I need wiper blades for my truck. The OEM Ford Motorcraft were pretty good, but not spectacular, the Anco gold I replaced them with were awful.

I'm thinking of Rain-X blades, but they make a wide variety of quality levels, and I'm not sure of the pros and cons of each.

What suggestions do you folks have for this most serious problem.

Rainy season is coming, and a fix is immanent.

Bosch ICON have been the best that I have used, when comparing to the other high-end beam style blades. Online reviews are always favorable.

Bosch Icon
My Explorer is near needing a set for the front & have a tear in the rear wiper. Shame WalMart doesn't carry them anymore, was definitely convenient.

Go over to Costco, Michelin wiper blades, work great, excellent quality and $7.99 a blade, half the cost of any of the others at the auto parts store.

Just got a set for the F150, if you have a Costco membership these are the best deal for the buck around. Sams probably has a similar deal.

Plus you can get a $1.50 hot dog with drink.

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Bosch ICON

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Originally posted by HRK:
Go over to Costco, Michelin wiper blades, work great, excellent quality and $7.99 a blade, half the cost of any of the others at the auto parts store.

Just got a set for the F150, if you have a Costco membership these are the best deal for the buck around. Sams probably has a similar deal.

Plus you can get a $1.50 hot dog with drink.

Was just at Costco yesterday, saw the wipers on the end cap, need to look up the models I need. Doubting they have the rear mini-wiper, but worth a look.

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Doubting they have the rear mini-wiper, but worth a look.

I buy my rear wipers off Amazon, some kind of off brand and they work pretty well. I figure they aren't getting used quite as much as the fronts.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Doubting they have the rear mini-wiper, but worth a look.

I buy my rear wipers off Amazon, some kind of off brand and they work pretty well. I figure they aren't getting used quite as much as the fronts.

On the Explorer [2020+], at least one the front, they seem to be very sensitive to smearing.
I put a new set of OE Ford wipers on it after I bought it & they're starting to smear/streak after about 15 months. The Icon blades I put on our Flex were fantastic for a couple years & were still on it when we traded it in.
Rear is intermittent use, but mine currently has a torn bit right in the center so it leaves a unwiped strip on the glass.

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Bosch Icon

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Bosch Icon for me too. I swap them out yearly. And I clean them during car washes. They accumulate a lot of crap on the blades.

According to Project Farm on youtube, Bosch Icon is a standout and if you are on a budget he says go with AERO.

Just put a set of Bosch on the wife’s vehicle.
Mine just went through their second winter and still work great.
Pricey? YES! Worth it? YES!

I have Bosche Icons on my Tundra. They’ve been on there over a year. They work perfectly. To help with longevity, clean and polish your windshield. By polish, I mean with a glass polish designed for that. Also, I hate noisy wipers. Watch a tutorial on YouTube for how to tweak your wiper arms so they wipe quietly. Makes a world of difference.

Because the heat and UV are the big factors in premature wiper blade aging here in Florida, I buy the blades by price, figuring that they're going to be discarded as soon as they show signs of deterioration.

A little food-grade silicone rubbed on the blades will help prolong the useful life. I use the same stuff on the gasket around the refrigerator door.

The defoamer that I sold with the carpet cleaner products is food-grade silicone. Works just fine to help the rubber preservation. I'll bring you a bottle when I stop at Rancho Artie with the P229; I'm pretty sure that the dude who's buying the business won't mind helping a fellow SIGform member.

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V-Tail beat me to it.


The one thing I have learned living in Florida all these years, no mater how good of a windshield wiper blade I buy they don't last. Between the sun and the summer heat they seam to degrade just as fast weather they were inexpensive ones I bought on Amazon, expensive ones from the auto parts stores or the factory blades.

Since we just bought a new Mazda we will see how long the factory ones last.

I have gotten into a habit of buying inexpensive blades from Amazon and replacing them about three to four times a year.

Bosch Icon and use some RainX on the windshield. Combination of both will help when our rain storms start.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Bosch Icon and use some RainX on the windshield. Combination of both will help when our rain storms start.

Yes, I use the RainX additive that goes in the windshield washer tank, and spray when needed

I drive about 50,000 miles a year. As many have said, Bosch are by far the best. They are not cheap at about 60.00 a set though. I get them to last about 8 months here in the midwest.They are far better than anything else including Rainx blades.

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I have gotten into a habit of buying inexpensive blades from Amazon and replacing them about three to four times a year.

I don't live in the south, but the freeze thaw cycles around here are hard on them too. And most of my vehicles are parked outside. I buy the cheapest ones I can get and replace them about twice a year when they start streaking.

I usually get Bosch Icons as well.

But just yesterday I bought a pair of Bosch Focus, which despite being supposedly the next tier up from Icon, were actually a bit cheaper because they were on sale. They're normally $5-$10 more per wiper than Icons, so I never tried them.

We'll see if the Focus wipers are noticeably better than the tried and true Icon.


I will say that I've also used Rain-X Latitudes several times in the past (the kind without the self-applying repellent), and found then comparable with Bosch Icons.