About Blue Star
Blue Star Products, Inc. is a windshield and auto lens repair company based in Hauppauge, New York, on Long Island. Its website describes the business as coming from "the inventor and originator of the Windshield Repair System" and says it has been manufacturing since 1978. The company was founded by Gerald Jacino, who the site says was formerly president and co-owner of Clear Star Products, Inc. and is credited as an original creator and developer of the Clear Star windshield repair systems.
The brand's stated approach is simplicity of design and ease of operation: a repair system that gets a professional-quality result without special training or thick manuals. Its patented design evacuates air from the break cavity so a specially formulated liquid resin can fill it, then bonds the loose glass with UV light to stop the damage from spreading. Blue Star sells to consumers, auto glass professionals, and dealers, and our reviews looked at its do-it-yourself kit, which includes a vacuum cycle that most kits in its class skip.
Brand website: bluestar-products.com
What Blue Star makes
Blue Star's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines that earned places in our roundups are marked with a star:
Do-It-Yourself Windshield Repair Kit
a single-repair kit with an injector, resin pedestal, quick-cure resin, and curing film, designed to cure in sunlight (featured on RevRated)
Auto Lens Repair Kits
red, amber, and clear kits for repairing grid-pattern and plain automotive lenses
MagnaPump Professional Systems
standard and deluxe professional windshield repair systems for businesses handling higher repair volumes
ClearVac Professional Systems
standard and deluxe vacuum-based professional systems, also sold with matching re-supply kits
Professional Re-Supply
replacement resin, parts, and supplies for the professional systems
Why we recognized Blue Star
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our category roundups. Blue Star earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: checked against the specs, fitment data and verified buyer reviews, and judged on merit.
Blue Star products we rated highly
Blue-Star Windshield Repair Kit
In our reviews, the standout feature is the vacuum cycle, which pulls air out of the chip cavity before the resin goes in. That step is standard on professional repair machines, and most consumer kits leave it out. Our review also credits the kit's USA manufacture and a detailed owner review from a 13-year auto glass technician who walked through a full repair with it. It is a single-repair kit that cures in sunlight, so it suits a fresh bullseye, star, or combination break up to about 1.25 inches on a clear day. It is one of our top picks for drivers who want a vacuum-cycle repair without moving up to a larger kit.
Read our Windshield Repair Kits guide →What earned Blue Star the recognition
- Manufacturing windshield repair products since 1978, according to the company, from a facility in Hauppauge, New York.
- Founded by Gerald Jacino, a longtime windshield repair developer who was previously president and co-owner of Clear Star Products, Inc.
- A patented repair design that evacuates air from the break cavity before the resin fills it, the same principle behind professional vacuum systems.
- A product range that covers do-it-yourself kits, auto lens repair, and professional MagnaPump and ClearVac systems with re-supply parts.
- Our reviews of its do-it-yourself kit praised the vacuum cycle and the hands-on trade endorsement from an experienced auto glass technician.