Wiper Blades

[jeff618]

Originally Posted by RedHatch08

Maybe I'm crazy, but I tried the frameless blades on a previous car, and I HATED them.

They managed to both suck and blow simultaneously.

I know they are sort of the "new technology" in wiper blades, and they seem like a good idea, but they're terrible in my experience.

Without the frame putting pressure on to the blade, I found them way more prone to streaking and awful in winter for any kind of ice and/or snow.

Maybe it was just a bad experience on my part, but I no longer want anything to do with those frameless blades.

I'm thinking you may have bought them early on and bought stiffer ones. I have absolutely no problems with the Trico NeoForms making contact. I have read reports about certain brands being too stiff, one of which is distributed by Walmart -the wiper arms simply didn't have enough down-force to flatten them up enough. I have no problems like that. At any rate - don't throw the baby out with the bathwater on this one they're awesome.

PS: Living in Wisconsin, they REALLY out-perform the framed old school wipers in snow and ice...probably by 1000%. They don't ice up as much and the ice comes off with one or two snaps if they do.