Product Description

Bosch bracketless wiper blades are designed without brackets or hinges, offering improved design and performance over conventional wiper blades. The award-winning design of Bosch ICON distributes more uniform pressure along the entire length of the blade for ultimate all-season performance that lasts up to 20% longer than other premium wiper blades. The integrated wind spoiler design increases the down force on the wiper blade to prevent lift-off at highway speeds. The bracketless design and enclosed tension springs provide superior wiping performance in all weather conditions. Bosch ICON blades are the best you can buy!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127 in Automotive
• Brand: Bosch
• Model: 422A

Features

• Dual precision-tensioned steel springs help create tension memory, applying uniform pressure along the entire blade length
• Aerodynamic wind spoiler creates downforce, preventing blade lift-off
• Exclusive FX dual-rubber-technology flex element resists ozone damage and hardening
• Exclusive weather shield connector system is pre-installed to protect arm connection from snow/ice build-up
• Smooth, quiet operation with 20% longer performance life vs. other premium wiper blades

Customer Reviews

Where the rubber meets the road...
For more than 30 years, I've searched high and low for the perfect wiper blade. Being a little tiny bit obsessive about my car, one of the things I can NOT tolerate is a chattering, noisy, smeary, streaky wiper blade. Driving in the rain is hard enough without feeling like you're trying to look through a wax-paper windshield.

In the past, I'd put new wiper blades on my car two or three times a year and sometimes more, just to make sure I never had to deal with wiper smear or worse, wiper chatter. That sound is like fingernails on a blackboard to me!!

I'd also clean the rubber edge several times between blade changes, to keep the leading edge clean and free from debris and gooey tree gunk and junk. Due to my desire to keep the finest quality blades on the car, I'd only buy authentic Toyota blades for my 2003 Camry and then one day...

An associate at the local Toyota dealer talked me into buying the rubber inserts for the blades, rather than the whole blade assembly. For 20 minutes, I waited and watched as she fiddled around trying desperately to get the inserts into the arm assembly. Two days later (and 10 minutes of use later), while driving in a light rain storm, the whole thing came apart in pieces, scratching my windshield in the process. It was a Sunday afternoon (dealer was closed), so I drove directly to the auto parts store and told them I wanted the most expensive wiper-blade they sold. They took me to the Bosch Icon and said, "these are the best, but they're pricey."

I couldn't be more pleased with the quality and performance of this product. The two blades I bought for Cammie cost less than $50 which isn't THAT much contrasted against the frustration of not being able to see clearly through the windshield when it rains.

April 2008 UPDATE: I am on my second pair of Bosch Icons and I'm saddened to say that I am no longer "raving" about these things. While they're just swell for the first 60 days, they deteriorate quickly after that and become streaky and smeary. When I was buying wiper blades for my daughter's car, I asked the auto parts guy about the Bosch Icon. He replied, "I'm not that impressed with them either. They don't last long."

The Best Wiper Blade available
I know, who thinks of looking for anything special when replacing your wiper blades. Get the cheapest ones from the auto parts store and forget about it, right? Well, if you have to deal with even the smallest amount of ice or snow, these blades are incredible. They wipe clean and smooth every time and never clog up with ice or snow. They sit low and tight on your windshield and don't skip or chatter at highway (or higher) speeds. While $20 bucks each may seem like a lot, consider your safety in bad weather and how effectively these blades clean your windshield, and you'll thank yourself every time. Buy them through amazon as they're the best deal around. Every auto parts store that had them wanted almost twice the price.

Glad that I Waited to Review
At first I was VERY pleased with the 4 blades that I purchased last April. Now in October I am not so pleased. Initially, the blades did a great job with not squeeks. My van is garaged, but after several months the blades started to streak - stil no squeek. Now the driver's side blade is leaving a BIG streak - right at eye level. I thought that there was dirt on the blade, but I removed it and with a magnifying glass, there is a minute chunk of rubber out of the blade. I just switched the bad blade to the passenger side. Now I will go to the local parts store and buy new ANNCO Blades for 1/2 the cost. I can change the blades twice as often for less than what I paid for the Bosch - I just hope the squeek does not return. My bottom line - For a few months the Bosch blades are great- but after that it's all downhill. Once again - I am glad that I waited to review this product.