Yankee Candle Car Jars Versus Car Gels: Which Work Better?
The cardboard Car Jars are the type of car air freshener that most people are familiar with, and they work in the same way as those little cardboard "pine tree" air fresheners that are commonly sold in auto stores and at gas stations. After cutting a small opening in the plastic packaging, you hang the air freshener from your rearview mirror, and you gradually tear off more of the packaging as the scent becomes weaker. It's important to tear the plastic off gradually, or else all the scent will be released very quickly and your Car Jar won't last as long as it should. However, most people don't want plastic packaging hanging from their mirror, so they don't follow these instructions. If you tear all the plastic off at once, your Car Jar will only last about a week, but if you follow the instructions, your cardboard Car Jar should provide car fragrance for about 3 to 4 weeks. Also, I find that the scent gets noticeably less potent toward the end of the life of the Car Jar.
Yankee Candle Car Gels are much simpler by comparison. The scented gel is self-contained in a plastic shell, so with the Car Gels, you just remove the product completely from the packaging and hang it up from your mirror. The gel inside controls how much fragrance is released, so there's no messing with ugly looking plastic packaging. Plus, the actual Car Gel is only about one-third of the size of a Car Jar, so the Yankee Candle Car Gel is much less obtrusive than it's predecessor. The Car Gels easily last for 6-8 weeks, or about twice as long as the Car Jars. Plus, I find that the fragrance stays more consistent for the entire time I have the Car Gel, which is nice.
Overall, the Yankee Candle Car Gels seem to work much better than the older Car Jars, and I will only be purchasing the gel car air fresheners in the future. Yankee Candle Company sells Car Jars for $2.99 and Car Gels for $4.99, and since the gels last longer, I find that it is actually more economical in the long run to go for the gel version. I see lots of people driving around with Car Jars hanging from their mirrors, so I know they are very popular. But if you want a truly superior fragrance experience, spend the extra couple of dollars and choose Yankee Candle Car Gels.
Published by Robert Borden
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14 Comments
Post a CommentI bought the air freshner for my car it melt down my front of my console my change carpment and a nice pair of sunglass I would like to know how to clean it off of everything please help!!!
The Car Gels melt in the hot weather and ruin the plastic in you car. Don't know what else they might ruin. This happened in both my cars. Called the company and they tried to claim I should not have put them on the rear view mirror. What's that got to do with melting? Typical crap from a company rep. Anyway...DON'T USE THEM.
I received the "On the Go Spray"...sprayed in my new 2010 Honda Accord and was left with about 20 plus white dots wherever the mist landed. Yankee advertises this product as one you would use on the inside of a car..boat..or rv...do they not know that it's bleaching the interior of peoples vehicles?
I see that a lot of people have had problems with Yankee Candle ruining the inside of their cars. I have a Yankee Candle spray that I spritzed in my car and it got on my dash and radio display and ruined them both. I am waiting for a response from Yankee Candle...has anyone had any luck with contacting them about these problems ?
Don't buy the jar gel. It did $250 in damage to my Nissan Versa shifter.
I love the car gels! The look a lot nicer than the car jars because they are smaller, and the scent is amazing
I ran across your article about Car Jars. Here is a link to my website. Scentsy offers great Car Candles as well as Travel Tins that are great for your vehicles. The scents last such a long time and come in all 80 scents. Take a look! www.scentsy.com/haleys
Don't put them on or in your vent. The scent is created my oils which can damage you cars interior. That's why it has a string on it. They recently came out with the "Pump n' Go" which you pump 1-3 times depending on how strong you'd like your fragrance. It attatches to your air vent and last about 6 weeks. I'm very impressed with mine.
i agree with "ME" i hung mine from the vent, in my new car also, and in the winter with the heat, it melted my vents.
BEWARE OF CAR JARS!!!! Since it is illegal to hang anything from your rear view mirror in MA I placed mine in a spot that touched my dashboard and everywhere the car jar touched ruined the dashboard. In a car that is barely two years old the covering is wrinkled and peeling in the shape of the air freshener.