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: #35 in Automotive
• Brand: Bosch
• Model: 424A

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

Awesome Wipers
Having installed these wipers a month or so ago, I must admit... I am thoroughly pleased. One important thing to note though - the wipers you should purchase for your vehicle aren't necessarily the same size your vehicle came with.. or the size amazon.com recommends. Search the Bosch site for their product fit guide. The wipers I purchased are a solid 4 inches longer than came standard with my vehicle and couldn't work better. Makes me wonder if some of the negative feedback on these wipers was made by people who didn't purchase the recommended size.

A great product
These came standard on my 2005 VW Jetta - I had never seen these before and thought they funny looking. I'm now sold. They do a great job summer and winter (no need to switch to winter blades here in New England) and last a long time. More expensive, but worth it in my opinion. They also installed easily on my other car which had conventional blades.

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."