Karcher Edi4 Best electric ice scraper, review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- A Review on the Kärcher edi4 electric ice scraper on tough ice, is it worth it, is it any good. I will show you in this review and demonstration Karcher’s new quick and easy electronic ice scraper the Edi4
This is karchers new quick easy way to clear stubborn ice from cars and vehicles.
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Thanks for the demo, really liked the idea of this device, but having seen the demo it’s too noisy to use when I leave early in the morning. My neighbors would not be impressed 🤪 But while it works, it’s less effective than I hoped it would be. I’ll give it a miss for now.
Thanks for the comment, Hi just to let you know the sound is picked up more by the microphone than you would notice in real life
I see a few problems. It covers such a small area at a time and seems like it would take ages to use. Shorter people (like me) may have a hard time reaching the middle of the windshield. It seems like it’s quite loud and neighbors might not appreciate waking up to that sound early in the morning.
Thanks for your comment, I found it a lot quicker than a handheld ice scraper, probably did windows in a quarter or 5th of the time and with a lot less effort than with a conventional handheld ice scraper,
if you would struggle to reach the Center of your window with a handheld scraper then you would still struggle to reach with this,
as for noise the microphone picks up the noise more than you would hear naturally so it sounds louder in the video than it would if you were walking past
Who cares what the neighbors think? Ya gotta do what you gotta do.
Totally agree..
This video convinced me to give it a try. Only downside is the charger plug. I would have preferred a usb c connection.
When you got that two layer ice on the windshield, this one would be kinda nice to have. If a gadget like this can save me 15 minutes of ice scraping am all for it 👍👏
I think it is defiantly worth it, the ice on the screen that day was particularly hard, so i thought it was a good test. in real life it is a lot quieter than in the video, the GoPro mic picked up the sound more than you here with your ears
All you gotta do is put warm tap water into a sandwhich bag and move up and down your windscreen mate. You’re welcome
@@damiang9393 thank you for your comment
I’m sure my neighbours will thank me for using that at 5am. I’d love to try it though.
Just to let you know the microphone had picked up the noise more than you hear with your own hearing, thanks for the comment
Bet the neighbours would love that at 7am 😂
Thank you for the informative video! I just purchased one of these for my wife for Christmas without doing much research. Karcher had a half price offer with free shipping so it was hard to pass up. I’m glad it performs well. Thanks again!
I’m sure you will like it, I was surprised at just how good it is
How is it doing the job Dave?
Imagine using that at 6am. My neighbours would love that soothing sound 👀
Time to wake up!!!
Good advice. Living in Florida 23 yrs but I lived in Seattle for 8. Wish I knew this then 😂
I cant imagine much use in Florida, perhaps better suited to Colorado
I have a windshield cover I put on my car before I go in the house after work. It pulls right off even if there is ice
ive always forgot to put one of those on, especially if i've gone shopping or to the cinema etc
Looks like the plastic blades would break especially in frigid cold on a thick coating of ice. It appears as though you can only push down on it so hard and then the blades would stop turning. I believe that’s why the area cleared was so small, you can’t push it. It is what it is. Too bad it’s not a little bit more rugged.
That morning the ice on those windows was as hard as I have ever had, temperature was -11 degrees over night,so I thought it would be a good test for the video, I have used it all last season and so far this season which to be fair has been pretty mild so far and the blades still look like new
I'll take a pass on the device but thank you for this great review. Out of curiosity, have you checked the windscreen for scratches?
I have not seen any scratches to any of my windows, I do keep my windows clean a personal pet hate of mine
I love a gadget but this seems to scrape quite a small area at a time,plus its not exactly get in and go, i except there's a very minimal time saving which is the big factor when in a rush to do the school run. when experiencing icey conditions I spray a pre icer the night before, prevents ice from forming. one swipe of the wipers and your on your way. a quick squeegee clears the pre icer from the side windows. Great demonstration though 👍
i am never that organised, i tend to rush out of the door late and as in the the words of Hue grant in for weddings and a funeral look at my car and go "Bugg*r"
@@RichManPoorTech haha fair enough. a glass coating works for many, such as anglewax h2go, lasts for months and aswell as sending rain flying off your windscreen meaning you don't use your wipers as much, it's also very good at stopping ice from forming on your glass. however I experienced wiper judder so now only use on my side and rear windows
@@mic400uk sounds good for side windows, ill have to try it, but on the front windscreen this is a massive No for me, as someone who use to drive 70,000 miles, 110,000 km per year, this stops you cleaning the screen with your wipers and washers, especially on the motorway, leaving your screen dirty at high speeds
Great video mate
Thank you, i'm glad you liked it
Great video. It seemed to chew through the tough ice pretty quick. Much easier than freezing your fingers off using plastic scrapers. Good review. Honesty was what I was looking for.
Yes thanks for the comment, on this day the ice was really hard to scrape off, but i thought it would show just how tough it was, on other days it sped through the job and it did it in quarter of the time, but i felt that wouldn't be a fair assessment of all conditions
Gloves?🤔
@@axeljonsson151 No thanks. I have some.
@@MNJay1 😂
Either way you’ll still always get your fingers a freeze bite when clearing snow & ice off car windows, need to put a thick gloves.
a freeze bite is so bad.. it’s just a different kind of pain, I never screw up with cleaning snow off my car without putting thick gloves
use De-icer instead, or windshield cover. no way i am going to use this
Thanks for the comment
I use the windshield washerfluid😂
Damn it seems like it takes much more effort than with a simple scraper lol, maybe it's a thing to look cool in front of your co workers after the work, until they see how long it takes
It is a-lot easier than a manual scraper, the ice on the window was particularly hard that day, i bet you could challenge your co workers to a race and get them to clear your car for you
@@RichManPoorTech sounds like you just have shit scrapers in your country
That's a very nice snow cone maker you've got there, but I'm not sure your windscreen is the best place for it.
i just need some raspberry syrup for my slushy
Protip: If you run the defroster while scraping ice the ice will loosen up from the window because the window will be warmer and it will scrape off much faster.
Start engine. Pour cold water on glass. If you try an application of rainX on clean glass no frozen screen.
Thanks for the comment letting your car defrost the window is a great option if you have the time, plus you get a nice toasty car. but the Problem with rainX if you put it on your front window then your screen wash just flies off the screen when you try and wash your windows and you can’t clear the screen especially at motorway speeds
@@RichManPoorTech rainX is amazing. I rarely need to use wipers and when I do it's just once with plenty of lubrication.
@@losttheplot26 hi i use to do about 100,000 miles a year and on the motorway when the roads were damp and the spray dried almost instantly on your window screen, then the dirt use to just stick to the front window, with rain X it was almost impossible to clear them as when you use the washer jets the screen wash use to shot over the roof great on side windows though
@@RichManPoorTech I don't have defrost my vans. Improves visibility tremendously especially during heavy rain. I don't even need to use the wipers keep it clear as I find it just beads up and runs up onto the roof. Did you apply to clean glass as per the directions?
use isopropyl or ethyl alcohol in a spray bottle, it works quickly
thanks for your comment
Million dollar idea. A pad for orbital sander!
it is basically what it is, although it isn't a random orbital
Thanks for the video! Is it makes scraps on the windows or cleaning fine without damage?
It cleans fine just like any manual ice scraper, obviously keep your windows clean as any dirt can have an abrasive effect including on your wipers, but I’ve had no signs of any marks on any of my cars
Great review. Nothing against you at all dude. But hot water works better lol.
Thank you for your comment, Ive used luke warm water for many years myself, but it is not always available, say if your in a public car park, and in one year i cracked 3 to 4 windows, and at £300-£500 a pop it was getting expensive
Thanks great video man. I have a few questions if anyone could answer. With this ice scraper, could I use a zip tie to hold the power button? Then I could attach it to a handle. Or do you need to be pressing down hard for it to work? Or would a little leverage make it work? Any answers would be cool thanks!
you need to press it down
@@RichManPoorTechgot one already thanks for replying though! So far it’s fantastic but haven’t had a real snow to test it out , but for morning frost it comes off like butter, this device is awesome. I have a truck so it’s a lot easier just to step up and use the kurcher for like fifteen seconds instead of trying to scrape from the ground. So far love this thing and love living in the future
It seemed a bit loud, was it? I tend to leave for work at around 4 in the morning. Do you think it would be to loud for that time in the day?
the sound is picked up alot more with the mic than you hear in reality, you wouldnt notice any problem at 8am, when there is already street noise about, at 4am when it is deadly quiet, it might seam a-lot more noisy
6 am and you put this on to defrost your windows. The neighbours are going to love you 😡
5 o'clock in the morning!!
Im more likely to be getting in at 5am, not going out 😴
Struggling to find info on this, is it heated too or is it just faster electric rotation of the blades?
Just the rotation of the blades
Yes, waste your money and time.
Little bit of lukewarm water with alcohol solves that thing much faster
u will wake up all neighbors with that one
no he wakes me up earlier when he leaves in his pick up
Seems like alot of work to get going. I use a small pump sprayer with 3/4 alcohol and 1/4 water. Spray it on and wipe the ice away.
Thank you for your comment, I just leave my edi4 in the car so it’s ready if I’m out shopping
What if you live in north sweden and have actual winters with 32 -C⁰?
Take u 30 mins just to get the ice off. Faster with air on on in the car. It’s a waste of money
Is there a silencer mode? My neighbour would probably report me to the council.
In reality it’s not a loud as it sounds on camera, the microphone picks up the sound frequency more than you would notice if you were there
Ore you bye a Norwegian produkt; DEFA VarmUp. Electric engine coolant heater, batteri charger, fan oven in the coupe. 👍
i've sold a few of these to Iceland before, but not really suitable for use in the uk owing to warmer climates
Bro skadar inte vindrutan hoppas jag ??
Try finding a replacement disc in the US.
online orders for spare disc in the US. www.ordertree.com/catalog/product/view/id/3652242/s/disk-with-blades-edi-4/ the part number is karcher 5.352-024.3
i cant find others as it keeps directing me back to the UK with my ip address
Or you can just get a car cabin heater and never worry about a frozen car again😂
I don't fancy using that at 6am lol
I don’t fancy getting up at 6am, I’m more of a night owl than a early bird
Does it scratch your windows
As with a regular ice scraper or even following a truck on the road, any particle that is on your window has the ability to mark it, like grit on sandpaper, this is also true in washing your car with a sponge
however i have found no noticeable marking from using this ice scraper or a regular ice scraper on my window
Do you know what’s quicker ? Warm water
Do you know how many front windows I have cracked with warm water, also if you have gone shopping and camelback to ice on your windscreen, water is not a option
@@RichManPoorTech I’ve never cracked one yet and been using warm water all my life for the windows
i cracked countless, 3 just in 2018 alone with water that i would describe as off cold not even that warm, i did do about 75k miles a year so wether i had pitting on the screen and this helped
@@RichManPoorTech bit of bad luck you had, I’ve never had any crack on me, I’ll keep using the warm water untill I crack one
Laughing in Canadian🤣
Glad to cheer you up
Looks like it takes forever. And if you have a truck specially a lifted truck you could never reach.
ice was particularly tough that day with like a orange-peal type surface, i had broken a plexiglass ice-scrapers on ice like that the day before
Tnx for the video , now im sure this feels pretty lame fpr 50$
thank you for the comment, i broke 2 plexiglass style ice scrapers, where this just copes and still looks as new
What a waste of time, people nowdays are becoming so lazy, take the fucking regular icescraper and do the job in less then 1 min 😴
I know, then they get in that car drive to work instead of walking and sit in a office using a computer instead of a abacus or pen and paper
Lol buy a Kungs MID-IS you’re good
This is not good at all. I strongly suggest to use the de-icer. Why make it harder when u can use the de-icer.
I can’t stand de-over it put a film over.the window that effects the vision through the front window, which is multiplied if you drive into low sun that is also prevalent at this time of the year
To be honest, it looks like a waste of time. It would take me ages to fully scrape my windscreen with that. I'll stick to my Swedish ice scraper.
I thought this product was a joke!
i bought it for a bit of fun as i am a car nut, but i really like it so much quicker, and it doesn't sound as loud when using it as was picked up by the gopro microphone
I’d rather park my car in a heated garage every night than use one of those things.
I would like all my junk out of my garage so I could park my car in it never mind the heating
The liquid deicers are harmful to the enviornment, but the electricity generated to charge this is either nuclear or coal generated.... and of course the horrid performance of this device doesn't justify the purchase. Oh - the plastics, batter and charger will also makes its way to the landfill at some point too - judging by how it works - It would be pretty quick for me. Great video - nice demonstration! Liked!
In response to the electrical generated, my company is supposed to be supplying me with 100% wind or solar so no fossil fuels used in generating, my friends in Iceland use 100% geo thermal electric and hot water, the lithium batteries are recyclable and the Germans have been using recyclable plastics for the last 30years my golf in 1992 had 100% recyclable bumpers, it all depends how your items are recycled,
***k doing that at 5.30am
A few people have commented, but the mic on the GoPro picked up the sound a lot more than you here in real life
Americans buy anything to save themselves from doing any manual labour? I could scrape my windows in a fraction of time to that with my old snow brush. Also 15 minute run time and 3 hours to charge? Useless junk from a great brand.
Junk lol
You’re concerned with the environmental impact of a few spritzes of isopropanol, so you get a lithium-ion battery powered piece of consumer electronics with a probable life span of maximum two seasons, and likely made by slaves in China for good measure. I mean, c’mon.
Build a carport. It’s actually free, if you factor in the increased property value.
Good to see someone looking at things with a holistic perspective. The total effect. When will the rest learn?
sorry for the late reply but it was an important question, Although i would never describe myself as a environmentalist, i am aware that All our lives have an environmental impact to wether we have children, drink wine, go on holiday, watch tv, drink milk etc and this cant be avoided, we have to make choices, and weigh up the impact on our lives and future generations
Im actually looking at it through two different angles, the impact of aerosol manufacture including waste, the fact that the old propellants effected the ozone, we believe that the new ones don't, but what other effect they might have may not even be know yet, also the emission into the air, as my farther died from breathing in break dust years ago causing mesothelioma a type of lung cancer, i am concerned with air quality, the amount of lithium batteries used in mobile phones, power tools and now in greater amount in cars is something that is only going to get worse until solid state batteries become more reliable and mainstream, and in balance the environmental impact of using the car im sure, out ways the impact of both the lithium battery and the isopropanol but is somewhat offset by my planted orchard,
I had a Umwelt Diesel golf in 1992 which was believed to be one of the most environmental cars when it was launched, and diesel can also be grown. and i have had alternative Liquid gas powered car afterwards, and i bought a electric zoe for my mother, but as we more forward as a society it is important to address and improve technology, and not revert to the past, otherwise we would be using steam trains and lighting coal fires.