What is the best ice scraper for car windows?

Asked by Dusty Schultz at 3:02 PM on December 10, 2009

Now that it is winter I have to scrape frost and ice off my truck windows every morning. What is a good ice scraper that actually works? The ones they sell at the gas station just don't get the job done.

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Posted by KevinP at 3:45 PM on December 10, 2009

The ICE DOZER by far!!

ICE DOZER
ICE DOZER
ICE DOZER

http://www.innovationfactory.com/IceDozer-Plus/M/B0000SX1YE.htm

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sarah Berl | December 10, 2009 3:19 PM

http://www.eddiebauer.com/catalog/product.jsp?&ensembleId=33915&cs=0&siteId=1

Keeps the ice off of your hands while you scrape.
Perfect. Brilliant.

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KevinP | December 10, 2009 3:45 PM

The ICE DOZER by far!!

ICE DOZER
ICE DOZER
ICE DOZER

http://www.innovationfactory.com/IceDozer-Plus/M/B0000SX1YE.htm

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Michael Burk | December 10, 2009 4:12 PM

da dozer!

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/12/07/icedozer-plus-scrape.html

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Vicki Kaiser | December 10, 2009 4:30 PM

A nice brass blade scraper. It will never scratch the glass, and takes a sheet of ice of a windshield like nothing. Gets me through the Buffalo falls/winters/springs...

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Jeremy Beker | December 10, 2009 4:54 PM

This only works for that annoying layer of frost that appears after a cold night not thicker ice. But, I always find that layer of frost the most annoying to remove.

My solution? A plastic credit card (or hotel key, you get the idea).

Very simple, very cheap, and quite effective. I will keep a few old hotel key cards in my car for the purpose. You need to have gloves on or you get "snow" all over your hand, but it is simple, ergonomic, and effective.

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drew jayhan | December 11, 2009 12:52 PM

Your back up hockey stick.

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Andrew Kaszowski | December 14, 2009 3:38 PM

I always like products that combine (without over-doing it) more than one solution into one.

I found a walmart for a reasonable price a combination snow brush/ice scraper AND emergency shovel.

The ice scraper has a sturdy metal telescoping handle that extends long enough to work as a shovel. There's a plastic shovel that snaps onto the ice scraper; and I've actually used it once when my car was stuck in the snow.

I just stow both safely in my trunk and use when needed.

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Steve Wellman | December 16, 2009 5:20 PM

I was given an Ice Dozer. It broke the second time I used it. Nice design, but if you keep it in your car (like most people do...) the plastic gets too cold and snaps. A broken Ice Dozer is a useless Ice Dozer.

I've always had good luck with the Blitz IceBreaker. It's a plain-Jane ice scraper, but it uses a hard acrylic blade that is very hard to chip. And when you do chip it, the blade is sturdy enough for you to either use a file or a grinder and actually resharpen the blade. I have both a standard hand-held size as well as a long handled scraper/brush.

Ice Breaker handheld

Long handled Ice Breaker

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Dustin | December 23, 2009 1:32 PM

The Ice Dozer looks nice, but I prefer having the telescoping handle because I can't reach completely across my windshield effectively with others. And I hate leaving that line of ice in the middle of the windshield or not getting the back window.

For my truck I've used a brush, squeegee, scraper combo much like the "Long Handled Ice Breaker" Steve mentioned. I picked one up a couple years ago at a local hardware store for less than $10 and it's gotten me through some heavy Chicago winters, works like a charm, and saves me time when I'm late for work.

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