Best slim wiper blades

[rjoe]

What is everyone's favorite slim wiper blade. It's pretty windy in Texas and my tall Rain-X wipers skip across my windshield at 75mph.

Has anyone found a good wiper that will sit really close to the windshield?

[DaSerb]

Maybe irrelevant to your question but....

I have been using Bosch Icon blades for a month now I can tell you the best blades I have had in a while. They are a little pricey but well worth it. Will be buying another set for another vehicle.

Hope that helps.

[sergio1987]

I have the Bosh too, it was good for a while, now(1 year after) not so much...Quiet though

[The00Dustin]

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Note that I actually used these for 16 months, with outside parking summer and winter, and they were still fine for wiping the windshield clean other than the mentioned too-long driver side blade I chose to use. I bought the refills in January (2012), and they were easy to change, so I'm still quite pleased with them. The Forza specifically has an aerodynamic build that still incorporates a frame. Their site may say they won't fit, but they fit my 2006 M45, and their site only said one side wouldn't, due to the factory length being an odd number and the Forza only having even number lengths. PIAA now has a super-thin silicone option as well, but I don't see any reason to pay $40 every time when I can pay $40 once and then $20 for refills (note these numbers aren't accurate, just examples).

EDIT: The Forza only has one connector, so if the wiper connector type changed on newer M's, an adapter wousd be necessary, and they do make adapters, but I don't know if I'd like that.

[The Bodyguard]

I use the Bosch and they're awesome!! Had them in for about 5 months and they are ooh so smooth... Quiet too!!

[szh]

Bosch is excellent, yes.

I also like Silblade a lot - although the single-point contact version I have on my car right now is not as good as the more standard multi-point contact version, as far as I am concerned. So, the next time, I will go back to more traditional wipers, but continue with Silblade.

Check out www.silblade.com (although I have seen them on Amazon for less), but I don't know if they are slim enough per your original request.

Z

[RockerHappyFeller]

Bosch icons are the best blades in the market currently......I am a general manager at advance auto parts and when i go to the vendor convention, other blade vendors don't measure up both longevity wise and reliability.....may be a bit costly per blade, but worth it. i had mine for 4 years now and still going strong.

[tEknoS13]

4 years? Wowzers, I actually dislike ICONS. They tend to curve too much and streak at the middle

[RockerHappyFeller]

4 years @ tEknoS13....lol. Icons do have a curve. but with my G and my M, I've experienced superior wipe with no streaks although streaks can be caused by numerous things. the little alcohol packets provided with the Icons (or any other blade for that matter), it can ensure maximum wiping unless you have stone chips in your windshield for example, then you will get streaks. there are a lot of other reasons that i can bring up.

[tEknoS13]

Actually it was not even a streak, they would just skip that entire part :-(