Agreed with that. I am no longer impressed or using this product.

 

Damn - almost 3 whole months and I finally received mine two days before Christmas. Since I'm not a Zanio user, I'm pretty happy with my 1st two washes. I can see how it would affect a Zanio product.


So I give the product a "B". It has saved me some time on drying since I had received some bad scratches from micro towels - I'm just bad at keeping them clean.


So I can take it or leave it. I guess it will all depend on the cost of the filters and extra soap.

 

Well, I'll ressurect this thread...

I bought one from Target about a month ago and must say that it's the BEST thing I've ever bought to clean my car. It does exactly what it says it will do, although like was mentioned in a previous post, the final rinse does come out in a fine mist which is somewhat of a pain to use, but it does what it says. I am very disappointed by the fact that you have to pretty much buy a new bottle of soap for every 2 1/2 washes because you use a full fill-up per wash and I actually run out most of the time. The filters that come with the unit when you buy it are only good for "3 uses", but I am on my 4th so far and it still hasn't turned "brown" like they say and the water is still drying without spots. At least the replacement filters say they are good for 11 uses.

Overall I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who HATES drying their car as much as I do. Just wash it and walk away. It's that easy!

-Chris

 

I will say this one more time, then its all on you guys. Worst thing i ever did was use this. It strips zaino.... horrible product...

 

I think that the prevention of water spots comes from the deionized water and not really the soap. (the ions in the water are dissolved, but then crystalize on your car when the water evaporates...using deionized water eliminates the origin of water spots) has anybody tried using just the rinse and NOT the soap....making sure to rinse off all the tap water that was used to rinse the soap with the autodry spray?

 

sorry, i meant using a different soap other than the one that the kit comes with, like zaino Z7

 

read how the system works... the soap acts as a water sheeting mechanism (using a sheeting polymer in the soap) and the deionized water sheets off and evaporates... either way its crap

 

Hmmmm.. perhaps you have a good point. I used the Autodry yesterday to wash my car and I never really noticed before, but my car is not as "shiny" after I was it as it is when I use regular old car wash soap.

The other thing I noticed is the very first time I used it, the sponge that I used, which originally was bright white, had turned black! Not dirty brown... BLACK. Considering my car is Superblack, I was a bit concerned that it actually was taking paint off, but when I re-read the instructions that came with it, it did mention in the Q&A section about the sponge or rag being extra dirty and their explaination is that the soap is great at removing dirt. Perhaps that's not the only thing it is removing???

I retract my previous statement about it being a great product, but I think that I will try what pargion said and use regular soap, and then just the filtered water. It's worth a shot anyway.

-Chris

 

Do you think this will work well on my non-Zainoed black Expedition? That thing is a beast to dry. In warm weather I have to wash & dry in sections to prevent spoting. It's pretty shinny now (Permaplate every 6 mos) & I'd like to keep it that way. Eventually I do want to claybar it & add Zaino but man that is going to be a full weekend project when I get around to it.

 

The reason your car is not as "shiny" is probably because the Mr. Clean soap stripped all the polish/wax that your Z originally had on it. It seems that it's pretty harsh on cars considering it takes off enough stuff to make sponges black! yikes!

Anyway, I feel that my theory on using just the autodry rinse was a bit vague, so I'm going to clarify a bit:
1) wash with a soap of your choosing
2) rinse with regular tap water from the hose
3) rinse the remaining tap water from the hose with the autodry spray/rinse thing. make sure you get off all the remaining tap water by working from top to down and using sweeping motions and not just spraying randomly
4) polish/wax the car as you would normally after it dries

this is all just speculation, but it's based on my knowledge in chemistry (which i studied in undergrad). also, i'm not telling anyone to do this...it's merely a suggestion that I feel would work better than the original product. good luck

 

pargion,

I think that it may work because I remember several years ago, I bought this thing (similar to the Mr. Clean Autodry) that attached to a hose and just de-ionized the water and claimed to make it dry without spots (actually worked too). You would still wash the car with regular car wash soap (didn't matter what kind), then you would spray off the car, and then attach this filter thing and spray off the whole car.

I'm gonna try it when I get home today. It just sucks because I bought a brand new bottle of soap yesterday.

-Chris

 

For those considering using this...stuff, bump

 

Wow!! Back from the dead.

Do NOT use this thing. It strips Wax, Zaino, ect. It actually does exactly what it says in that it cleans the car and dries without spots, but it kills the shine and removes all the paint protectors in the process. Not good... don't use.

-CHris

 

if you are only using it to basically dry your car you should try this method

http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...?threadid=5120

Or even go to a hardware store and pick up a soft water connector