Windscreen Wiper Blades – How To Make Sure You Get Value For Your Money

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Windscreen Wiper Blades – How To Make Sure You Get Value For Your Money

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 by www Subscribe To My Feed

Wiperblades, like many things come in many different quality levels and price ranges. Additionally that they also vary markedly in terms of performance and life.

It could be extremely simple to make an informed choice about Wiperblades if only we were sure that the price, performance and life were all inextricably linked so that by paying more, you could be sure of correspondingly longer life and higher performance. Disappointingly not every manufacturer is equally efficient or committed to customer value and care.

Some manufacturers provide a warranty with their Wiperblades, whilst others including the best known and most expensive manufacturers not only don’t offer a warranty, but audaciously warn you that their Wiperblades will require changing within 6-12 months after fitting.

This is why it’s important to try to come up with a formula that allows us to clearly know just how much wiperblade life we are getting for our cash.

Cheap single edged rubber Wiperblades typically give around 100,000 to 150,000 cycles (where a cycle is one wipe in each direction. i.e. one up & one down).

Good quality premium branded rubber bladed Wiperblades with a twin or triple edge type blade can normally be expected to last around 400,000 to 500,000 cycles, or up to 5 times the life of cheap Wiperblades. Sadly they cost up to 7 times the price of cheap Wiperblades.

Quality Silicone Windscreen Wipers with twin-edge blades can normally be expected to perform 1.5 million cycles. That’s up to 15 times more than cheap Wiperblades, although they only cost around 5 times the price.

Compared to premium branded rubber Wiperblades, Silicone Windscreen Wipers last 3-4 times as long, although they often cost MUCH LESS.

This information alone shows that Silicone Windscreen Wipers are not only excellent High Performance Windscreen Wiper Blades, but also give by far the best value for money. However, the argument further tips in favour of Silicone Windscreen Wipers when we take into account the fact that rubber Wiperblades are attacked by ultra violet light, ozone, atmospheric pollutants and many cleaning products & chemicals. The combined effect of these influences can completely destroy a rubber wiperblade in 6 months, even if it hasn’t made a single cycle.

This is often extremely annoying for low mileage motorists and owners of classic cars which do quite low annual mileage, and are almost never used in inclement conditions.

These unfortunate motorists often have to [change|replace|renew[/spin] their Wiperblades in under a year notwithstanding they’ve normally only been used for several hundred cycles. In this situation even the very cheapest rubber Wiperblades end up costing many times more percycle. than even the dearest Silicone Windscreen Wipers.

Silicone Windscreen Wipers are totally resistant to the attack of ozone, ultra-violet light, solvents, pollution and the like, which all degrade rubber Wiperblades. This makes Silicone Windscreen Wipers top value for low mileage motorists and owners of classic cars.

Because of their much longer rated life (in terms of cycles), Silicone Windscreen Wipers are also top value for High Mileage Motorists, typically, you’ll need 7 to 15 pairs of rubber Wiperblades to last as long as one pair of Silicone Windscreen Wipers.

Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades aren’t just high-priced Performance Wiper Blades for rich Motorsport enthusiasts. They’re great all weather, all round performers, and offer the best value for money for just about all Vehicle Owners

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