Short Survey for a Project

1. Does it snow where you live?
Yes.

2. What gender are you?
Male.

3. Do you own/use a vehicle?
No.

4. Should you use this product, how long would you have it on?
If it has to be plugged into the car battery, not very long since I don't like idling engines. If it was something that had to be plugged into an outlet, I'd have no use for it since the outlets that would be a reasonable distance away from the car are in the garage. Frost doesn't form in the garage.

5. Would you consider buying the product described above?
Probably not.

6. If yes, How much would you be willing to pay (including installation costs) Please post which currency you're using too.
-

1. Yes (still haven't passed my first winter so I've yet to experience it here)
2. Male
3. No
4. I would be worried that it would kill my car battery, I also have never experienced frost on windshields =P didn't have a car when I was in canada. Prolly only if I really don't want to waste time scraping off the ice.
5. Maybe, depends how cold and how much snow we got here in Paris
6. idk, 50-70 euros

reading the other comments, the price I'd pay would really depend on the efficiency, ease of use and aesthetics of the product.

It's more along the lines of turning it on when you leave the car and it keeps the ice from forming on the windshield. So when you come back to your car, you just turn it off.

This again goes back to the point Fiel and I both had regarding only needing it when we're not at home and don't have an outlet then...

Why create a product for which the intended use and intersection of requirements do not correlate? :f6:

If you want to win at the project make a new watch that functions as a radio and TV and computer.

Good luck.

The car battery part was something I just wanted to add to see what kind of responses I get. The original design we have doesn't include that since, as you know, it would probably kill the battery far too fast. Though I am looking into what kind of voltage this product might use.

The intended audience is typically for those that live in the apartments or townhouses that do not include underground/covered garages as well as some people that go to work in the city but don't go into the underground parkades (either due to prices or otherwise).

The installation, I'd assume, would sorta be like a wire coming from somewhere on the dashboard or under (all we need is a hole for the wire to go through so probably anywhere that's easy to go through and the wiring would be done by a mechanic so s/he shouldn't make the inside look like crap) which plugs into unit. The unit itself is portable so you can take it off if you're not using it. It can attach itself to windshield via suction cups. The wire will be going through the "firewall" of the car (again, mechanic) and goes into the blockheater at which, the person can charge their car and use the unit at the same time. If the car doesn't have a blockheater, we can add an extension cord for which you can regularly plug into an outlet.

As for the heating and cooling, the intended time of use is from when you turn off the car to when you turn back on the car. I'd assume that if you're using the car, the windshield should be sufficiently be warm enough to keep frost off the windshield so when you turn off the car and use the unit, there's no real period of hot -> cold -> hot.