Rodent, I just buy whatever blades are available in my local parts store, like Autozone or O'Reilly's.  They seem to work fine for a year or so, depending on use and weather.  Here, wiper blades bake in the sun and dry out, so a year is about all one can expect.  I don't use Rain-X because the two times I have tried, it worked fine for a rain or two, then seemed not to be there any more.  I don't see the point of constantly reapplying it.  I haven't had any trouble with wiper blades working except in heavy, wet snow.  Don't think Rain-X would work for that either, as the problem is that it freezes to the blades.  mcneely

---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Well sure I've used Rain-X a few times and it's been very nice. But this
> area is pretty arid and unless I'm planning on a drive over the Cascades
> in a rainstorm I find applying Rain-X frequently to be a nuisance.
>
> Generally speaking, I get satisfactory performance driving around town
> with a good set of blades, but the ones I have are not that good, thus
> the Subject is what it is.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 10/29/2012 04:04 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> > Unless you love on the desert.  Down here in Phoenix, the Rainex seems to bake off in splotches between our semiannual rain storms.  Tried it a couple times and it really didn't work very well.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
> >
> > On Oct 29, 2012, at 2:48 PM, turbowesty<turbowesty@GMAIL.COM>  wrote:
> >
> >> I'll second that recommendation.
> >> Get good quality blades and add an inch to the driver side.
> >>
> >> And then buy a bottle of Rain-X :-)
> >>
> >> Regards, Peter Kraiker
> >> nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
> >> Toronto, ON, Canada
> >> '82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2012-10-29, at 3:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans<scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> 19 inch on the driver's side, 18 on the passenger's..

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David McNeely