Drivers Be Aware Your Wiper Blades Might Well Be Breaking Down Even During This Very Dry First Quarter Of The Year
We have had a very dry spring, as a result, drivers are not using their windscreen wipers. This means they don’t notice the fact that, unless they are using silicone wiper blades, their windscreen wipers are being attacked all the time. Rubber windscreen wipers are attacked by the naturally occurring ozone and ultra violet light in our daily environment. In addition, if you use a winter screen wash, the additives which stop the screen-wash from freezing may also cause your rubber windscreen wipers to deteriorate. Other pollutants also harm natural rubber windscreen wipers, further accelerating their degradation, even if they are not being used!
All that means that, when the wet weather finally gets here, you mayfind that those new windscreen wipers you got last year will already be worn out, even though you have hardly used them. This can not only give you an unwelcome shock when you finally need to use your windscreen wipers, but it can also be specially annoying, especially if you have paid a premium price for any of the leading wiper blade brands.
However, Silicone Wiper Blades have 2 serious advantages over rubber windscreen wipers in terms of life expectancy:-
1) Silicone Wiper Blades won’t deteriorate when they are not in operation, because they are impervious to attack by ozone, ultra violet light, the chemicals used in screen-wash and atmospheric pollution. Have you never noticed how your rubber windscreen wipers have become stuck to the windshield after being parked in the sun?
2) A 100% silicone wiper blade is much more durable in use than a rubber one. The usual life expectancy of a silicone wiper blade is around 1.5 million cycles. That’s about 3 times the life of even the best rubber windscreen wipers.
Finally, Silicone Wiper Blades give serious performance benefits over rubber ones. They can handle extreme temperatures, of both hot and cold. The silicone blade remains malleable right down to -60°C, and can also handle the sweltering sunshine of the desert. Therefore, they won’t become rigid or crack in even the harshest UK winter, or on your alpine ski holiday. In addition, they do not melt or stick to your windscreen, even if you leave your vehicle in sweltering sunshine for a few of weeks.
You can now even buy Silicone Flat Wiper Blades as well as the traditional metal framed ones. And the additional good news is that the best ones don’t only come with a guarantee, but they are priced about the same as a set of quality rubber windscreen wipers from one of the well known manufacturers.
