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Tackle Frozen Windshields With The Wiper Fluid Heater

By David Ponce on 12/13/11 • 3 Comments

By David Ponce

Yet another item in our winter related series, the Heated Windshield Washer Fluid System promises to make windshield scraping a thing of the past. If you’re like us, when it’s really cold, you just sit in your frozen car with the wipers stupidly and noisily going back and forth over a thick layer of ice, which you’ve sprayed multiple times with your useless blue wiper fluid. Of course the fluid doesn’t do anything, it’s just as cold as the ice on the windshield but you’re too lazy to get out. So you wait. But if you had this system, in 30 seconds the fluid would be heated to 143º F and 150º F, quickly melting all that ice away and allowing you to remain lazy. It draws 2 Amps of power on average and turns itself off when the car is off. Also in the summer months, warm washer fluid will do a better job of removing insects and grime, so the $90 you’ll spend to get this will work year round.

[ Hammacher Schlemmer ]

Bean Bag Sled Cushions Your Heiny

By David Ponce on 11/24/11 • 3 Comments

By David Ponce

Sledding is fun. We like the part where we slam into innocent bystanders loitering at the foot of the hill, only to run away hysterically when they threaten us with bodily harm. We enjoy the hard packed snow on our posteriors a little less, especially when all we have to get down that hill is a garbage bag. Don’t laugh, you’ve been there. But we’re thinking of investing in this here Bean Bag Sled. The bottom is double coated in PVC while the inside contains two things: a bunch of 2mm polystyrene spheres and an air bladder (hand pump required). Two straps make you feel like you could steer the thing, but the complete absence of any hard edges to carve into the snow pretty much ensures these are just decorative.

At $300, it’s definitely on the expensive side of sleds. But years of garbage bag sledding have allowed us to save up for this.

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Car Interior Preheater Solves First World Problem

By David Ponce on 11/22/11 • 4 Comments

By David Ponce

It’s no point repeating it on every single article, we all know winter’s pretty much already here. At least for those of us who don’t live in or near the tropics, this presents us with many issues. And none is more pressing than that of dealing with cold cars in winter. Most people get remote car starters and let things idle until toasty enough to drive away in. But that’s wasteful, people! Much better to plunk down this large electric heater with a programmable clock. Set what time you expect to be in your car and 20 minutes prior it will begin blasting hot air through its two tilting vents. Not sure what time you’re leaving? There’s a remote that works up to 200 feet away as well.

Sure the engine won’t be warm but that can be done in 2 or 3 minutes rather than the much longer time it takes to get the inside warm as well. You save gas, save the planet a little and everyone’s happy. The Car Interior Preheater can then be recharged through AC or with an included car charger.

It’s $120.

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Laze-O-Matic Snowball Crossbow

By David Ponce on 10/26/11 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

The product picture looks like a 3D render. That always makes us worry that it might not be a real product. But assuming it is, the Crossbow Snow Launcher could make your wintery snow battles a little more efficient. While your friends are still throwing snowballs caveman style, you can pelt them from as far as 60ft away with relative ease. Actually, quite a bit of ease as this $40 launcher comes with a snowball press.

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