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0:01[Music]
0:10hey guys
0:11it's sandra here in today's video is a
0:13look at three popular glass
0:15and windscreen coatings that are all
0:16about creating a hydrophobic surface
0:19or repelling rainwater on your car's
0:21front or even side
0:22and rear glass to improve visibility in
0:25wet conditions
0:26and even make the wash and drying
0:28process of your exterior glass
0:30much easier the products i'll be testing
0:33and reviewing in this head-to-head
0:34comparison are rainex
0:36water repellent stoner rain repellent
0:39nixette
0:40glass sealant jion q2view car pro
0:43fly by fort and nv nova glass
0:47i'll display some information on screen
0:49about what comes with each of these
0:50coatings
0:51as well as what i paid for them locally
0:53but the bulk of this video will be
0:55testing these glass coatings in areas
0:57such as their user experience slickness
1:00hydrophobic performance
1:02chemical resistance and potential
1:04durability
1:05now as with most products i review i'll
1:07also be drawing on some information with
1:10testing i did to the lead up of this
1:12video
1:12and since i've used most of these glass
1:14coatings in the past
1:16i'll also be drawing on that past
1:17information to try and make this a
1:19well-rounded review
1:23now just before we get to the actual
1:25product testing i want to take a moment
1:27to emphasize the importance
1:29of proper preparation prior to applying
1:32any glass coating or sealant
1:34so what this basically means is making
1:36sure you firstly wash the glass with a
1:38detergent clay the glass if it needs it
1:41to remove
1:41more stubborn bonded particles and then
1:44it's extremely important to polish the
1:46glass
1:47which can be with just a standard car
1:49polish or compound
1:50and some of the coatings actually
1:52include polishes which makes it even
1:54easier
1:55glass is a tight tension surface
1:57compared to car paint
1:59so you do have to do everything possible
2:01to give a coating the best possible
2:03chance to bond to it or else it simply
2:05won't effectively adhere to it
2:07and ultimately won't last or perform
2:10anywhere near as good as it should
2:12one sign that glass is truly clean and
2:14bare is that it should have a bit of
2:16friction
2:17and actually squeak when you wipe or
2:20even apply the coating
2:21so squeaky clean glass is really what
2:24you're aiming for
2:48so
2:51[Music]
2:56[Music]
3:13[Music]
3:30so
3:35[Music]
3:50[Music]
3:58so
4:02[Music]
4:13[Music]
4:22as i'm applying these coatings to my
4:23glass test panel i'm going to start this
4:25review by discussing the user experience
4:28or ease of application with rainex
4:31rainex spreads into the glass with
4:33extreme ease
4:34being able to get a good consistent
4:36coverage quite easily
4:38although it's certainly not the fastest
4:40or slowest flash coating here
4:42it will flash within a few minutes
4:43depending if it's warmer or cooler with
4:46a visual haze
4:47which is a clear sign it's bonded to the
4:49glass and ready to be leveled down
4:52now reinex does state that you can use a
4:54damp cloth
4:55if need be to wipe the coating down but
4:58in all my testing on various glass
5:00panels
5:00i just never needed to use water as the
5:02wipe off was always
5:04super easy and pleasant so as a whole i
5:07have to say that rainex
5:08simply takes first place here in
5:10providing not only the easiest
5:12application but also the quickest and
5:15simplest to understand with no fuss
5:17whatsoever
5:18and that's nothing to take for granted
5:23second was stoner rain repellent now
5:26immediately stoner does feel a bit more
5:28grippier than rain x as you apply it
5:30though i wouldn't say it's difficult
5:32just has a touch more friction and
5:34may take a few extra seconds longer to
5:37apply it
5:38its flash or haste time is a little
5:40slower than rainex
5:41but again not worlds apart the biggest
5:44difference
5:45i found was that it was a little more
5:47difficult to wipe or level down
5:49without the use of a damp cloth unlike
5:52rain-x
5:53but when using a damp cloth it was
5:55actually quite easy to remove the excess
5:57and then follow up with a dry cloth to
5:59buff it streak free
6:00so all in all as long as you do use a
6:02damp cloth with the initial wipe down
6:05it's relatively quick
6:06and easy to apply
6:10third was next set glass sealant now out
6:13of all the sealants and coatings here
6:15next set seemed to be the one that had
6:17the slowest flashing time
6:19meaning that it took the longest to haze
6:21over and also seemed to have the
6:22thickest consistency which
6:24may be why now it actually spreads on
6:27the glass
6:27quite easily but it always looks like
6:29you have too much product on the glass
6:32even when you just apply a few small
6:34drops which i think has more to do with
6:36its
6:36thicker liquid now compared to both
6:39rainx
6:40and stoner i would say its wipe off is
6:42the grippiest
6:43and you certainly need a damp cloth to
6:46initially wipe it down but even then
6:48it's still
6:49a little more time consuming but in
6:51saying that it's still not too bad to
6:53work with
6:54but just not as quick and easy as some
6:56others
6:59fourth was jion view now this is where
7:02things start to get a little bit more
7:04specific
7:05and involved view comes in a two-part
7:08formulation
7:09where you initially use cleanse q2
7:11followed by
7:12repel q2 additionally there is some
7:14conflicting information
7:16about it with the instructions in the
7:18box being a little vague
7:19and then there was instructions on the
7:21seller's website that says one thing
7:23and jion's own instructional video which
7:26said
7:26something else entirely which was really
7:28more based around the wipe off
7:30and layering times of view with big
7:32discrepancies
7:34now jion certainly isn't the only one
7:35here to have those instructional
7:37discrepancies
7:38as car pro and even mv have similar
7:41issues
7:41that can be rather confusing in the end
7:44i'm mostly stuck to the information i
7:46found in jion's own
7:48instructional video but i have to say
7:50that the 15 minute or so flash and wipe
7:52off times they recommend
7:54seem way too long and just not right as
7:56the coating itself seems to flash and
7:59bond much quicker
8:00and waiting so long just seems to
8:02massively degrade the user experience
8:04making it far more difficult to level
8:06down this coating than it should be
8:09having said that i did stick to the
8:11instructions for this test
8:12but it was easily the most difficult
8:14wipe off here that did require a bit of
8:17elbow grease
8:18and additionally the 15 minute wait
8:20times before the wipe off
8:21and before layering applications also
8:24made it the most time consuming coating
8:26here to work with
8:27by a long shot next was
8:30car pro fly by four honestly this was
8:34just another
8:35instructional mess there's a general
8:37instruction pamphlet that comes in the
8:39box
8:40then another updated instructional card
8:43for the current
8:44version 3 formula which incidentally
8:46needs a grammar check
8:47and also car pro's own online
8:50instructional videos
8:51all of which provide conflicting
8:53information and just too many options
8:56it's just a mess of information and too
8:58confusing
8:59especially for a first time user but
9:02with that aside there's just no denying
9:03that fly by fort
9:05spreads onto the glass with extreme ease
9:07flashes rather quickly
9:09and levels down with almost no friction
9:11and a seamless wipe off
9:13with perhaps only coming second to rain
9:15x in having the easiest and most
9:17pleasant user experience
9:21lastly is nv nova glass now again a
9:24little more clarity in its application
9:26instructions wouldn't go astray
9:28as there's no instructions in or on the
9:30box just a note to search online for
9:33them
9:33but with no link however the information
9:36online does seem to be
9:38more consistent now as far as flash and
9:40layering times go
9:42nova glass is the quickest coding here
9:44with immediate flashing
9:46and an almost immediate layering process
9:49so there's no real downtime
9:50making it an extremely time efficient
9:53coating to apply
9:54now you do need to move a little more
9:56quickly with nova in both your
9:58application
9:59over the glass and in layering times due
10:01to its rapid flashing formula
10:04so it does feel more intensive while
10:06applying it
10:07and although i wouldn't say the wipe off
10:09is quite as grippy as geom view
10:11or next set it is still a rather grippy
10:13coating to level down
10:14but if you get your technique right it
10:16can largely help with that
10:19now i actually applied three layers of
10:21each coating on this test panel
10:23layering them all at different times
10:25depending on the layering
10:27recommendations
10:28flash and curing times and then the
10:30panel was given
10:31a full week to cure before further
10:34[Music]
10:45what testing been mixing serve it up the
10:48way you please
10:50i like the way you shake you stir you
10:52hear you squeeze
10:54so thick
10:59[Music]
11:12sweet
11:14[Music]
11:27this oven up like 5 000 degrees
11:31it's almost ready we've been craving
11:34it's our week
11:42[Music]
11:51[Music]
12:08with
12:16the next test was evaluating the
12:18slickness or lack of friction that these
12:20coatings create
12:21on glass now one thing i need to say
12:24about testing slickness
12:26is that you need to take it with a grain
12:28of salt as how these coatings feel
12:30when dry is very different to how they
12:32feel or more importantly behave
12:34while wet and with wipers running over
12:37them
12:38some coatings or sealants that tend to
12:40feel more tacky when dry
12:41can be extremely slick with the
12:44introduction of water
12:45even more so than those that feel
12:47slicker when dry
12:48and for a glass coating it's really how
12:50it behaves in the rain and with the
12:52wipers that matters most
12:54so it would be ideal to test this on
12:57actual cars with
12:58actual wiper blades in the rain but as
13:01all windscreens and wipers are different
13:03it's almost an impossible test to do and
13:06gather objective results
13:08having said that for those of you that
13:10are interested next set did in fact
13:12create the slickest finish
13:14which was closely followed by stoner
13:16rainex
13:17and car pro fly by fort nova glass came
13:20in fifth place and geom view took sixth
13:23place
13:23with both those two coatings being the
13:25grippiest ones here
13:30so on to some water behavior testing
13:33this is where i have to start with an
13:34apology
13:35as you guys can see i've got a second
13:37glass panel at the bottom of the screen
13:39containing a section of car pro fly by 4
13:42on the top quarter of that panel
13:44behaving as it should be because as
13:46you'll shortly see
13:48my application with flyby four largely
13:50failed in that main glass panel
13:53now i completely accept responsibility
13:55for flyby
13:56failing there and i'll talk more about
13:58that in my conclusions
14:00but basically fly by fort and all the
14:02coatings work perfectly
14:04during the testing i did prior to making
14:06this video
14:07but unfortunately fly by fort did not
14:09correctly bond or perform on the panel i
14:12used
14:12during this video so i was faced with a
14:15couple of options
14:16firstly being to scrap the video and
14:18move on wasting almost two full days
14:20work
14:20second was to spend yet another two days
14:23and redo the whole thing again
14:25which honestly guys i just didn't have
14:26the time and thirdly was to try and make
14:29this video work
14:30as i still think there's some great
14:32information here which was the option
14:34i went for now i'm not keeping that
14:36second test panel on the screen for the
14:38rest of this testing because it just
14:40doesn't fit into the footage with the
14:41primary test panel and just makes things
14:44a little confusing so i just wanted to
14:46quickly show
14:47how fly by fort should perform when it's
14:49working right and during the next two
14:50tests i'm going to rate flyby
14:52as i performed on the test panels i did
14:54prior to making this video
14:57so starting with the least hydrophobic
14:59coating here obviously taking into
15:01account that flybys application failed
15:03here that has to go to stoner
15:05rain repellent now i wouldn't say it's
15:08all that bad
15:08as it's still quite decent and a great
15:11improvement in water sheeting compared
15:13to the bare glass
15:14but it's also fair to say that it could
15:16definitely be better especially compared
15:18to all the other coatings here
15:20in fifth place is reinex but i will say
15:23that it's
15:23very good and honestly much better than
15:26i would have expected
15:27and really not that far off the rest of
15:29the pack as both its water shading rates
15:31and water big contact
15:33angles are impressive especially for a
15:35product
15:36in that lower price point fourth place
15:39goes to car pro
15:40fly by four now both its water sheeting
15:42and beating behavior
15:44is really quite good but again obviously
15:46not on this failed
15:48application but if i'm being completely
15:50honest
15:51it is a step down compared to the three
15:53top products here
15:54and being that it is additionally the
15:56most expensive coating here
15:58it could be a little better third place
16:01goes to jay on q2 view
16:04i'll start by saying that there really
16:05wasn't all that much in it from third
16:07place
16:08to first place and q2 views water
16:10sheeting is quite rapid
16:12and its water big contact angles are
16:14also quite extreme
16:15so all in all it was a great performer
16:18here
16:19second place went to next set glass
16:21sealant
16:22i have to say that this was a very
16:24unexpected outcome from my end
16:26as i really didn't expect it to perform
16:28here as well as it did
16:30but there's just no denying that it
16:32sheets and beats the water
16:34quite exceptionally and i just don't
16:35think anyone will be disappointed with
16:38its hydrophobic performance
16:40in first place was nova glass like i
16:43said it was pretty close among the top
16:45three coatings here
16:46but i do think it's fair to say and that
16:48you'll see that nova sheded the water
16:50just a split second faster than all of
16:52the rest
16:53and its propped up water big contact
16:55angles were also the most
16:57elevated and well-rounded deserving the
17:00first place win
17:06[Music]
17:38[Music]
18:14the final test here was a chemical
18:15resistance test to try and predict the
18:18resistance these coatings may
18:19potentially have
18:20to environmental contamination and
18:22exposure
18:23in their predicted durability using car
18:26pro multi x at a one to five dilution
18:29i began just slightly hitting the panel
18:31with the chemical and then getting more
18:33and more aggressive with
18:34each subsequent application now as you
18:37guys continue to look at the footage
18:39i'm just going to quickly share the
18:40results and then jump straight into my
18:42conclusions
18:43as you watch the rest of this test
18:46stoner rain repellent was quite
18:48noticeably the least resistant coating
18:50or ceiling here
18:51as after a few hits with the chemical it
18:53did lose its hydrophobic behavior
18:55much quicker than all the others rainx
18:59once again
18:59came in fifth place here but it did way
19:02better than i expected
19:03i'd say lasting at least two if not
19:05three times longer than stoner
19:07and actually impressed me on its ability
19:10to really hang in there
19:12although car pro fly by four did our
19:14last by stoner and rainex
19:16obviously based on my pride testing and
19:18not in this footage
19:19there was still quite a gap between it
19:21and the other top three coatings here
19:23which was another surprise that i wasn't
19:26expecting
19:27in third place was nexset that once
19:29again performed much better than i
19:31expected
19:32and was honestly quite difficult to
19:34break down its hydrophobic nature
19:36which would indicate some great
19:38potential durability
19:40second and first place were perhaps the
19:42two closest positions here
19:44and i'll be honest in saying that i wish
19:46i'd used a stronger concentration of the
19:48chemical
19:49because it took ages to break down both
19:51these coatings
19:52but in the end after all my seven or
19:54eight quite aggressive hits with the
19:56chemical
19:56it did become clear that nova glass held
19:59in there a little longer
20:00taking first place so onto my
20:03conclusions
20:05rainex water repellent has to be the
20:07forefather of hydrophobic glass sealants
20:10and i'd say i first tried it about 25
20:13years ago
20:14but it's actually been at least a good
20:16five to ten years since i last used it
20:18so i wasn't sure what to expect but i'd
20:21say it's definitely better than i
20:22remember
20:23so i'd guess that it's had quite a few
20:25formula updates
20:26since then and when you add to that the
20:29beautiful
20:30easy application large quantity you get
20:32and the low price
20:34is actually quite a fantastic product
20:36with all things considered
20:37and i honestly didn't think i'd be
20:39saying that before i set out to test
20:41these coatings
20:44stoner without a doubt makes one of the
20:45best glass cleaners on the market
20:48and its rain repellent is the cheapest
20:50product here as well as giving you the
20:51most generous quantity
20:53that could potentially coat all your
20:55cars glass dozens of times
20:57so there's certainly a lot of potential
20:59value there
21:00however its application although decent
21:03isn't quite as good as rain-x
21:05nor is its hydrophobic ability or
21:07potential durability
21:09so in the end it seems like there's more
21:11value in rain-x
21:12or at least based on my testing
21:16in this test and review as a whole i
21:18have to say that next set glass sealant
21:20was the biggest
21:21pleasant surprise now at 30 dollars for
21:24200 mil it's certainly not as cheap as
21:27stoner or rain x
21:28but it's also nowhere near as expensive
21:30as the other three coatings here
21:33its hydrophobic behavior was only second
21:35to nova glass
21:36and its potential durability was a good
21:38solid third place
21:40now its application isn't the easiest
21:43quickest or most pleasant but it's still
21:45not awful
21:46and when you add price versus quality
21:48versus performance
21:49it's actually a top contender here in
21:52truth i didn't know anything about this
21:54glass sealant prior to my testing but
21:56i'm really glad i took apart as
21:58it's definitely worth a look there's no
22:01denying that geon q2view is a top
22:03performing windscreen coating
22:05its water repellency is fantastic and
22:08its chemical resistance and potential
22:10durability
22:11looks impressive however i just have
22:14issues with the application
22:16firstly the wipe offs are very sticky
22:18and grabby
22:19and i really don't like that i need to
22:21use an additional primer polish
22:23which according to their own video has
22:25to sit for 15 minutes
22:26then i have to wait another 15 minutes
22:28to wipe off the coating
22:30and it continues with these 15 minute
22:32wait times for each
22:33additional layer it usually takes me
22:36less than an hour to coat a vehicle's
22:38entire glass but with q2view it would
22:40take at least twice as long with a lot
22:42more work
22:44during my testing before making this
22:46video i tested q2view
22:48doing wipe downs just after a couple of
22:50minutes and not only was the wipe off
22:52better and easier but the results were
22:54identical to the test panel in this
22:56video
22:58it just seems to me that there's a few
22:59gm products that just like to have
23:01more specific or different applications
23:04with no additional benefits
23:05other than trying to stand out or appear
23:08unique by just complicating or
23:10needlessly making applications more
23:12difficult and time consuming than they
23:14need to be
23:15and it's just a shame because it's a
23:17great coating
23:19the first ever true glass coating i used
23:21was car pro fly by 30.
23:23i'd say a good seven or eight years ago
23:25which has now progressed to fly by fort
23:28version three
23:29so it's fair to say that car pro has had
23:31a long history here
23:32now out of all the glass coatings here
23:34flyby is easily the one
23:36i've used the most and i know it's a
23:38great coating with fantastic performance
23:40and durability
23:41due to past experience also adding that
23:44is perhaps the least likely coating here
23:46to cause wiper chatter but in saying
23:49that i do feel
23:50that this current formulation is a
23:52little too touchy in its application
23:54that if you don't treat it gentle enough
23:56and do everything perfectly to a tea
23:58it suffers in its performance now its
24:01application experience
24:03is just so buttery easy and nice which
24:05is something i love about it and
24:07although it's not common for me to stuff
24:09up its application
24:10this video certainly wasn't the first
24:12time it's happened
24:13and i do think it's an issue with the
24:15coding needs more forgiveness
24:17in its application success and i
24:19personally think it's unrealistic
24:21not to use a microfiber cloth to wipe it
24:23down and just use the included
24:25cotton swabs as car pro recommends
24:28out of all the coatings here it's the
24:30one i like using the most
24:31due to its beautifully easy application
24:34but i'd just like it to be
24:35a little less touchy and know that it's
24:37going to work 100
24:39of the time last but not least is
24:42envy nova glass if you're someone who
24:45likes to smell
24:46the roses and sip some tea while you're
24:48detailing
24:49this may not be the glass coating for
24:50you but if you're someone who prefers an
24:53espresso shot or red bull before you get
24:55detailing
24:56then this could be the glass coating for
24:58you as you really need
25:00a little spring in your step to apply it
25:02it's also certainly got a slightly
25:04grippy wipe off
25:05so a little elbow grease may be needed
25:08but in saying that its hydrophobic
25:10performance
25:10is potentially second to none as is its
25:13durability
25:14that even i was surprised how much work
25:16it took to even slightly diminish it
25:19which is kind of insane so all in all
25:22it is kind of an intensive application
25:24but also
25:25super quick and i know from past
25:27experience that it performs
25:29and lasts extremely well and it's almost
25:32impossible
25:33not to get great results every time
25:36not all of us are looking for the same
25:38features and attributes when it comes to
25:40a hydrophobic windscreen
25:42coating maybe ease of application is at
25:44the top of your list
25:46maybe it's the best water behavior or
25:48the longest lasting one
25:50or quality and value in any case i hope
25:53this video helped to evaluate all those
25:55areas of these coatings
25:56so each of you can make a well-informed
25:58decision to purchase the coating that
26:00best suits your needs
26:03as always i really hope you guys enjoyed
26:05and found this video useful
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26:12and i'll see you guys soon
26:24[Music]
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