Best Windshield Wiper Blade (AFTER 1 YEAR)? Bosch Icon, Rain-X, PIAA, Trico, Valeo, AERO

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Summary

TLDRO vídeo análiza e compara diversas marcas de limpiaparabrisas que foron expostas a condicións UV durante un ano. A proba inclúe análises de ruído, resistencia e rendemento en choiva simulada a 55 millas por hora. Examínanse catro diferentes tipos de limpiaparabrisas, incluíndo modelos tradicionais e de estilo de viga. Ao final da proba, a marca Bosch Icon mostrou o mellor rendemento en condicións de choiva intensa, mentres que outras marcas como Rain-X e Arrow tamén destacaron por ofrecer un bo equilibrio entre calidade e prezo.

Takeaways

  • 🔍 Comparativa de diferentes marcas de limpiaparabrisas.
  • 💧 Probas de rendemento en choiva simulada.
  • 📅 Un ano de exposición UV para os limpiaparabrisas.
  • 🏆 Bosch Icon gaña en condicións de choiva intensa.
  • 💰 Arrow é unha boa opción de orzamento.
  • 🚗 Probas a 55 millas por hora.
  • 📉 Trico e Vallejo mostran sinais de desgaste.
  • 🔇 Auto Drive ten menos ruído en comparación.
  • 🌧️ Michelin e Rain-X mantiveron bo rendemento.
  • 🔧 Comparativa entre estilos de limpiaparabrisas.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    O teste de limpiaparabrisas mostrará a durabilidade de diferentes marcas expostas a raios UV e a eficacia en diversas condicións climáticas. Empezou cunha comparación do ruído feito por cada marca e a resistencia á exposición ao UV, seguido de probas de rendemento baixo a chuvia simulada a 55 mph. Os tipos de limpiaparabrisas inclúen tradicionais de marcos metálicos e deseños modernos de estilo viga, con varias marcas a ser probadas, entre as que se inclúen Auto Drive, Trico e Vallejo.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:35

    Os resultados indicaron que as marcas como Bosch Icon e Rain-X destacaron en condicións de choiva intensa, con un rendemento notable en comparación coas outras marcas. En condicións de luz a moderada, a diferenza de rendemento dos tipos de limpiaparabrisas non foi tan evidente, pero en choivas fortes, o Bosch Icon superou as expectativas en terms de control da auga limpa, converténdose así na opción recomendada. Outras marcas como Arrow ofreceron unha alternativa orzamento sólida, mentres que Rain-X tamén mostrou un bo rendemento.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • Cal é a mellor marca de limpiaparabrisas segundo a proba?

    A marca Bosch Icon destacou como a mellor en condicións de choiva intensa.

  • Canto custan os limpiaparabrisas Auto Drive?

    Custan 8.94 cada un.

  • Que sucedeu cos limpiaparabrisas Trico tras un ano de exposición?

    Mostraron desgate visible e son menos efectivos que cando eran novos.

  • Cal marca ofrece a mellor relación calidade-prezo?

    Parece que a marca Arrow é a mellor opción de orzamento.

  • Os limpiaparabrisas Rain-X son duradeiros?

    Si, mantiveron un bo rendemento tras a exposición ao UV.

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    it's hard to believe it's been over a
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    year since the last test on windshield
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    wipers
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    over the past year i've had some
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    windshield wipers up on a metal roof
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    getting exposed to uv
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    so let's get the testing underway and
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    see which brand held up the best
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    in the first test we'll compare the
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    amount of noise made by each brand
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    then we'll see how the uv exposed wiper
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    blades hold up at 55 miles per hour
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    using simulated rain finally we'll
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    compare the performance of the wiper
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    blades under heavy rain conditions
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    before we jump into the first test we'll
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    be comparing two types of wiper blades
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    the traditional style of wiper blade has
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    been around for decades and uses a metal
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    frame with a super structure and blade
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    claws
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    the more modern design uses a beam style
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    construction in the last video we tested
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    a couple of hybrid style wiper blades
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    which uses a steel frame and a rubber
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    cover
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    but they didn't perform very well and we
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    won't be testing them again this time
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    at a price of 8.94 per wiper blade is
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    this auto drive brand it claims to be a
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    high performance all season wiper blade
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    the auto drive uses a steel frame and
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    super structure
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    high performance design optimum
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    visibility with pressure points
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    rugged frame technology helps prevent
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    ice and snow buildup the auto drive
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    wiper blade is made in vietnam i
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    purchased two aerodrive wiper blades one
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    year ago
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    this wiper blade has been out in the
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    weather for a full year this wiper blade
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    has not been so let's take a closer look
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    at each one
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    auto drive uses a protective coating on
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    the rubber the coating on the new wiper
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    blade is showing a lot of little cracks
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    the protective coating on the wiper
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    blade that's been experiencing uv
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    exposure for a full year has plenty more
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    cracks and is worn off in some areas
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    there aren't any squeaks with the new
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    auto
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    drive wiper
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    the uv exposed wiper is doing pretty
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    good but there is a slight squeak
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    at 11.93 the second least expensive
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    brand we'll be testing is this trico
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    trichoneoform brand
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    premium protection beam blade it claims
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    to be a premium oe factory replacement
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    exclusive dual point coupler helps
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    eliminate streaking we're going to test
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    that
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    these trico blades are made in mexico
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    here uv exposure has definitely had an
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    impact on the trico blades as you can
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    see they're a lot more faded and we'll
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    take a closer look at them
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    the coating on the new trico wiper blade
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    looks new without visible cracking or
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    peeling
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    the protective coating on the uv exposed
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    tricho blade appears to be wearing away
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    the new and the uv exposed trico wipers
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    are definitely noisier than the auto
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    drive
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    at 12.7 cents per wiper blade the third
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    least expensive brand we'll be testing
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    is made by vallejo
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    it's a 600 series premium wiper blade
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    vallejo claims to be the number one
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    worldwide wiper system manufacturer the
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    vallejo uses a steel frame and
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    superstructure
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    synthetic plus natural plus coating
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    there's no information on the vallejo
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    box indicating where these blades were
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    manufactured the coating on the new
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    vallejo looks very similar to the
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    coating used on the auto drive
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    the uv exposure has definitely caused
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    the coating to break down some
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    the vallejo is definitely noisier than
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    the auto drive
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    the uv exposed vallejo is making about
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    the same amount of noise as a new blade
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    at a price of 16.98 is this aero quality
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    all season rubber wiper blade
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    the arrow uses a beam style construction
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    it claims their durable material offers
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    more thermal resistance and longer
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    performance life specially blended
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    rubber delivers smooth
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    clean streak-free and chatter-free wipe
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    we're going to test that the aero wiper
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    is made in china the coating on the new
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    aero wiper is in great shape without any
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    fractures like the auto drive or the
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    vallejo the coating on the uv exposed
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    blade appears to be breaking down a
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    little
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    there's a slight squeak with the arrow
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    the uv exposed arrow wiper is squeaking
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    even more at a price of 18.94
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    is this bosch icon brand the bosch icon
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    blade will be testing uses a beam style
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    blade the clear max 365
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    is a rubber wiper blade the clearmax 365
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    uses a unique rubber technology this
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    technology combines a soft rubber core
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    with a powder coated shell which
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    protects the wiping edge from ozone
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    deterioration snow sleet rain and road
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    debris for longer life
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    it claims to reduce wiper friction for
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    quieter performance the bosch blades are
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    made in china
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    the uv exposed bosch icon doesn't show
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    any visible deterioration
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    a very small squeak with the bosch icon
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    the uv exposed bosch icon is making
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    about the same amount of noise
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    at a price of 19.47 are these michelin
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    silicone blades
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    durability tested 2 million plus wipes
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    extreme weather performance
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    it claims the last two times longer the
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    michelins are made in vietnam the blade
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    that hasn't been exposed to uv is on top
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    the one that has is on the bottom
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    there's definitely some type of coating
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    that's been used on the wiper blades the
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    uv exposed michelin doesn't show any
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    visible deterioration
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    there's quite a bit more squeaking with
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    the michelin silicone blade compared to
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    some of the other brands
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    at a price of 24.97 is this rainex
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    silicone endura brand
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    two times longer lasting the rain x
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    blade is made in indonesia
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    just like the michelin silicone the
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    rain-x silicone blade held up really
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    well over the past year
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    the rain-x silicone is definitely
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    quieter than the michelin silicone
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    the uv exposed rain x wiper blade seems
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    to be about the same
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    at 26.44 the most expensive brand we'll
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    be testing is made by pia
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    silicone advantage two times longer
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    lasting water repellent silicone barrier
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    long lasting performance quiet and
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    streak free operation
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    made in indonesia the pia and the rain x
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    both appear to have held up about the
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    same over the past year
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    the new and the uv exposed po wipers
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    seem to be making about the same amount
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    of noise as the rain-x
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    to simulate light to moderate rain
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    conditions i put together a rain
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    simulator on my pickup there's a spray
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    nozzle aiming down at the front
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    windshield
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    the plumbing from the spray nozzle runs
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    all the way back to the pickup truck bed
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    where there's a generator a shallow well
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    pump and 150 gallon water tank
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    instead of it raining all the time i can
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    just push a button and start the rain
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    i'll be testing the wipers at 55 miles
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    per hour let's go ahead and test the uv
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    exposed wipers beginning with the auto
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    drive brand which is on the driver's
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    side of the vehicle the auto drive wiper
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    performed well on the sweep to the left
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    but water can be seen spilling over the
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    top of the wiper element on the downward
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    sweep to the right in heavy rain
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    conditions the problem would be even
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    more noticeable
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    the trico performed very well on the
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    sweep to the left as well as the sweep
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    to the right the beam style design
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    definitely helped it perform better than
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    the auto drive on the downward sweep
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    with very little water spilling over the
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    top of the beam
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    tricho is on the left and auto drive is
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    on the right a lot more water is passing
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    over the auto drive wiper while the
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    trico wiper is doing a better job
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    holding the water from passing over the
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    element
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    the vallejo did a great job on the left
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    and right sweep it also experienced less
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    water spilling over the wiper element
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    compared to the auto
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    drive the arrow uses a beam style blade
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    and did a great job on the left and the
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    sweep to the right there was a small
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    amount of water spilling over the blade
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    near the end of the right sweep
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    the posh icon definitely did the best
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    yet while all of the other brands
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    experienced some water spillover on the
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    sweep to the right the bosch icon did a
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    great job managing the water
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    the michelin silicone beam style blade
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    definitely experienced more water
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    spilling over the top of the wiper than
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    the bosch icon
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    it still did a great job
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    the rayneck silicone beam style blade
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    seems to be very well designed
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    it seems to have performed just as well
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    as the bosch icon the michelin is on the
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    left and the rain-x is on the right the
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    rain-x definitely seems to be doing a
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    better job managing the water while the
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    michelin had a little bit more water
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    spill over the wiper blade
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    the ps silicone beam style blade
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    performed very well there was a small
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    amount of water spillover on the sweep
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    to the right very often when i get
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    caught in a heavy downpour
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    traffic comes to a near stop when you're
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    just about stopped rain visibility
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    becomes even more challenging so let's
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    test the wipers using even more water
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    spray while the vehicle is sitting still
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    with heavier simulated rain conditions
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    there's quite a bit of water streaking
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    with the auto drive brand on the sweep
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    to the left and even more on the sweep
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    to the right
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    the trico experienced quite a bit of
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    water streaking on the sweep to the left
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    but a little bit less water streaking on
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    the sweep to the right compared to the
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    auto drive
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    the auto drive is on the left and the
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    trico is on the right there is quite a
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    bit more water streaking with the outer
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    drive in the middle part of the
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    windshield but the trico had quite a bit
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    near the bottom
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    there's quite a bit of streaking on the
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    left sweep there's also quite a bit of
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    streaking on the sweep to the right
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    vallejo is on the left and trika was on
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    the right there was definitely more
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    water streaking with vallejo on the
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    sweep to the left
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    both brands experienced quite a bit of
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    streaking on the right sweep the aero
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    brand definitely did the best so far on
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    the sweep to the left with just one
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    water streak on the sweep to the right
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    there was quite a bit of water streaking
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    but definitely better than the other
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    brands
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    arrows on the left and trico is on the
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    right arrow definitely seems to have
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    done a better job on the sweep to the
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    left
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    there definitely seems to be less water
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    streaking on the sweep to the right with
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    the aero brand as well
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    the bosch icon definitely did the best
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    yet there weren't any water streaks on
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    the sweep to the left the amount of
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    water on the sweep to the right was very
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    minimal compared to the other brands
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    very impressive bosch icon is on the
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    left and arrow is on the right
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    while both brands did a terrific job the
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    bosch icon definitely delivered a
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    cleaner sweep to the left and to the
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    right
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    the michelin wipers did a pretty good
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    job on the sweep to the left with a
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    small amount of water streaking from the
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    top of the wiper
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    the michelin definitely didn't seem to
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    do as well as the bosch icon on the
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    sweep to the right the michelin is on
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    the left and the bosch is on the right
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    both brands did well but the bosch icon
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    definitely did a better job on the sweep
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    to the left and to the right
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    the rainex silicone blade did fairly
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    well but left the streak on the sweep to
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    the left
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    the amount of water left behind on a
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    sweep to the right is definitely more
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    than the amount of water left by the
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    bosch icon
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    rainx is on the left and bosch icon is
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    on the right the bosch icon definitely
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    seems to have done a better job managing
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    the water on both the left as well as
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    the right sweep
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    the performance of the ps silicone
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    wipers looks nearly identical to the
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    performance of the rain-x wipers
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    both experienced a small amount of water
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    streaking on the sweep to the left and
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    several streaks on the sweep to the
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    right the bosch icon definitely seems to
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    have done a better job
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    pia silicone is on the left and bosch
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    icon is on the right the pia silicone is
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    definitely leaving behind more water
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    than the bosch icon so it's bosch icon
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    for the win
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    in light rain conditions at 55 miles per
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    hour the type of wiper blade i used
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    didn't seem to make that much of a
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    difference
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    however in heavy rain conditions under
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    slower speeds it made a huge difference
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    and the bosch icon
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    really stood out i was also very
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    impressed with a couple of other brands
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    the rain x seemed to do very well
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    and if you're looking for a budget brand
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    it's going to be really hard to beat the
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    arrow
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    all the videos in this channel including
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    this one are viewers suggested so i hope
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    you'll take time to give me some more
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    video ideas
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    thanks so much for watching please take
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    care and look forward to next time
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