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I'm happy with IPAA silicon in a country that have 8 month of rain ..
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I use the RainX Latitude on the fronts and love em, I always replace my blades before each winter. For the back I just replace the OEM every other year or so.
Sounds like most of the OEM users are from the south or west. I had to pitch mine, as they can't handle ice at all. One good bout of freezing rain and the rubber gets ripped right out of the frames. So now I use the RainX Latitudes or Trico equivalent on all my vehicles. They seem to last ok for about a year. I figure a new set of wipers every Spring. Often on sale at Autozone or some place like that for 50% off.
I also use RainX washer fluid, which I believe works far better than the regular stuff out there.
I also use RainX washer fluid, which I believe works far better than the regular stuff out there.
x2 on costco, i always stock up when they have them, sometimes they have the buy one get one free, there better then the 100$ so called wiper blades.
Don't forget to clean your windshield and apply a good coat of rainx on it. Most of the time at 40+ mph as long as there isn't a truck or car right in front of me I don't even turn the wipers on. Just let the RainX do it's thing.
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Especially if you use RainX, but it is not really necessary. It has to be a pretty driving storm for me to put them on faster than the slowest intermittent speed.
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I ended going with Tricos all the way around. So far they are like a squeegee. I have used them in mist, snow, sleet and heavy rain already, and they work great. Hopefully they will hold up as well.
that have in my experience...I changed them once a year and do very well in my opinion....but I have said that already. 
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Been using Icons up here in Seattle for the last 3 years. Ive tried a few others, but these seem to be the best for our conditions.
My stock Toyota blades lasted 8 years from the factory. Then I replaced them with stock Toyota blades a less than a year ago and they are trashed. Secret formula to the originals or what?
PIAA Silicon Blades are by far the best. They coat the window with silicon with each wipe, which does the same thing as rain x. I also tried the silblade, wanted to support a local USA company, but they sucked. PIAA Silicon Blades is the only way to go. They last for years!
Agreed on the Silblades. I wanted to love them, but they were garbage. The plastic thing that grabs the wiper arm broke on my last truck for no apparent reason, which I gladly used as an excuse to swap them for a different brand.
I just got some new "scrubblade" blades from Costco (http://www.scrubblade.com/), they have a double edge and are supposedly great. I'll let you guys know how I like them. I think they were about $56 for all 3 blades delivered. If they suck, Costco has a great return policy. I'm just waiting on a new windshield to install them.
x2 on RainX on the windshield, but dont forget to clean your blades. Wax on wax doesnt clear water too well.
I get the Bosch blades at Wally World. Best way to kill your blades is to use them to clear frost/ice.
I get the Bosch blades at Wally World. Best way to kill your blades is to use them to clear frost/ice.
I use the RainX washer fluid along with Bosch blades. Their blades have lots of flex to hug the curve of the winshield.
I clean the blades with a paper towel soaked in rubbing alcohol every couple of months. Just pinch the towel over the rubber and pull it down the edge a few times.
I clean the blades with a paper towel soaked in rubbing alcohol every couple of months. Just pinch the towel over the rubber and pull it down the edge a few times.
Aside from application-specific things like environmental conditions, windshield condition, pressure etc., wiper blades performance depends greatly on wiper blade aspects including chemical formulation, production tooling and process control, and finished product "freshness".
It takes a lot of rigor by the blade manufacturer to control blade manufacturing to consistently produce good blades.
For a better OEM like Japanese-located Toyota vehicle assembly plant, the blade manufacturer does a better job because the OEM is watching the blades'quality closely and can reject entire lots if defects are detected. "Freshness" is also closely controlled by FIFO and JIT.
But, for us aftermarket buyers, the blade makers/sellers do a poor job overall of QC, and "freshness" control.
This explains the wide variation in aftermarket blade performance regardless of price, and the inconsistent performance from lot to lot of any particular brand/model of blade. Even the dealer-carried OEM Toyota blades performance is likely to be inferior compared to the blades fitted to vehicle at the factory, because the blades you buy at dealer are not fresh, and the blade mfg has little to no direct feedback from customer and virtually no incentive to maintain high QC standards for retail aftermarket blades as long as defects are "minor".
I'm still looking for the consistently good aftermarket blades. Haven't found them in over 25 years...every purchase is a gamble.
(I had wiper blades responsibility when I worked for major auto assy plant in the '90's, that's where I learned this stuff.)
It takes a lot of rigor by the blade manufacturer to control blade manufacturing to consistently produce good blades.
For a better OEM like Japanese-located Toyota vehicle assembly plant, the blade manufacturer does a better job because the OEM is watching the blades'quality closely and can reject entire lots if defects are detected. "Freshness" is also closely controlled by FIFO and JIT.
But, for us aftermarket buyers, the blade makers/sellers do a poor job overall of QC, and "freshness" control.
This explains the wide variation in aftermarket blade performance regardless of price, and the inconsistent performance from lot to lot of any particular brand/model of blade. Even the dealer-carried OEM Toyota blades performance is likely to be inferior compared to the blades fitted to vehicle at the factory, because the blades you buy at dealer are not fresh, and the blade mfg has little to no direct feedback from customer and virtually no incentive to maintain high QC standards for retail aftermarket blades as long as defects are "minor".
I'm still looking for the consistently good aftermarket blades. Haven't found them in over 25 years...every purchase is a gamble.
(I had wiper blades responsibility when I worked for major auto assy plant in the '90's, that's where I learned this stuff.)
Info people don't know.
There are 2 types of blades (maybe 3 now) from the dealers.
They have inserts (same as the stuff from the factory), the assembly (trash and made in the US or Mexico) and a 3rd blade. If you complain to the dealer they will give you the good stuff (insert). If you go to the dealer and want an OE blade get the insert. They last longer but they are also more expensive.
There are 2 types of blades (maybe 3 now) from the dealers.
They have inserts (same as the stuff from the factory), the assembly (trash and made in the US or Mexico) and a 3rd blade. If you complain to the dealer they will give you the good stuff (insert). If you go to the dealer and want an OE blade get the insert. They last longer but they are also more expensive.
