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 enlarge | Brand: Bosch
Category: Automotive Parts And Accessories
List Price: $24.42
Buy New: $16.58
You Save: $7.84 (32%)
New (4) from $16.58
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 72
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 25 x 2.6 x 1.2
MPN: 421A
Model: 421A
UPC: 288510305956
EAN: 0028851030595
ASIN: B000IYBJAS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Great wipers January 21, 2008
I bought these after my old wipers started to fall apart. These wipers are the best aftermarket wipers ever. They work great in rain, sleet and snow. They are very similar to the wipers on the new BMWs and Civics.
Buy these with confidence.
I think a clear windshield is worth the approx. $20.
Excellent Blade December 12, 2007
This is the best wiper blade I have had on the car, a 2001 Jetta
Absolutely wonderful! December 11, 2007
I own a 2006 Mazda 3 hatchback, and this blade has made a wonderful replacement for my drivers' side wiper. Initially I had procrastinated until wintertime, half expecting to find a decent winter blade, which I may have kept throughout the year. Well the first snow came, and I decided to pull the trigger. After unsuccessfully looking for the blade sizes everywhere (21" driver side 19" passenger side) including the owners manual, I simply measured them and looked for quality Bosch blades (the originals were Bosch blades, and they made it two years without any issues, just intermittent cleaning). While I had seen some Bosch winter blades, these caught my eye as a solid all season blade. While they specifically aren't winter blades, their compact size and lack of any kind of structure that could be prone to snow and ice make them ideal for snow belt residents.
Pros
Bosch quality--if you've never used Bosch blades, get some
ease of installation
clean streak free performance
no excess noise
Cons
both blades have lackluster performance on the outer most 1/2" at certain parts of my windshield due to curvature issues, which I could care less about, as its only at the far right of the passenger blade and the very top of the driver side blade.
 Be careful November 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Be careful with these wipers. I bought two of them for my 97 passat wagon. The driver's side works great. The passenger's side leaves a big spot on the middle of the windshield that it does not clean of water or anything else.
No idea why - blade does not seem damaged. Only thing I can think of is for some reason the bow in the middle of the blade just does not straigthen out for complete cleaning. So be careful when you order.
Where the rubber meets the road October 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For more than 30 years, I've searched high and low for the perfect wiper blade. Being a little tiny bit obsessive about my car, one of the things I can NOT tolerate is a chattering, noisy, smeary, streaky wiper blade. Driving in the rain is hard enough without feeling like you're trying to look through a wax-paper windshield.
In the past, I'd put new wiper blades on my car two or three times a year and sometimes more, just to make sure I never had to deal with wiper smear or worse, wiper chatter. That sound is like fingernails on a blackboard to me!!
I'd also clean the rubber edge several times between blade changes, to keep the leading edge clean and free from debris and gooey tree gunk and junk. Due to my desire to keep the finest quality blades on the car, I'd only buy authentic Toyota blades for my 2003 Camry and then one day...
An associate at the local Toyota dealer talked me into buying the rubber inserts for the blades, rather than the whole blade assembly. For 20 minutes, I waited and watched as she fiddled around trying desperately to get the inserts into the arm assembly. Two days later (and 10 minutes of use later), while driving in a light rain storm, the whole thing came apart in pieces, scratching my windshield in the process. It was a Sunday afternoon (dealer was closed), so I drove directly to the auto parts store and told them I wanted the most expensive wiper-blade they sold. They took me to the Bosch Icon and said, "these are the best, but they're pricey."
I couldn't be more pleased with the quality and performance of this product. The two blades I bought for Cammie cost less than $50 which isn't THAT much contrasted against the frustration of not being able to see clearly through the windshield when it rains.
April 2008 UPDATE: I am on my second pair of Bosch Icons and I'm saddened to say that I am no longer "raving" about these things. While they're just swell for the first 60 days, they deteriorate quickly after that and become streaky and smeary. When I was buying wiper blades for my daughter's car, I asked the auto parts guy about the Bosch Icon. He replied, "I'm not that impressed with them either. They don't last long."
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