Silicone Screen Wipers Make Most Sense For Recession Hit Drivers – Save Money & Increase Safety & Performance
It’s official. We’re in a credit crunch, and even the government has at last admitted it. Car Owners are using their cars less and less as they are squeezed from all directions by Mounting Fuel Prices, the Credit Crunch and Mounting Food Costs. Additionally they feel much less secure in their jobs, so they’re also seeking reduce costs wherever they can.
Of course Wiper Blades are not a significant item in any motoring budget, but that’s why so many Car Owners don’t pay attention when renewing them. They then often get ripped off by paying over the odds for low quality Wiper Blades. Now, being ripped off a little bit once a year for Wiper Blades may not count for very much, but when you multiply that by the number of other individually trivial costs you have with your car, the whole lot together could make quite a large difference.
Most Vehicle Owners follow one of three paths when renewing their Wiper Blades:
1) They leave it to the garage to fit whatever they make most margin on;
2) They go out of their way to buy the cheapest;
3) They insist on Premium Branded Wiper Blades even though they usually come at a very high cost.
The smart Vehicle Owners know that there are enormous differences in car wiper blade quality, and the highest price isn’t always the best performer, nor is the lowest price the best value.
The Cheapest Windscreen Wiper Blades can be found for less than £2, but they’ll often be made from low grade rubber, have cheap joints in the frame, and a single edged blade. You can expect such Wiper Blades to last only 150,000 cycles.
Premium Branded Rubber Wiper Blades will have high quality rubber blades in a high quality frame. They’ll also have at least double edged blades. These Wiper Blades offer a life of up to 500,000 cycles or 3.3 times the life of the cheapest Wiper Blades. However, they cost up to £20 each, or ten times more than the cheapest Wiper Blades. It can’t be a good deal to pay 10 times more for only approximately 3½ times the life!
Moreover Silicone Windscreen Wipers have a life expectancy of approximately 1.5 million cycles, that’s 10 times the life of the cheapest Wiper Blades, and 3 times the life of the Premium Global Branded Wiper Blades. They can be found for less than £10 each. That’s only five times the price of cheap Wiper Blades for 10 times the life.
Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades compare even better against premium branded Wiper Blades. They offer 3 times the life for typically half the cost!
Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades also provide important performance advantages over rubber bladed Wiper Blades. They stay flexible down to -60°C, and can cope with higher temperatures than you or your car could resist. In addition, because Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades are extremely resistant to ozone, ultra violet light, atmospheric pollution and most solvents & cleaning materials, they don’t degrade whilst your car is sitting in the garage or car park. That is an important factor to think about as Car Owners use their cars less.
Perversely, as the economy picks up & Car Owners start to use their cars more, they’ll also benefit from the higher duty life of Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades.
If your want to have the ultimate windscreen wiper, you can even get the new type Flat Wiper Blades with silicone blades. Again, they can cost less than the premium branded Wiper Blades and offer a much longer life.