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 it's the quiet ones that get your attention... October 19, 2007
Rosemary Thornton (Norfolk, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For more than 30 years, I've searched high and low for the perfect wiper blade. Being a little tiny bit obsessive about my car, one of the things I can NOT tolerate is a chattering, noisy, smeary, streaky wiper blade. Driving in the rain is hard enough without feeling like you're trying to look through a wax-paper windshield.
In the past, I'd put new wiper blades on my car two or three times a year and sometimes more, just to make sure I never had to deal with wiper smear or worse, wiper chatter. That sound is like fingernails on a blackboard to me!!
I'd also clean the rubber edge several times between blade changes, to keep the leading edge clean and free from debris and gooey tree gunk and junk. Due to my desire to keep the finest quality blades on the car, I'd only buy authentic Toyota blades for my 2003 Camry and then one day...
An associate at the local Toyota dealer talked me into buying the rubber inserts for the blades, rather than the whole blade assembly. For 20 minutes, I waited and watched as she fiddled around trying desperately to get the inserts into the arm assembly. Two days later (and 10 minutes of use later), while driving in a light rain storm, the whole thing came apart in pieces, scratching my windshield in the process. It was a Sunday afternoon (dealer was closed), so I drove directly to the auto parts store and told them I wanted the most expensive wiper-blade they sold. They took me to the Bosch Icon and said, "these are the best, but they're pricey."
I couldn't be more pleased with the quality and performance of this product. The two blades I bought for Cammie cost less than $50 which isn't THAT much contrasted against the frustration of not being able to see clearly through the windshield when it rains.
April 2008 UPDATE: I am on my second pair of Bosch Icons and I'm saddened to say that I am no longer "raving" about these things. While they're just swell for the first 60 days, they deteriorate quickly after that and become streaky and smeary. When I was buying wiper blades for my daughter's car, I asked the auto parts guy about the Bosch Icon. He replied, "I'm not that impressed with them either. They don't last long."
First time installing wipers myself July 23, 2007
M. Carter (Raleigh, NC USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first time I have ever bought and installed windshield wipers myself, and I must say that it was quite easy. The hardest part was figuring out how to get the old ones off, but that only took a couple minutes to work out.
After twice in a row of getting screwed over by a dealer putting on cheap wipers that rumble and skip across the windshield and actually making visibility worse, I decided that I had had enough. How in the world brand new (cheap) wiper blades can skip across the windshield from the moment they were installed is beyond me.
I've only had these wipers through a couple of rain storms, but so far they work perfectly. Hopefully I will be just as happy with the way these wipers hold up long term.
By the way, I got 1 Bosch 422A for my driver's side and 1 Bosch 422B for my passenger side because that's what the auto zone website said my car needed when I was researching wiper blades.
Rain, Rain - all wiped away July 12, 2007
E. J. Evans (Media, PA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just replaced my original wipers with the ICON 22 inch wiper blades. They are fantastic. They were very easy to install, I was able to do it without my husband. The blades work wonderfully. We just got back from a 1500 mile trip and experienced some torrential downpours. The blades were great in all types of weather from light drizzle to heavy rain. My husband now wants to get them for his car.
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