Silicone Wipers Make Most Sense For Recession Hit Drivers – Save Money & Increase Safety & Performance

It’s official. We’re in a downturn, and even the government has finally admitted it. Drivers are using their cars less and less as they are squeezed from all directions by Rising Fuel Prices, the Credit Crunch and Rising Food Prices. Additionally they feel much less secure in their jobs, so they’re also keen reduce costs wherever they are able.

Of course Windscreen Wipers aren’t a big item in any driver’s budget, but that’s why so many Drivers don’t pay attention when replacing them. They then often get ripped off by spending over the odds for poor quality Windscreen Wipers. Now, being ripped off a little bit once a year for Windscreen Wipers may not count for very much, but when you multiply that by the number of other individually insignificant costs you have with your car, the whole lot together could make quite a useful difference.

Most Vehicle Owners take one of three paths when renewing their Windscreen Wipers:
1) They leave it to the garage to fit whatever they make most profit on;
2) They go out of their way to buy the cheapest;
3) They insist on Premium Branded Windscreen Wipers even though they usually come at a very high cost.

The smart Vehicle Owners know that there are huge differences in windscreen wiper blade quality, and the highest price isn’t always the best performer, nor is the lowest price the best value.

The Cheapest Wiper Blades can be got 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 Windscreen Wipers to last only 150,000 cycles.

Premium Branded Rubber Windscreen Wipers will have top quality rubber blades in a top quality frame. They’ll also have at least double edged blades. These Windscreen Wipers offer a life of up to 500,000 cycles or 3.3 times the life of those cheapest Windscreen Wipers. However, they cost up to £20 each, or ten times more than the cheapest Windscreen Wipers. It can’t be a great to pay 10 times more for only approximately 3½ times the life!

However Silicone Wipers have a life expectancy of approximately 1.5 million cycles, that’s 10 times the life of the cheapest Windscreen Wipers, and 3 times the life of the Premium Global Branded Windscreen Wipers. They can be got for less than £10 each. That’s only 5 times the price of cheap Windscreen Wipers for 10 times the life.

Silicone Wipers compare even better against premium branded Windscreen Wipers. They give three times the life for typically half the cost!

Silicone Wipers also offer significant performance advantages over rubber bladed Windscreen Wipers. They stay flexible down to -60°C, and can resist higher temperatures than you or your car could cope with. In addition, because Silicone Wipers are highly resistant to ozone, ultra violet light, atmospheric pollution and most solvents & cleaning materials, they don’t degrade whilst the car is sitting in the garage or car park. That is an important factor to think about as Drivers use their cars less.

Perversely, as the economy picks up & Drivers start to use their cars more, they’ll also benefit from the increased duty life of Silicone Wipers.

If your want to have the ultimate windscreen wiper, you can even get the new type Flatblade Wipers with silicone blades. Again, they can cost less than the premium branded Windscreen Wipers and offer a much longer life.