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Anyone else have problems with RainX blades?

Old Jan 21, 2014 | 11:59 AM
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Anyone else have problems with RainX blades?

Is it just me?
I swear these blades suck especially in snow and slush. Anyone else have problems with these?

Seems like they do not form on the ends well, and skip alot when cold. Just streak ice and slush around and makes me feel I would be better without blades at all. lol
Even in rain, they dont seem to be the best and really seem to need to be cleaned alot more to get close to satisfactory results from them.

Any suggestions for better wipers?

I was going to get Icons, but they did not have them at the time and sold me on the rainx.
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:09 PM
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I'm personally not a big fan of RainX. Back in the day when I worked at O'Reilly's I always pushed the Bosch Icon's and my customers never had issues. Wal-Mart sells Bosch Icon's for about $20-$22 a side IIRC.

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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by PM-Performance
Is it just me?
I swear these blades suck especially in snow and slush. Anyone else have problems with these?

Seems like they do not form on the ends well, and skip alot when cold. Just streak ice and slush around and makes me feel I would be better without blades at all. lol
Even in rain, they dont seem to be the best and really seem to need to be cleaned alot more to get close to satisfactory results from them.

Any suggestions for better wipers?

I was going to get Icons, but they did not have them at the time and sold me on the rainx.
I had the Rain X blades and I do not like them. They dont last very long and they are just not that good in most conditions. I switched to the BoSch Icon's and definetly a lot better. Its worth the extra few bucks for them. I think I paid $18 for the passenger side and like $20 or $21 for the Driver side at the closest Walmart. Probably never switching again unless bosch makes something different. PS: Be safe out in the snow today everyone, its coming down pretty good here in NYC.
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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Honestly the RainX really wasnt much cheaper if any at all. Damn, I should have went with my guy and just went somewhere else.
I guess Ill try a pair of these this week.
All this slush and ice we have been getting has been driving me nuts with using all my wiper fluid to clear and getting out and having to manually clear
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 08:28 AM
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I bought some new blades a short while back and the gentleman working at Advance Auto Parts said they have been getting a lot of returns of RainX wipers and not to get them.

He said that was not the case for the Bosch Icons and the Tricos (similar to the Icons, forget the name). All of these blades were about the same price.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 08:43 AM
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I tried RainX and got rid of them around 3 months after buying them. I now use bosch.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 01:26 PM
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Rain X blades suck. Bosch blades are 10x better.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 02:48 PM
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Hmm I'm also not satisfied with rainx, I guess I will try bosch
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 04:37 PM
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RainX blades have been crap, OEM were much better than these.
I am going to try bosch ICONS next time.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 09:47 PM
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I'm not in an Infiniti, but I'm currently using Trico (Onyx, I believe). They seem to do the job pretty well.
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