Wiperblades – How To Be Sure You Get Best Value For Your Money
Wiperblades, as all things come in many different quality levels and price ranges. On top of that they also vary markedly in terms of performance and life.
It should be extremely simple to take an informed decision about Wiperblades if only we could be 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. Unfortunately not every manufacturer is equally efficient or committed to customer value and care.
Some brands provide a guarantee with their Wiperblades, whilst others including the best known and most expensive brands not only don’t offer a guarantee, but audaciously warn you that their Wiperblades will need changing within 6-12 months after purchase.
That’s why it’s useful to try to come up with a formula that allows us to clearly calculate just how much wiperblade life we are getting for our money.
Cheap single edged rubber Wiperblades normally last for about 100,000 to 150,000 cycles (where one cycle is one wipe in each direction. that is one up & one down).
Quality premium branded rubber bladed Wiperblades with a twin or triple edge type blade can often be expected to last about 400,000 to 500,000 cycles, or up to 5 times the life of cheap Wiperblades. Unfortunately they cost up to 7 times more than cheap Wiperblades.
Quality Silicone Screen Wipers with twin-edge blades can often be expected to deliver 1.5 million cycles. That’s up to 15 times more than cheap Wiperblades, eventhough they only cost about 5 times the price.
Compared to premium branded rubber Wiperblades, Silicone Screen Wipers last 3-4 times as long, even though they usually cost MUCH LESS.
This information on its own demonstrates how Silicone Screen Wipers are not only excellent High Performance Windscreen 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 attacked by ultra violet light, ozone, atmospheric pollutants and many cleaning products & chemicals. The combined effect of these influences can utterly ruin a rubber wiperblade in 6 months, even if it hasn’t made a single cycle.
This is often very annoying for low mileage motorists and owners of classic cars which cover quite low annual mileage, and are almost never used in wintry weather.
These unfortunate motorists regularly have to [change|replace|renew[/spin] their Wiperblades in under a year notwithstanding they’ve usually only been operated 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 Screen Wipers.
Silicone Screen Wipers are completely impervious to the attack of ozone, ultra-violet light, solvents, pollution and the like, which all attack rubber Wiperblades. This makes Silicone Screen Wipers excellent value for low mileage motorists 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 Motorists, 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 High Performance Windscreen 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 Motorists