Which Windshield Wiper Blade is Best? Let's find out! Michelin, PIAA, Bosch, AC Delco, & Aero

have you ever been caught in a real heavy rainstorm at wishing you had a better set of windshield wipers for vetting we're today we're going to be testing quite a few different brands to see which brand can deliver the best performance we're also going to be looking at the construction of how they're made in what they're made of our silicone wipers really any better than just the traditional rubber wipers so let's get the testing underway in the first test will use a high-speed camera to compare just how well these blades perform in a simulated rain environment we'll also see which blades are the quietest and which ones squeak and clunk will also see how these blades perform in icy conditions we'll take a look at the blade construction and see how it affects performance a quick description of the blade designs Before we jump right into the testing the design it's been around for decades is the traditional steel frame with a superstructure and blade claws then there's a hybrid which uses a steel frame with a plastic cover finally there's the frameless curved blade design these blades use either rubber or silicone elements the goal of this first test is to see just how these blades perform an assimilated medium to heavy rain condition this there's a lot going on in a split second we'll use a high-speed camera to slow things down a bit to ensure a fair test the water spray nozzle is attached to a rubber cone and the wider pressure and spray pattern will remain constant throughout all the testing the least expensive wiper blades we'll be testing are these Auto Drive wiper blades costing only eight dollars and ninety four cents for two of them they're a high performance all-season wiper blade it's pretty rare to find something that's not made in China these are actually made in Vietnam the auto drive really struggled with water management at first look it appears that water is passing under the wiper element after a closer look it appears that the wiper element is working just fine as the water is traveling up the blade water accumulates and finally passes over the blade leaving water streaks [Music] [Music] very affordable at ten dollars and ninety two cents for a pair the Bosch clear advantage is an all weather performance wiper blade it claims this graphite treated wiping edge reduces friction for a quiet and smooth wipe and all seasons these Bosch blades are made in China instead of using a steel frame the Bosch blade uses a plastic beam blade construction boss did a much better job at sweeping and managing the water there is a single streak of water on the sweep to the left at the end of the sweep water is pushed away from the blade fairly well however when the blade begins to return back to the right there is some water that's brought back with the blade compared to the auto drive this is a far better blade and is in large part due to the modern beam design clearly Bosch won the side-by-side comparison [Music] the third least expensive wiper blades we'll be testing are these AC Delco all-season blades costing only 11 dollars and 46 cents for pair these AC Delco blades are made in Mexico the AC Delco blade looks a lot like the auto drive using a steel frame construction the AC Delco did perform better than the auto drive but the steel frame construction caused the same problems it's like the auto drive as water gathers up against the element water splashes over the element leaving water streaks once again boss is a better blame [Music] [Music] [Music] as $16.98 for a pair of blades these arrow blades claim they're made of a durable material that offers more thermal resistance and longer performance life specially blended rubber delivers smooth clean streak-free and chatter free wipe flexible spine design fits the windshield better provide superior windshield contact the arrow in the boss share the same beam frame design it looked nearly identical not surprisingly they performed nearly the same both did extremely well managed the water on the left sweep and had a moderate amount of water brought back with the blade with the sweep to the right [Music] [Music] since this one was too close to call the wind goes to the less expensive blade the boss blade costing only $17.98 are these Guardian Michelin wiper blades that are designed for all season natural rubber with dura glide coating smooth quiet operation made in China the michelin Guardian uses a steel frame construction similar to the auto drive in the ACDelco but also has a flexible plastic cover at first the plastic cover seems to be helping with water management during the sweep to the left but several streaks of water appear just still better than the all steel frame construction unfortunately as the blade returns to the right water that appears to be trapped under the plastic cover begins to get slung across the window [Music] once again the box takes the win costing quite a bit more than the Guardian is this Michelin cyclone premium hybrid costing twenty six dollars and thirty six cents dura flex cover maximum flexibility plus protection from clogging with snow and ice made in China the michelin cyclone appears to be extremely similar to the Guardian both blades use a steel frame construction along with a plastic cover [Music] they both leak considerable streaking of water on the sweep to the left and both appear to accumulate water under the plastic cover which gets slung back onto the window during the sweep to the right [Music] once again the boss takes the win costing $36 and 86 cents for a pair are these PIAA super silicone wiper blades silicone advantaged two times longer-lasting the PIAA blades are made in Japan even though the PIAA uses a steel frame construction the price of the blade can be explained by the use of a silicon element which typically outlast rubber elements [Music] just like the other steel frame blades water can be seen passing over the element during the sweep to the left it actually did fairly well on this weed back to the right but the much less expensive box still outperformed the PIAA [Music] costing thirty eight dollars and ninety four cents the most expensive wiper blades we'll be testing is the Michelin endurance XT silicon beam durability tested for two million plus wipes extreme weather performance stays flexible and resists cracking from minus eighty degrees Fahrenheit all the way up to one hundred and ninety five the Michelin endurance XT uses a frameless beam construction along with a silicon element [Music] there weren't any water streaks during the sweep to the left at the end of this weep it seemed to do fairly well at releasing the water to sweep to the right only had a small amount of water sling compared to the competition the Mitchell endurance XT definitely did a better job than the Bosch [Music] [Music] costing $30 and 54 cents the rain-x latitude is the third most expensive wiper blades we'll be testing these wiper blades treats windshield with a water repelling coding these rain-x blades are made in korea for optimal water repellency results ensure windshield is clean and dry turn on the wiper blades and wipe dry at the medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes spray washer fluid briefly and water repellency is activated the rain-x also uses a frameless beam construction but also has a rubber element not a silicone one like the Michelin endurance XT the last way for blades for testing are these rain-x wiper blades since they leave a film on the window then run these wiper blades dry for 2 minutes for the instructions and they'll begin testing according the instructions we'll use some wind should wash your food when we're done running these for 2 minutes and then it should activate the rain-x so is the rain-x as good as the Michelin endurance XT during the sweep to the left there are a couple of water streaks which is better than the steel frame blades and the coverage steel blades but not as good as the Michelin endurance XT silicon blade it did seem to do a great job just like the Michelin XT did at the end of the sweep releasing the water an equally good job on the sweep to the right so the wind definitely goes to the Michelin endurance XT silicone blade [Music] up next we'll compare how these blades perform when they're not frozen as well as when there's ice formation on each of the blades the auto drive has a lot of flexibility but unfortunately with all this ice on it definitely not good this is going to be a problem in winter weather conditions this is the bosch blade very flexible when it's not frozen this one has been exposed to the same amount of moisture content as the rest the blades okay there was some resistance there but as you can see the ice quickly broke away from the blade and it's very flexible ACDelco very good flexibility when not frozen and the frozen ones not doing very well obviously ice is gonna be a problem on a metal frame construction the michelin blades are both the same construction with the metal on the inside let's see how this performs definitely better than the all metal construction but it's still not in the proper shape that it belongs in in order to do an effective job see how much force this takes actually that didn't take much force at all pretty impressed a lot easier than the metal frame construction when dealing with winter weather conditions obviously if there's going to be ice on the actual element but with that being said the frame itself is flexible the michelin Durance xt silicone blades definitely seem like the best overall blades but they come at a very expensive price at nearly $20 each rain-x latitude came in second boss clear advantage with a very affordable price tag tied with aero for the third position and PIAA came in fifth when it comes to windshield wiper blades technology obviously makes a huge difference and you don't have to pay a lot to get a lot with bosch I have to say though I'm really impressed with that michelin xt silicone blade that thing is amazing but it's also pretty spendy now one thing we didn't test for is UV exposure and that test will begin today I'm gonna place these blades all in direct sunlight and we'll come back in a year and see how they are doing all my video ideas come from viewers including this one so please keep those video ideas coming and I'll keep making videos please take care and I look forward to next time

Channel: Project Farm

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Length: 13min 33sec (813 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 28 2019