Windscreen Wiper Blades – How To Make Sure You Get Best Value For Your Money
Wiperblades, as all things come in lots of different quality levels and price ranges. On top of that they also vary markedly in terms of performance and life.
It would be fairly simple to take 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. Sadly not every factory is equally efficient or committed to customer value and care.
Some brands offer a warranty with their Wiperblades, whilst others including the most famous and most expensive brands not only don’t offer a warranty, but audaciously advise you that their Wiperblades will need changing within 6-12 months after installation.
That is why it would be handy 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 normally give around 100,000 to 150,000 cycles (where one cycle is one wipe in each direction. that is one up & one down).
Well known premium branded rubber bladed Wiperblades with a twin or triple edge type blade can confidently 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 Screen Wipers with twin-edge blades can confidently be expected to last 1.5 million cycles. That’s up to 15 times the life of cheap Wiperblades, although they only cost around 5 times the price.
Compared to premium branded rubber Wiperblades, Silicone Screen Wipers last 3-4 times as long, although they actually cost MUCH LESS.
This information alone shows how Silicone Screen Wipers are not only excellent Performance Wiper Blades, but also are by far the best value for money. However, the balance further tips in favour of Silicone Screen Wipers when we take into account the fact that rubber Wiperblades are degraded by ultra violet light, ozone, atmospheric pollutants and many cleaning products & chemicals. The combined effect of these influences can utterly destroy a rubber wiperblade in six months, even if it hasn’t done a single cycle.
This can be very annoying for low mileage drivers and owners of classic cars which do exceptionally low annual mileage, and are almost never used in winter weather.
These unfortunate drivers regularly have to [change|replace|renew[/spin] their Wiperblades in under a year notwithstanding they’ve often only been used for several hundred cycles. In this situation even the very cheapest rubber Wiperblades end up costing many times more perwipe. than even the most expensive Silicone Screen Wipers.
Silicone Screen Wipers are completely resistant to the attack of ozone, ultra-violet light, solvents, pollution and the like, which all attack rubber Wiperblades. This makes Silicone Screen Wipers top value for low mileage drivers and owners of classic cars.
As a result of their much longer rated life (in terms of cycles), Silicone Screen Wipers are also best value for High Mileage Drivers, typically, you’ll need 7 to 15 pairs of rubber Wiperblades to last as long as one pair of Silicone Screen Wipers.
Silicone Wiperblades 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