Review: Pinnacle GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster

Angus

Angus

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For this review I’m going to share my thoughts on using Pinnacle GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster over the last few months:



From Pinnacle's product page for GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster:

Turbo charge your windshield washer fluid!

Pinnacle GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster is an advanced additive for your windshield washer fluid. It doubles the cleaning power of regular windshield washer fluid while creating a much slicker washer fluid that is less prone to streaking and smearing. Its formula is highly concentrated which means one 16 ounce bottle of concentrate treats 16 gallons of washer fluid! It is perfect for removing built up road film, dirt and grime to avoid creating a safety hazard in inclement weather conditions.
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Pinnacle GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster was designed for the person who accepts nothing less than perfect vision every time he or she drives


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I’m the guy they’re talking about in that last line. I can’t stand dirty glass! It has to be my biggest detailing pet peeve and highest OCD level.

Directions:

  1. Squeeze bottle until built-in measuring cup fills to 1 ounce marker.
  2. Remove cap and dispense measured product into windshield washer reservoir.


Ok, instead of adding GlassWork WWB directly to my cars reservoir tank I decide to mix 1oz into a fresh gallon of the blue stuff:





At this point I decided to do a little testing to see if I can tell a difference between straight washer fluid vs GlassWork boosted fluid.

Prior to adding the booster to the blue stuff I poured out a small amount into a clean glass jar:



Boosted fluid poured into 2nd clean glass jar:





Already you can see the boosted jar has more bubbles around the edges then the non-boosted jar.

Ok let’s give these guys a shake and see what happens:





After shaking each jar for ~10 seconds it’s easy to see the “turbo charging” effects of the booster:



Check out that foam! GlassWorks WWB has clearly increased the blue stuff’s cleaning abilities. Ok this all well and good, but how does GlassWorks WWB perform?

I’ve been driving around with boosted wiper fluid since November, and after using up 2 gallons of GlassWorks WWB treated wiper fluid I can honestly say, yes it does make a difference when dealing with winters worst weather and the salty + slushy mess that is constantly coating your windshield here in the Northeast:



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Am I using less wiper fluid? No, I don’t think so – I’m OCD about crystal clear glass remember? But I’m also not noticing any smearing or streaking. And unlike other wiper fluid “booster” I’ve tried adding GlassWorks WWB to my washer fluid doesn’t cause mid-wipe fluid freezing on the windshield when the temperature drops below zero. I’ve experienced freezing with P21S Windshield Washer Booster and immediately stopped using it as a booster in cold weather.

Conclusion:

Do I think Pinnacle GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster is worth adding year round to help “turbo charge” your wiper fluid? Yes, I do. For $19.99 a 16oz bottle will treat 16 gallons of wiper fluid @ $1.25 per oz before any discounts. I plan on using GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster into the summer months so I can see how well it does at clearing bug splatter and other warm weather road trip debris from my windshield. Look for an update to this thread in the coming months.

I’m also looking forward to re-filling the GlassWork Windshield Washer Booster bottle’s with ONR so I can use the built in measuring cup for rinseless washes. :bigups

As always, I hope this review was helpful. Please feel free to ask any questions.
 
The Guz said:
Thanks for the review. Was always curious about how this performed.
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You bet! I've been sitting on writing up this one until I had a chance to drive in sub-zero temps and check for freezing fluid on my windscreen. Thankfully that's not an issue. All in all GlassWork WWB is good stuff.
 
i work in nyc and the temps the last 2 weeks have been in the teens and minus windchill and I had to stop adding this to my mix as it was making it really frothy just like you shown in your bottle in the review. pure froth was coming out on my van by the time it made it to my wipers.
 
Angus- I just *love* your reviews!

Does the runoff from this stuff appear to have any effect on your LSP?

plumgnsquare- Huh, even when the reservoir is kept pretty full?
 
Accumulator said:
Angus- I just *love* your reviews!

Does the runoff from this stuff appear to have any effect on your LSP?

plumgnsquare- Huh, even when the reservoir is kept pretty full?
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yes that correct, I filled it up all the way with gas station wiper fluid and added it in. It made the mix really frothy. It might be 2 things. The temps are extremely cold and I might have used too much. I used 2 oz's thinking more is better.

I think by the time its being pumped from the res to the wiper it was being agitated enough to become really foamy and frothy. So what used to be a stream being shot onto the windshield wound up being pure froth only making it about 4 inch's out of the nozzle.

To be fair I will have to use this in better weather. but thats my honest experience. nothing against the product im sure its very effective in the right conditions.
 
PA DETAILER said:
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Great review. I have used it in the past. Good product.
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Blacula?

Accumulator said:
Angus- I just *love* your reviews!

Does the runoff from this stuff appear to have any effect on your LSP?
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Thank you for the kind words! Re: LSP - not that I've noticed. But I'll pay close attention and let you know if I notice any LSP failer around the overspray/ runoff areas.

plumbnsquare said:
yes that correct, I filled it up all the way with gas station wiper fluid and added it in. It made the mix really frothy. It might be 2 things. The temps are extremely cold and I might have used too much. I used 2 oz's thinking more is better.

I think by the time its being pumped from the res to the wiper it was being agitated enough to become really foamy and frothy. So what used to be a stream being shot onto the windshield wound up being pure froth only making it about 4 inch's out of the nozzle.

To be fair I will have to use this in better weather. but thats my honest experience. nothing against the product im sure its very effective in the right conditions.
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Very interesting! Given we are both in the same mid-Atlantic weather zone, I'm going to agree with your 2nd point - the froth/ foam is the results of overdoing the booster. Even on the coldest days, I've haven't experienced anything like the foam you dealt with.

Your experience makes a good argument for always mix 1oz of booster per gallon directly into the container vs directly into a vehicles window washer fluid reservoir. By doing so you'll always have the correct booster-blue stuff ratio no matter how often you need to top off the vehicles reservoir.

Thanks for running an unintentional "test" to my "control" experience.
 
Ecrissman said:
Great review, would make for a good addition during the PA winter months and bug season.
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Thanks! My plan is to keep using "boosted" blue stuff through the summer months so I can see how well it preforms w/ bug jerky and other warm weather windshield debris. Stay tuned for future updates!
 
Angus- OK, and I'd also be interested to hear if you encounter any foaming issues.

plumbngsquare- Well, I only use the washers in the worst winter weather, generally I don't use them *period* even if that means pulling off the road to clean the windshield. So your winter experience is exactly what I'm interested in.
 
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