Has UPGP fallen out of favor?

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danforz

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About a year or two ago, before I stopped my detailing endeavors, everyone (myself included!) was going nuts over this product.



Now, Dave's come out with a new product and I'm hearing the current shipments of this stuff are old bottles from 2008.



Is that the case and if so, why? From what I recall this was a fantastic product - though pricey.
 
I just got a 12 ouncer from Autopiacarcare and its dated july 09. I purposefully didn't order from Autogeek, as they seemed to have old stock. Its still a great product. I got my 12 ouncer for $32.00 on sale, the price has come down alot, not pricey anymore at all.
 
Cleaning Fool said:
I just got a 12 ouncer from Autopiacarcare and its dated july 09. I purposefully didn't order from Autogeek, as they seemed to have old stock. Its still a great product. I got my 12 ouncer for $32.00 on sale, the price has come down alot, not pricey anymore at all.
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Agreed. After some more research it simply seemed the issues were solely associated with AG - this is not to say it is a bad retailer, I've used it a million times. Additionally, claims of the product ability are still strong. I just bit using the 20% discount, as you did. Can't wait to see how this looks on my black paint!!!
 
This is really nothing new. Something comes out and it is the hot, must have detailing item. Just think how often you used to see numerous threads about Dodo Juice Supernatural a year or so ago. How many have you seen in the past few months? Not many that I can think of. I often wonder if all the love Blackfire is getting right now will die down in 6 to 9 months? I don't know, I have never tried it but we shall see.



That is normal for a product when it just comes out. Once a product has been out for more then a year then the hype dies down and the product becomes just like many other products. That is no knock on UPGP, it is a good product, it is what I have on my car right now and I am very satisfied by its look, how well it protects my car from bird poop, bug guts and how easy my car is to wash right now.
 
I placed a comment in my order requesting a product that was recently manufactured. Heres the response from autopia-carcare.com (Which was pretty immediate might I add):



Hi Daniel,

It is manufactured on site so it is fresh!



Yours in Better Car Care,



Lynn Matthews
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:bigups
 
bert31 said:
This is really nothing new. Something comes out and it is the hot, must have detailing item. Just think how often you used to see numerous threads about Dodo Juice Supernatural a year or so ago. How many have you seen in the past few months? Not many that I can think of. I often wonder if all the love Blackfire is getting right now will die down in 6 to 9 months? I don't know, I have never tried it but we shall see.



That is normal for a product when it just comes out. Once a product has been out for more then a year then the hype dies down and the product becomes just like many other products. That is no knock on UPGP, it is a good product, it is what I have on my car right now and I am very satisfied by its look, how well it protects my car from bird poop, bug guts and how easy my car is to wash right now.
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Whats funny to me is the Blackfire Wet Diamond isn't a new product. Its been out for sometime. Only now has it seem to have gotten a lot of attention.
 
Gemini13 said:
Whats funny to me is the Blackfire Wet Diamond isn't a new product. Its been out for sometime. Only now has it seem to have gotten a lot of attention.
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It's actually been reformulated a few times since it initially came out......
 
When Ultima came out it was an exclusive product-now there are about 5 different products that use the polycharger technology. And that the product has a reported history of U nidentified F loating O bjects's in the bottles and crystalizing has probably played a role in it falling out of favor. I've read several posts where people had multiple bottles with the UFO's.
 
Gemini13 said:
Indeed but I believe even the most recent variant is well over a year old.
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and all they really did is add a couple drops of polycharger. any more would turn it solid in the bottle.
 
I hope it doesn't get discontinued. I hate it when mfg's pull the plug on something and give no notices. The people that really like the product then have to scramble to find leftover stock.
 
Absolutely fantastic product. I used it this last weekend for the first time. The ease of use/application is amazing. I thought Opti-Seal was easy to use, but UPGP is much easier. I would get some smearing with OS, but didn't get any with UPGP. Truly a WOWA product.



And the looks are fantastic too. Even better than my beloved OS.
 
I really like UPGP. I am using it exclusively on my wife's glacier blue Honda CR-V. I use it on the paintwork, trim, and cladding. The car looks excellent. I do not know if it would look better dressed in another protectant, but I am not inclined to try anything else. It's a large vehicle, and UPGP is just so very easy to apply. I'm not trying to win a car show. I just want it to look good and be well protected with with the least amount of effort, and UPGP fits the bill perfectly.



I have not tried UPGP on my black S2000 and probably never will. I'm still in the mode of trying out different carnaubas. I'm also very happy with the way my car looks in Blackfire Wet Diamond. It will probably be years before I go through my bottle ... and decades before I go through my tins of wax.
 
I just really started using Ultima on my newly purchased 04 Silver Sequoia. Put a coat of EZ Creme glaze and 3 coats of UPGP and bling bling bling. Love the product, it will hold its own against any wax or sealant in the looks dept and frankly that combo of EZ/UPGP is probobly the best I've seen on silver.
 
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