How a vehicle molecular de-icer works

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ธ.ค. 2023
  • These things are all over the usual online selling platforms at the moment, so I thought I'd buy some and explore their mechanism of operation.
    It turns out that their mechanism basically involves deception and fraud, so these products are perfectly suited to selling platforms like eBay, Temu, Wish and AliExpress who facilitate the sale of such things.
    In reality, the rogue sellers have reimagined just about every dashboard mounting device as the new "molecular microwave de-icer" to cash in on the non technically inclined who are desperate to avoid scraping ice off their windscreens in the morning.
    These units do definitely have a molecular effect though. Mainly in the form of emitting chemical aroma molecules that may or may not be nice to breathe.
    I'd guess that anyone trying to complain about these to the sellers will be fobbed off with delay tactics and a 50% refund offer as a last resort.
    If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
    This also keeps the channel independent of TH-cam's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
    #ElectronicsCreators
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  • @Quick_Fix
    @Quick_Fix 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2074

    I think you're just using them wrong. You should actually fill them with ethanol and set them alight overnight: that will keep your windscreen defrosted permanently.

    • @nicolassales8679
      @nicolassales8679 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

      Just buy an electric car, they seem to set themselves alight!

    • @florianlucs7229
      @florianlucs7229 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

      just pour ethanol on your seat the night before. keeps ice from forming, makes the drive next morning way more entertaining and keeps you warm, especially if you are a smoker.

    • @railgap
      @railgap 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      he'snotwrongbut

    • @pizzablender
      @pizzablender 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@florianlucs7229 What's wrong with gasoline? Cars are supposed to run on gasoline (not gasonline, which would be interesting).

    • @Bigrignohio
      @Bigrignohio 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@nicolassales8679 There are a lot of EVs in my area. Have yet to see a single fire related to one. But every week there is a new burned spot on the local highway from one of the old (or illegally modified, lots of low riders) gas vehicles burning.

  • @tahustvedt
    @tahustvedt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +772

    Brilliant. Solar panes inside a snow covered car during the season of the year with the least amount of sun.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      But they're supposed to fix that themselves!

    • @5GTrevor
      @5GTrevor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      you put it in there before the snow builds up

    • @guyh3403
      @guyh3403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      There's a sun built into them. Everyone knows that.

    • @galdavonalgerri2101
      @galdavonalgerri2101 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      It does not matter.
      The solar energy from the previous day is stored in the flux capacitor (1.21 gigawatts) and activated at night when snow falls.

    • @jeffscott3186
      @jeffscott3186 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It has superly duperly madonistic wave inferogammerty inferometering slamboroshious goofelling technoflagella inside.

  • @oscar_charlie
    @oscar_charlie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +359

    There is a device that will do that, and a bit of forraging in the Russian (or ex-USSR) arctic and remote areas might yield one for you. They generate a lot of free heat for a long time and will absolutely keep your car frost-free, but might have some health and border crossing implications, since they're Radioisotope Thermal Generators.

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      They make good gifts too.

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@CarrotConsumer Gifts from the sky, to be shared with the whole community.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      Those very "collectable" nuclear generators.

    • @adamrak7560
      @adamrak7560 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bigclivedotcomthe trick is that you have to be quick on your feet when you install it, or put it back to its lead barrel.

    • @jonc4403
      @jonc4403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Just pick up a Ford Nucleon, no need (or ability) to shut off the engine, so your car is warm all the time.

  • @hugegamer5988
    @hugegamer5988 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +361

    I haven’t seen a misprint that good since my original super soaker had “pump rapidly between shats” printed on it.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I've recently been going through job applications and somebody's covering letter explained how they wanted to join our "highly repudiated" organization. I guess they meant "highly reputable"...

    • @troy3456789
      @troy3456789 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@beeble2003guess that was a red flag

    • @MrDuncl
      @MrDuncl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      The property section of the local newspaper once had an advert for "A porpoise built flat" !

    • @gilesey9746
      @gilesey9746 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      My favourite was a pack of low tar cigarettes a friend brought back from China that said something like 'our new low tar cigarettes will kill you more slowly than our regular brand'.

    • @deltab9768
      @deltab9768 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@gilesey9746truthful, to the point advertisement!

  • @TC_here
    @TC_here 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1092

    If only they would combine this with a Fuel Saver device.

    • @railgap
      @railgap 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      They keep trying, but they keep exploding.

    • @hop-skip-ouch8798
      @hop-skip-ouch8798 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Too powerful. It starts to break the laws of thermodynamics.

    • @mailleweaver
      @mailleweaver 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Genius. They just need a bigger solar panel. Then they can, "use the power of solar to facilitate easy engine usage by calm driver to improve fuel efficiency," or some such half-english nonsense.

    • @macmcleod1188
      @macmcleod1188 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      They should use the device that lets you use water as fuel.

    • @burprobrox9134
      @burprobrox9134 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Then we’d really be living

  • @DairyAir
    @DairyAir 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +762

    DUDE!!! I would TOTALLY buy a “chainsaw and sawdust” scented air freshener!!!

    • @Oligodendrocyte139
      @Oligodendrocyte139 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I believe there’s a small business in Texas that sells them. TCM Inc.

    • @nobody8717
      @nobody8717 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      i actually like the sulphurous methane smell from some oil rigs.

    • @Kevin75668
      @Kevin75668 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Fresh cut red oak with undertones of 91 octane and low ash two stroke oil? Smells like heaven.

    • @Onio_Saiyan
      @Onio_Saiyan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Fresh cut grass, fresh air post-rain, foggy morning ocean breeze, and freshly sawcut wood. Some of the best smells ever. Oh! And construction site. Love it

    • @tomp5377
      @tomp5377 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I came in here to say the same! What about a sawdust, moist earth, and diesel option! Do we need a slogan to market these?

  • @magma2050
    @magma2050 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    The green hoop one has additional functionality: If you activate the chevrons on it, you can open a wormhole to the planet Abydos.

    • @134StormShadow
      @134StormShadow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      But the spinny shiny thing makes getting through the gate in one piece a bit risky 😅

    • @janskeet1382
      @janskeet1382 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bring me back the Abydos pizza. The last one made everything pretty and shiny for a few hours. 😜

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As a British driver, this makes perfect sense to me. Driving to my destination via Abydos is still a lot quicker than using the M25... 😉

    • @ketapillar
      @ketapillar 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SHUTUPANDTAKEMYMONEY$$$$$$

  • @nooneyouknow9399
    @nooneyouknow9399 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +248

    The lineup consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzelvanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that sidefumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus o-deltoid type placed in panendermic semiboloid slots of the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the ‘up’ end of the grammeters. Moreover, whenever fluorescence score motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.

    • @oscar_charlie
      @oscar_charlie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      The problem is you need a prefabulated amulite base plate for this to couple its resonant energy to. These cheap knockoffs replaced it with plastic, reducing the energy transfer by 99.(9)%.

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😁, 🙃

    • @keithsquawk
      @keithsquawk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@oscar_charlie There's an alternative one to the amulite base. It uses a crystal to handle the resonant energy.
      Also helps to tune your chakras as well as shielding from 5G.

    • @Koowluh
      @Koowluh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@oscar_charlieNot to mention that if the velocity factor is off by only 0.1%, which happens a lot shipping them in anything other than isofrabric paper, the device looks like a nice toy, but doesn't actually do anything anymore.
      Always request for isofabric shipping materials people!

    • @simonilett998
      @simonilett998 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's a Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Plymouth, Fiat, Mercedes, Mopar thing.
      Those owners will believe anything they're told...and they still keep buying them even when everyone else knows they're junk😁👍

  • @yappyfox
    @yappyfox 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    I really want deforestation scent. "Sawdust and 2 stroke fuel". Love it :)

    • @NiHaoMike64
      @NiHaoMike64 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most likely just the smell of a forest fire, lots of forest in Brazil intentionally burned down to support the factory farming scam.

    • @cooperlee-clay9134
      @cooperlee-clay9134 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They should also add burning leaves!

  • @wimwiddershins
    @wimwiddershins 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +303

    That Doctorate of Metaphysics is paying off with all the jargon n such.
    PS these totally work here in Australia on 35 degree day, not a bit of snow on the car at all!😜

    • @n1jrm
      @n1jrm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      they work even better on a summer day......

    • @aaronmdjones
      @aaronmdjones 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@n1jrm It is summer in Australia right now; that's the joke. Southern hemisphere.

    • @sumduma55
      @sumduma55 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​​@@aaronmdjoneslol.
      35 degrees in America is 3 degrees above freezing in Fahrenheit. Plenty of opertunity for snow.
      I had to do a double take on the comment to notice the location. You/the op was actually referencing 95 degrees Fahrenheit to those from the US - where it is snowing in places.

    • @rexsceleratorum1632
      @rexsceleratorum1632 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@n1jrm They work fine here in India in winter as well. About 32 degrees today and a low of 23 degrees expected tonight. The car has some meltwater on it in the morning, nothing more. In fact, it prevents ice in the whole area around the house.

    • @nimoy007
      @nimoy007 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@aaronmdjones The season it is currently doesn't matter. They literally gave the temp in C.

  • @PhilBoswell
    @PhilBoswell 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    My favourite bit of the whole thing is that "deforestation" isn't the aroma, it's the SIZE o.O

  • @g.h.190
    @g.h.190 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    I like how you not only get an ice free car, you also get another car.

    • @jonc4403
      @jonc4403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Difficulty: Car sold separately

  • @skygh
    @skygh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I got one of those to keep elephants away and it has worked flawlessly so far

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😁

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just pretend to be a mouse.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just don't get stuck behind a circus on a small road . (This is a movie reference).

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh, I don't know. They paint the soles of their feet yellow and hide upside down in custard. If you've never seen it, it's probably because it's a great disguise.

    • @maszkalman3676
      @maszkalman3676 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah it also keeps aliens away so far no alien ships could disable my car when i drove at nights 🤣😆🤣😆

  • @sirp0p0
    @sirp0p0 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I just saw these on aliexpress and the seller has a graphic breakdown of the internals, and it literally spilled the beans that it's just a fan.

  • @biscuit715
    @biscuit715 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I love the rephrasing of "heating" as molecular vibration to make it sound different and fancy.

  • @eaglevision993
    @eaglevision993 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    The BEST de-icer I ever had was in an old Lincoln Continental. It had a copper laced windshield and had a very intricate system: Once the de-ice button was presses, the alternator switched from 12 to around 100-120V and running the engine off of the battery for the time it was on. The de-icing circuit was very complicated (for the time), and, if I remember it right with somehow using the copper layer on the glass to direct HF modulated current over the windshield. It thawed ice in SECONDS, I am not kidding you.
    I still have the original shop manual for this car and there are MANY warnings what can harm you when you service the de-icing circuit.

    • @jbutler8585
      @jbutler8585 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      That sounds like it would be one windshield sticker away from starting a fire.

    • @spacewater7
      @spacewater7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The cars from the 80s had a similar thing, copper colored painted circuits on all the back windows. I miss those things. Wonder why nobody ever figured out how to make one that's practically invisible, or one that sticks on like window tint film? It's beyond doable, and would be infinitely more efficient than all that ductwork wandering around under, through and around the dashboard and doors. A million times more so with electric and hybrid vehicles too, and more reliable on top.

    • @mike289homebuilt5
      @mike289homebuilt5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@spacewater7, windshield heater seems like it would be ideal in the worst icy conditions. I have dreamed up most of the possible heater defrosters and most have some sort of drawback engineering is compromise. In the old days they had kerosene heaters and engine block heaters. In siberia saw landrover with special heater- cooling system but still couldnt beat the ice

    • @imnotamechanic3491
      @imnotamechanic3491 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@spacewater7 They did work it out, it has been in Ford's (and other makes) windscreens for years (Lincoln being a Ford brand, thats what OP is talking about). I have a 20yr old Renault and the top model had this. The problem with it is that it can only be used once you get in the car, it also doesn't warm up the cabin, so the ducting is still needed, and its expensive, so they usually use the old copper paint on the back window and nothing on the sides.
      I am not sure why the system would switch to a higher voltage, as that would surely give less current than simply blasting 12v through it, which is going to lead to a higher resistance, unless it was required for the thin wires (but I know that on my car model its just 12v, as you can hook it up if you get a heated screen fitted to one that didn't have it from factory).

    • @Voyajer.
      @Voyajer. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@spacewater7 There are nearly invisible heaters now. I was in a range rover evoque from ~2014 recently and it had heating element lines throughout the whole front windscreen that you couldn't really see unless you leaned very close to it.

  • @pluribus_unum
    @pluribus_unum 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    This level of product quality used to take a $2.99 check or money order and 6-8 weeks to arrive when they were advertised on the back of comic books.
    Everything old is new again.

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And arrived in plain brown paper packaging! 😉

    • @pluribus_unum
      @pluribus_unum 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theoztreecrasher2647 - Those were the ads on the back of other magazine format publications.
      Or, I've heard that anyway.

  • @fazergazer
    @fazergazer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +252

    My friend’s grandmother was plain-spoken. She said, if you put perfume on without taking a shower first all you do is “sweeten the funk”. Same thing applies to car air fresheners. 😂

    • @n1jrm
      @n1jrm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      🤣😂😅😆🤩🤣

    • @tactileslut
      @tactileslut 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Like the old Lysol ads: "Now it smells of fish and roses!"

    • @ExTechOp
      @ExTechOp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It should be noted that some "fresheners" contain a nasal anesthetic agent which will prevent you from smelling pretty much anything. From the 1980 Straight Dope archives by Cecil Adams: "In the old days the air-freshener folks used to make products in the last category using formaldehyde (or its solid version, paraformaldehyde), which, as you may know, is both poisonous and carcinogenic. In 1976, the Monsanto company came up with a somewhat less murderous nasal anesthetic (the precise formulation of which, needless to say, is secret), which has since been incorporated into some air-fresheners along with the usual masking fragrances."

    • @markiangooley
      @markiangooley 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I used to have a car ozone generator. It sort of reduced odors and added only a faint whiff of ozone.

    • @pixiepianoplayer114
      @pixiepianoplayer114 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      " Sweeten the Funk" is a brilliant album name. Very retro 70s

  • @khaitomretro
    @khaitomretro 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Your voice at around the 30 second mark sounds so sincere that one of the vendors is definately going to steal it for their ads.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Secretly I hope they do.

  • @smilerbob
    @smilerbob 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    I brought one of these and my car has been ice free since purchasing. Mainly because we haven’t had temperatures below 6 degrees since and also I keep my car in a garage overnight
    However, I am disappointed the deforestation scent doesn’t include two stroke fumes 🤣

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That is impressive. The garage does a lot, otherwise, my wind screen can freeze up when it is around 30 and below.

    • @robert.39
      @robert.39 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There might be a misunderstanding happening here with °C and °F ​@@barongerhardt

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Just buy the agent orange scented versions for the true deforestation experience.

    • @thegamerfromjuipiter7545
      @thegamerfromjuipiter7545 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@barongerhardtthey’re probably talking about 6 degrees Celsius, no freezing possible

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Should include sulphuric acid vapor like unfiltered coal power plants .

  • @TomCee53
    @TomCee53 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    Just for fun, I looked up one of these items on eBay and I thought “Oh there’s a report button. I’ll report them for lying to us.” It turns out there’s no report category for misinformation.

    • @turokforever007
      @turokforever007 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The BBC needs one of them buttons

    • @sumduma55
      @sumduma55 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just give the US government some more time. They will eventually demand a censorship button for misinformation there too.

    • @richardsmith4992
      @richardsmith4992 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      All of the ebay "report seller" categories are the same - how is this seller trying to not pay us our cut? They're not in the least bothered about anything else, no matter how fraudulent or dangerous.

    • @FiltyIncognito
      @FiltyIncognito 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Signs of an inimical organization.
      Vote with your money.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richardsmith4992 Report category: Listing practices
      Reason for report: Fraudulent listing activities
      Detailed reason: You suspect that a listing is fraudulent

  • @azrobbins01
    @azrobbins01 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    That first minute was pretty convincing! You could have been a millionaire!

    • @twotone3070
      @twotone3070 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "This time next year Ralph, we'll be millionaires"

  • @malcolmking7926
    @malcolmking7926 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Big Clive - Releasing important public information with a good sence of humour.

    • @niallsommerville9813
      @niallsommerville9813 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Public Information refill bottles are available with the aroma of forest completely removed.

    • @laboulesdebleu8335
      @laboulesdebleu8335 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      missed your opportunity to say "scents of humor", or to spell "sense" correctly; not sure which?

    • @malcolmking7926
      @malcolmking7926 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doh. Ive always had more common scents than common sence. @@laboulesdebleu8335

  • @andrewhall2554
    @andrewhall2554 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Once again you have treated these devices with the sort of analysis and respect that they deserve. Thanks for giving me a good laugh (several, actually).

  • @therealchayd
    @therealchayd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    These have also been marketed as energy saving heating devices, enough to get my mum to buy a pack of them (which I told her to immediately send back!)

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Please tell me she listened to you

    • @sharpfang
      @sharpfang 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      This is actually less of a snake-oil claim than it seems. Stirring the air in your home, making warm air that usually sits uselessly under the ceiling to circulate and provide its warmth to people below. Albeit I have my doubts how much something this small helps.

    • @bcc5701
      @bcc5701 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@sharpfangno way this moved enough air to make any sort of demonstrable effect

    • @sharpfang
      @sharpfang 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@bcc5701 It's not that clear. Very little air movement is needed to make a difference, the convection is very slow and so fighting it isn't hard at all. But first, these things being solar powered won't work indoors, and then - even if you manage to keep them powered - it's really 'on the fence', very little air movement needed but if *that* little is enough?

    • @menacingdonutz
      @menacingdonutz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sharpfangyeah these would be negligible, if you want to move air around get a box fan or a ceiling fan.

  • @sexyredtablet6599
    @sexyredtablet6599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    These are incredible. Not only do they stop ice forming, but the fill the tank or battery if you get the EV version, and empty the ash trays including the crumbs in the corners. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

  • @baz8755
    @baz8755 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    These things are incredibly effective. I recently put one in my severely frosted freezer and went away for the weekend. Upon my return there was not a trace of frost. Coincidentally all my food had defrosted and the RCD on the fuse box had tripped but I put that down to an EMP produced by the immense power of this device 😂
    I am thinking of putting one in the garden this winter to turn cold and frosty winter days into a tropical oasis

  • @alexlail7481
    @alexlail7481 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For a minute there i thought you were going to say some misguided soul was marketing an unshielded hack of a magnetron that emitted microwaves 360° to defrost the windows and 'warm' the passengers and i was all ready to be appalled by the concept and throughly impressed by the small amount of energy needed...😂

  • @Sonny_McMacsson
    @Sonny_McMacsson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I had a sudden flashback when I saw the deforestation device about those solid gel air fresheners in the 1970s that had an adjustable top to expose the gel to the preferred amount.

    • @williamroberts5716
      @williamroberts5716 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The old conical air fresheners make great trumpet mutes. They changed the shape and they don't work well now.

    • @johnpekkala6941
      @johnpekkala6941 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I guess that liquid comming with the green deforestation unit contains Agent Orange or some similarly horrific stuff for proper and efficient deforestation/defoliation of any kind of vegetation you might drive by with your car 😄

    • @wills.5762
      @wills.5762 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      70s? You can still get those at Canadian Tire

  • @Pistoletjes
    @Pistoletjes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I just love the smell of deforestation in the morning!

    • @kimvibk9242
      @kimvibk9242 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Is that you, Agent Orange?

    • @Francois_Dupont
      @Francois_Dupont 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i actually worked as a lumberjack? type of job for years, everytime i smell 2stroke i get flashbacks.

  • @Retnaburn
    @Retnaburn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The way you decribed them got me excited. I thought some new tech was invented. I'd never buy these off the shelf, but if they were demonstrated to work in a video like this, I'd give it a go.

  • @wtmayhew
    @wtmayhew 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I had an Oldsmobile with a leaky trunk seal and stuff started to grow in there, not quite to the point of needing deforestation though.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If the growth was that advanced, are you sure it wasn't a *very* Oldsmobile? 🙃

    • @wtmayhew
      @wtmayhew 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dieseldragon6756 It was a 1972 model which bought in 1982, so in dog years or 1970s car years, it was past middle age. 🙂

  • @jmargarson
    @jmargarson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Some top class technobabble there Clive.

  • @Potts1966
    @Potts1966 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Thanks Clive, I saw these on FaceTube and thought they were obviously a load of rubbish as car de-icers, but I was curious as to what they actually did.

    • @bennylloyd-willner9667
      @bennylloyd-willner9667 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The ads are great, they even de-ice the area around the car in their videos😂

    • @svensvensen8406
      @svensvensen8406 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Allow me to describe (in layman's terms) exactly what they do.. First, close your eyes and tell me what you see. Then repeat three more times. What did you see? Yup, that's what I figured.....NOTHING!

  • @stephengarvin3308
    @stephengarvin3308 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the most delightfully sarcastic introductions to a video I have heard. Fantastic. 😂😂😂

  • @BolcheBric
    @BolcheBric 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very nice Stargate air freshener you have here !
    It's been too long since I've just sat down listening to your "pince sans rire" humour.
    Thank you fellow electronician !

  • @user-zz4to5kq1q
    @user-zz4to5kq1q 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Recommend to use above freezing point.

  • @ghostkhadaji
    @ghostkhadaji 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Glad to see better preference representation with the Oil Rig and Strip Mine scents.

  • @Cooper_42
    @Cooper_42 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The little one with the upside down, rotating cityscape is my favourite, it looks like something from Stargate.

  • @BQQTS
    @BQQTS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I’m so pleased you explained how they don’t work the advertising has been driving me mad for ages 👍

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The green one with the spinning thing almost reminds me of the Stargate.

    • @bigclivedotcom
      @bigclivedotcom  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's really stylish. Shame it spins so fast.

    • @Graham_Shaw
      @Graham_Shaw 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, like a Stargate with Atlantis spinning in the middle😂

    • @PrototypeSpaceMonkey
      @PrototypeSpaceMonkey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It literally is a Stargate. It's got the chevron locks and everything!

  • @paranoiia8
    @paranoiia8 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    1:00 not true! They work perfectly fine.
    I used one this summer in Spain and I had no snow on my car at all 😊
    It worked so well that I actually had some sand on it after I went to a beach 😂

  • @w49660
    @w49660 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I just started seeing ads for these pop up online, and while I knew they were nonsense, I was too lazy to look them up.

  • @DeltaCodex
    @DeltaCodex 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy shit Clive, I got an advert for these a few weeks ago and was seconds away from asking you to cover them before I got distracted and forgot all about it haha. So glad you've done this

  • @Graeme_Lastname
    @Graeme_Lastname 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    I'm amazed by your ability to find interesting little things that I've never heard of. Well done m8. 🙂

    • @bennylloyd-willner9667
      @bennylloyd-willner9667 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Ads for these have popped up on both Facebook and TH-cam for me. Maybe my video watching lets the advert AI think I'm a complete moron😊

    • @Graeme_Lastname
      @Graeme_Lastname 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bennylloyd-willner9667 Ads?

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bennylloyd-willner9667 Nope. You've only reached that level when requests for contributions to the Electoral Fund for "Our Candidate" start to appear! 🙄

    • @Boogie_the_cat
      @Boogie_the_cat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These are everywhere. I use ad block and I've still been exposed to these.
      Clive has interesting stuff for sure, but it's hard to not be exposed to this particular scam. No digging was required.

  • @keithnewton5508
    @keithnewton5508 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's not just eBay, Temu, Wish and AliExpress. Amazon has piles of these for sale.

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😡 ~ even Amazon - a legitimate online shop, is selling “Chineseum crap” these polished turds with added snake-oil claims

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same difference

  • @scpilgrim9109
    @scpilgrim9109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Sawdust and 2-stroke fuel" is the best description of the smell of deforestation I've ever heard. I've spent some time cutting firewood and that is what it smells like.

  • @richardhemingway6084
    @richardhemingway6084 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad you covered these things. They kept popping up in adverts on FaceBook. I thought, "These things are right up Big Clives street". Where do people think, all this free energy comes from? You never get something for nothing. Especially where consevation of energy comes from and the first law off thermodynamics.

  • @Count_Smackula
    @Count_Smackula 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I think you're supposed to cross-connect them with the flux capacitor to achieve full molecular excitation.

    • @DerMarkus1982
      @DerMarkus1982 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      These things look a *tiny bit* flimsy. Do you really think they'd endure 1.21 Jiggawatts?

  • @StringerNews1
    @StringerNews1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It should work in principle, as long as you maintain an energy level of 374 Kelvins or greater.

    • @GabrieleR95
      @GabrieleR95 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      274 K or greater, unless you want to boil water everywhere in your area...

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@GabrieleR95 Get it warm enough, even rain won't be a problem.

  • @parkour267
    @parkour267 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How serious u were in the first few sentences i really thought that was a hidden gem of an invention for a moment 😂 i thought the one with crystal had to work like a super power

  • @Homerbeeguy
    @Homerbeeguy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, I live in Alaska and it's been snowing quite a bit lately. I was chopping onions and just listening. The first 23.5 seconds of this video were really exciting for me...

  • @gregorythomas333
    @gregorythomas333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Damn...they are getting even worse with the fraud...I thought the 29 million watt hour batteries were bad :)

  • @muratkabilov
    @muratkabilov 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2:37 "eww, that's weird" **smells again** 😂

  • @Sudz3
    @Sudz3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How you kept a straight voice during this introduction is beyond me.

  • @onumaytuu
    @onumaytuu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Clive I am so glad I watch this video . I seen the ads for these de-icers and found the ads to be making grand statements. You solved the issue for me . They are nothing but a toy for you dash board . ❤👍🇨🇦

  • @jmackmcneill
    @jmackmcneill 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I like the Stargate one, but seriously, when you say it came from China, obviously that is the point of origin, but was it perhaps shipped from a UK warehouse? Because I make a point of looking for that when I am buying my junk tools and equipment - same price, but without the 4 week shipping time from Shenzen.

  • @soapflakes
    @soapflakes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Fun fact, most turboencabulators have a molecular defrost setting 😂

    • @Rightnt
      @Rightnt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Needs more Retro Encabulator

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Rightnt The Retro Encabulator has tubes (of course), and the heat from the filaments serve as the defrosting element. It’s an unadvertised and under appreciated feature.

    • @zchats
      @zchats 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just need to redirect the 6 hydro-coptic marzelvains so they're not logarithmically attached to the amplificant lunar wayne shaft. You do end up with some side fumbling though.

    • @Darklor_WCF
      @Darklor_WCF 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I put a Rockwell Retroencabulator in a 1957 Bel Air coupe for this exact reason! Works like a charm!

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Deforestation one plays relaxing sounds of trees being cut with echoing back up alerts of heavy logging equipment. Pine and diesel scent.

  • @ArtemisKitty
    @ArtemisKitty 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am so buying one of those spinny ones and repainting/integrating it into a little cityscape panorama for some of our figurines.
    (Partner and I collect signed ones from Actors/VAs/Artists, and I like building scenes to display them. That little spinning air freshener is going to be the perfect top to a cyberpunk styled city skyscraper. I'll add a nice purple or pink LED.😁)

  • @royharkins7066
    @royharkins7066 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Clive I saw this and thought I WONDER !! I don’t need to now, thanks for busting this one wide open , snake oil included ❤

    • @sumduma55
      @sumduma55 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lol... I immediately thought I wanted a couple of them in the first minute or so of the video.
      Then he continued. I felt a little disappointed.

  • @nomusicrc
    @nomusicrc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I bought one of these last year through your channel but they were marketed as air fresheners mine is a fan blade I think it looks cool in the sun spinning I've never put liquid into it I just like that it spins

  • @monkehbitch
    @monkehbitch 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing! Your opening speech is a perfect way of saying "I'm talking a load o shite!"
    Best few things for frost - Aquapel and a scrub daddy sponge.
    Aquapel treatment for rain repellant works well at stopping adhesion of icey bits, scrub daddy is a non scratch way of removing the ice from the windae!

  • @jamesplotkin4674
    @jamesplotkin4674 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love that fresh-cut lawnmower/gasoline/oil scent. Especially from the era of leaded fuel... huff that aroma ;-)

  • @restorer19
    @restorer19 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    A lot of the prominent fragrance chemicals are fairly good organic solvent when used individually in quantity! (Check out the California fragrance chemical disclosure lists for well-known products with scents you'd recognize... you might find some solvents you recognize in there too)

    • @bouipozz
      @bouipozz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Once I thought I was being clever by taking the sponge block out of a California Scents tin and stuck it inside the vents on my Mazda 3. The solvents broke down the plastic in the vents and turned it to a soft sticky mess, it stayed that way for years.

  • @jennyjansen754
    @jennyjansen754 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The TH-cam algorithm sends me adds for this thing. I suspect because I watch BigClive.

  • @Drmcclung
    @Drmcclung 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "forest decarbonizer" would have been absolutely creme de la creme 🤣

  • @danwood1121
    @danwood1121 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes back for another helping when the VOC smell is new/odd.

  • @jmatya
    @jmatya 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You forgot the trilithium for the antimatter-regulators!

  • @marklatimer7333
    @marklatimer7333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It does pose an interesting question, how much heat, and for how long, to actually keep a car ice/frost free like in the adverts.
    I used to keep a 2kW space heater in my car with an extension lead to the house and switch it on 10 minutes before leaving for work, that worked OK but I don't live in a particularly bad climate so only needed it 3 or 4 times a year.
    Getting 2kW of heat from a hand size device will take some doing.

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wouldn't just starting the engine and feeding a hose from the exhaust in via a window be more energy efficient? Engine warmed up, vehicle de-iced and the interior all warm and fuzzy. 🤔😱🙄

    • @jeremywilliams5107
      @jeremywilliams5107 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@theoztreecrasher2647 been done, been banned for obvious reasons, though I'm thinking you know this..

    • @marklatimer7333
      @marklatimer7333 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theoztreecrasher2647 I believe that works, it certainly worked for a school friend of mine, he never had problems scrapping ice of windows ever again.

    • @drunkenhobo8020
      @drunkenhobo8020 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You'd need a lot less than that to keep it frost free - you'd only need to keep the glass slightly above freezing temperature. You only need 0.84 joules of energy to raise a gram of glass by 1 °C, but 334 joules to melt a gram of ice.
      Unfortunately that's still beyond the capabilities of a small-solar powered air freshener.

    • @tactileslut
      @tactileslut 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd trust a 500 Watt heater left alone for a few hours more than a 2KW heater left alone for ten minutes. You can also do it by laying a blanket on the front and back windows. It's not entirely free: you'll still have to shake off and dry the blanket.

  • @nicksystermann1558
    @nicksystermann1558 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Big Clive is having an absolute field day with Temu.
    I am too.

  • @simonhopkins3867
    @simonhopkins3867 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really want to see you in some big budget science fiction film or TV show. As an engineer or weapons specialist.
    That babble at the beginning was flawless.

  • @MazeFrame
    @MazeFrame 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think the only Deforestation device would be a Daisy Cutter (BLU-82B).

    • @0x73V14
      @0x73V14 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's a canister of agent orange

  • @simoncee9011
    @simoncee9011 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm glad you saved me the effort of getting one. 😂 They looked too good to be true😅

  • @brandonroeder2461
    @brandonroeder2461 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been seeing ads for these "de-icers". I already knew they were bullshit, but wanted to see an actual teardown. Thank you, sir.

  • @dimitar4y
    @dimitar4y 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    +1 for keeping a straight face at the start.

  • @malcolmrich9227
    @malcolmrich9227 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    We should have a law against these sort of things!!

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A law against air fresheners?

    • @stevesether
      @stevesether 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We do. It's just that you have to sue the manufacturer for false advertising, and it's not worth it.

  • @Ranger_Kevin
    @Ranger_Kevin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Man, wouldn't it be cool if it actually worked like that...

    • @katrinabryce
      @katrinabryce 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You need a certain amount of energy to raise the temperature of the ice above 0°C, and it isn't going to come from that.

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it did, I would be willing to pay at least 10 times as much for one.

  • @soutarm
    @soutarm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The triple sniff of "deforestation" amused me maybe more than Clive intended

  • @MissionFailed2
    @MissionFailed2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Damn. The first minute you actually made me think these de-icers are real. I was ready to head out and buy some.

  • @ppjsgmlcm
    @ppjsgmlcm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am so amused with the cr** you can find with a minimun effort. In fact is more difficult to find something useful sometimes.

  • @yuso-cc8884
    @yuso-cc8884 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how well prepared and knowledgeable Clive always is

  • @machosker
    @machosker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for posting this, I've been spammed by Facebook ads for these BS devices. Facebook refuse to pull them for being utter crap.

  • @TheLowerman
    @TheLowerman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Happy Christmas Big Clive!!
    Love you live streams.

  • @Gaspode_
    @Gaspode_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My car hasn’t had any ice/frosting issues since using this device - Happy customer, Dubai, UAE

  • @johnhelt5475
    @johnhelt5475 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:56 Hah! You got me! I was trying to wrap my mind around the physics of such a thing, and could not figure out how it would really work. Thanks for sharing.

  • @user-bp6wk4qe9z
    @user-bp6wk4qe9z 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations Clive, your channel has 1 million followers 🎉

  • @seanrodgers1839
    @seanrodgers1839 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You had me going for a moment there. Thought I missed a new, useful technology. Herek in east central Canada, the freezing rain capital of the world, we could really use some way to keep ours cars from getting encased in ice.

  • @rikmoran3963
    @rikmoran3963 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was laughing so hard at your 'serious' introduction. 🤣😂🤣 Your acting skills are impressive!

  • @chadbertrand1460
    @chadbertrand1460 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:30 Why have I never heard of this fantastic device? I want one! 1:00 Oh...

  • @Gamefreak8112
    @Gamefreak8112 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These here's the scam videos, as I call them, are a public service and have helped me get some stuff returned that people shouldn't have ever purchased. Always know they have helped.
    Thank you, sir

  • @wktodd
    @wktodd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOL '... no saw dust or two-stroke fuel ..." Brilliant Clive :-)))

  • @alastairmcmurray4873
    @alastairmcmurray4873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw the ad for one of these this morning and thought what a load if bull&hit, wonder if Big Clive will dissect one… and here we are 😃

  • @RobCanada
    @RobCanada 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was so excited and was about to buy one on eBay, then I was still listening when you burst my bubble.

  • @alantremonti1381
    @alantremonti1381 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You had me going in the first half.

  • @DomesticWithAnMD
    @DomesticWithAnMD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    45 seconds in, I had to scroll down to see if I stumbled on an old April 1st video with the straight delivery of that intro. 😆

  • @Pocket-Watch
    @Pocket-Watch 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i wondered about these as the adds for them are all over youtube. Thanks for doing this video

  • @kinghrolf3044
    @kinghrolf3044 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your commentary. Keep the videos going 👍 and God bless.

  • @DoctorX17
    @DoctorX17 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ohhh, I love the red one and the one with the cityscape… definitely buying both for my dashboard

  • @NewWhirledSlacker42
    @NewWhirledSlacker42 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video as usual Clive! I especially love the ones that showcase these zhìshāng shuì machines.