big Wax & Polish Review In Auto Express

[Hat]

50 products across 18 brands tested including:
autoglym
meguiars nxt
mothers
zymol
mer
raindance
simoniz

the test was to treat a section of car bonnet with each product & leave it over 3 weeks exposed to winter conditions, regularly checking for water beading. ease of application was also considered.

& the top 3:

1. turtlewax gloss guard
2. turtlewax platinum car wax
3. turtlewx clearvue

turtle wax products took 6 out of the top 10 places. megs & autoglym never even made the top 10

now i haven't used turtlewax in years & last time we ran a poll on here neither did anyone else. so maybe its time to give it another go?

[KenL]

...or perhaps T.wax are giving Autoexpress a bung allegedly

[Rakey]

awards in magazines are more than often awarded to those companies that place more adverts in the publication

so I think I will still stick with what I know I like

[LagunaSol]

Hmm, I've been doing a lot of research lately on waxes/polishes, and Turtlewax isn't even mentioned in the top "anything" from the articles I read.

I'm going with Klasse AIO and sealant glaze with a coat of P21S carnauba on top. We'll see how well that works...once my car arrives.

[Wren]

I've used Maguire's and Klasse. They are both good products but ZAINO falls on a different category. Zaino products easily beats the competition.

[birdie]

Read in auto express about turtle wax wax it wet and gave it ago not thinking it would be any good but what a surprise was very pleased with the results i have used meguiars etc but this is better wax your car every time you wash and sham-my it.

[Dawn]

My husband swears by Mer , you can use it wet/dry on glass etc etc , and as he is the one who polishes my car i have to agree !! dont i ?

[Averywo]

Im vouching for Zaino, I swear by it...definately blows the competition out of the water... then again you get what you pay for and Zaino is bit on the expensive side :P

[franky]

Used megs for years and glm but turt as moved the goal posts again. TURT ROCKS.

[Hat]

Quote: Originally Posted by franky

Used megs for years and glm but turt as moved the goal posts again. TURT ROCKS.

what have you used & what have the results been like?

[umberto]

really like meguiars NXT

[mark-wiz]

FWIW - I agree totally with AutoExpress - I have used Turtle Wax Gloss Guard for a couple of years and it is superb. I recently tried the Meguirs products - NXT, shampoo and ScratchX - OK , but not a patch on Gloss Guard - snd its a lot cheaper.
I live in a very hard water area and find Turtle Wax shampoo and Gloss Guard are the ideal combination on a Dark Silver MINI Cooper S and a Mystric Blue BMW X3.
Also, I use Car Plan Tyre Slik silicone spray which lasts a long time and keeps the tyres looking like new without a shiny oily effect - NB this also came out top in another AutoExpress consumer report!