my windshield. Second, I do not have to worry about seasonal temperature changes. If you live farther north, then a zero degree rating may not be sufficient. But, for Texas, I can depend on this product all year round with no worries from rare freezes — even the historic 17 degF freezes in Houston a few years ago.

I know the scent shouldn’t even be a priority, but I’ve got to say I just love how this stuff smells. Every time I spray it while driving, I can smell it in my car. It’s fresh and clean-smelling, like a new car smell.

On to the actual performance, it works amazingly for cleaning the windshield. Cuts through bugs like nothing else. I even dump some directly from the bottle onto a rag to clean my other windows. Will repurchase again and again.

Great wiper fluid that leaves a coat of Rain-X to help keep stuff from sticking in the first place. Rain will bead off allowing less use of the wipers while it’s raining. Hot summer bugs should still be rinsed while fresh – if they dry on, they’ll still need to be scrubbed.

I use this in the summer, and the antifreeze version in the winter to keep the grime down. It does have a strong odor, and is a little more expensive than the other stuff.

I stopped by the store to have my battery tested when the low wash fluid light came on. Since I had a $10 gift card from a rebate, I grabbed a jug of this stuff, and WOW!!! Before, I was using plain tap water and thought the results were okay and tap water costs nothing.

After refilling with this stuff, the windshield was completely clear after only two passes, and this stuff also includes rainx additives that make any excess fluid bead up and roll off the glass instead of streaking.

This is a huge improvement, considering that my work parking lot is rather dusty. Unless you go through like a gallon every week, this stuff is very inexpensive for the value it offers!.

this product is as good as it gets! it could use a little better “deicing” properties but what can you expect from a cold product spraying onto a Frozen windshield. it’s best quality is applying Rain-X on your windshield at every time you use your wiper blades that’s brilliant.

you can get you a set of Rain-X wiper blades to add to this fine product and it’s constantly putting Rain-X on your windshield and you won’t even need wiper blades sooner than later use it for a couple months and the water just beads right off.

I love walking in to Auto zone. The employees go above and beyond to help. I had bought some windshield washer fluid and needed help getting my new wiper blade on. The employee did not hesitate to help me.

Always a pleasant experience. Knowledgeable employee’s and great customer service.

The temp this morning is 17˚F. I used remote start to start my vehicle and get it warmed up. When I got inside it, I tried to use my windshield washer fluid to finish off the small amount of frost left on my windshield but I got nothing.

The wipers came on and worked but no fluid came out. Definitely a misleading branding.

Yes, yes, I know – sounds ridiculous, right? But when I went out to get the frost off my windows for the first time the can was in the car so I shook it vigorously and tried to spray it on the windshield and it wouldn’t spray.

I had to ultimately let it drip onto the top of the windows and melts as it flowed down the windows. Call me an idiot, but this definitely isn’t “idiot proof!” And, no, I’m not a “car guy” but I did read the instructions and did everything it said to do.

I thought it was just this can but then the s3cond can that I bought with the 1st did the same thing.

I cannot reccomnd this enough. This is my favorite thing ever. All you do is spray it on your windshield and it melts all the snow and ice away easily. Its great for people who have hybrid cars that wont heat up as well.

I had an interesting experience as the sales associate tried to tell me the purple washer fluid was far superior. I took the bait and asked why I would pay double. He proceeded to explain that the expensive fluid wouldn’t freeze when in use on a very cold day.

I told him that was not a problem I’d ever run into as my defroster on my truck keeps the windshield from being freezing cold making it a nonissue.

I decided to buy this house brand and that was a massive mistake. I usually keep 2 containers in my trunk. They are strapped down. Went to refill my washer tank and they were both half empty. My car is musty now.

These things leaked from the seam at the bottom and destroyed my trunk liner and emergency jump starter. Going to go with the National brands that don’t package their liquids in thin sandwich bags. HUGE waste of money.

Bought this product on a whim. Didnt think i needed to pay a ton of money for rainx. IT FROZE UP AT +25 DEGREES FARENHEIT. -20 degrees advertised. Will never trust another oreillys product again. Ruined my reservoir and pump.

Thanks a lot oreillys.

This product is hard to find. I frequently drive up north where the temperatures are much colder and freezing fluid nozzles are normal unless you add this product to your washer fluid. it works well.

Pour product directly with windshield wiper fluid and wash windows. This product helps prevent frost from forming on the windshield. When frost does form, it quickly helps it melt by turning wipers on and spraying windows.

Will definitely buy again.

Great improvement in displacing water/dirty road water on the windows. Love it. Bonus lowers the freezing point of your washer fluid.

When the Rain-X first came out(Before the wiper’s and the windshield fluid), we started using it. When we did? We fell in love with it! After we used it on our windshield’s, while other’s pulled over, due to the rain was too heavy, we didn’t even need our wiper’s, as the rain would bead up and run right off the windshield! So, we decided to give the washer fluid and wiper’s a try, since the original worked like crazy.

And, we haven’t gone back to the other brand’s of wiper’s, or windshield fluid, since! And, my dad and I were both automotive machinist(Professionally), as we both were able to strip vehicle’s down to the bare chassis, then rebuild it and even turn it into a race car, with a racing engine.

So, we got to test out a lot of different product’s over the year’s. And no, they are not promotin me. I am really going to keep goin with this product, along with the wiper’s, as well. I love to also mix a 50/50 mix of this and the de-icer(Also, Rain-X), for the winter time(I live in the NE part of the state’s).

Not the best windshield wiper fluid on the market. Leaves a film on my windshield, which makes it difficult to see. Not really noticing a “bead up” of water after using this fluid. It’s RainX, why is the rain not beading up on my windshield? Bug gunk doesn’t seem to glide off either.

The price is ridiculously high for windshield wiper fluid. Not impressed.

If I could give a 0 star I would DO NOT BUY THIS It left smears all over the window, I have a white truck and the orange liquid gets all over the side of your vehicle so now I have orange stained on the side and down my door! IT DOES NOT REMOVE BUGS LEAVES STREAKS AND DYES YOUR VEHICLEDO NOT BUY!!!!!The cheap blue stuff is better.

If I could leave images in the review I’d show you it’s not worth it.

I only needed some basic washer fluid and all the shelves were close to empty. I guess the rain created high demand. I did get one bottle of the last bottles of concentrate. When I went to check out I made a comment to the clerk about the empty shelves.

He offered to go check in the back. He then returned and said they were just breaking down a new delivery and he would dig through it to find what I was looking for if I didn’t mind waiting. I did wait and he found what I wanted.

Great product, comparable to brand name. O’Reilly’s windshield washer fluid works really good. Washes off bugs and road grime/film. Helpful and friendly staff(#3080). Plus I like the blue color. I trust and use O’Reilly’s chemicals and fluids in my vehicle.

Washer fluid. It’s blue. There’s enough of it to fill up my empty reservoir and still have some left over. Five stars. Would washer fluid again.

New in town and went to Autozone. That quickly read and researched my engine warning light and we could see that it wasn’t urgent. This was my daughter’s car and so she could safely return home as planned – a 300 mile drive.

I didn’t need anything but wanted to buy something useful as a thanks. I’ve since gone back to that store for something I needed just because they were so friendly and helpful. Note – I passed a competitor on the way because the Benbrook AutoZone is where I trade now.