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18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 where the rubber meets the road Oct 19, 2007
By Rosemary Thornton
"Niece of Addie Hoyt Fargo (age 29)"
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."
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Absolutely wonderful! Dec 11, 2007
I own a 2006 Mazda 3 hatchback, and this blade has made a wonderful replacement for my passenger 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.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 I can see clearly now... Sep 06, 2007
By Todd D. Rostalski
"toddR"
I have a 2006 Murano and it has funky sized blades. I had trouble jsut finding refills, but these blades are far superior to standard refills.
Leaving in Seattle, cutting through the showers, drizzle, fog and the occasional rain is key.
Just a little spendy.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 just ok Feb 01, 2010
By wiper guy
Not as good as I expected for the price. Leaves streak if too cold, otherwise good for the warmer weather
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
I like these wipers... Aug 06, 2008
By Otis
I never think much about my wipers until I have to replace them and then I usually just go to the big discount store and buy whatever they have. However, saving tax and getting free shipping from Amazon is cool so I look for almost everything here nowadays.
I found these wipers here at a decent price so I bought them with no expectations other than saving a few dollars - hey, they are just wipers. But these Bosch ICON wipers are nice. They are easy to install, they look sharp, and they work great in heavy rain and at high speeds (yeah, I'm dumb enough to deal with both at the same time). I can tell a difference between these and plain jane wipers. They fit the glass snuggly and leave a clean window. I decided to upgrade all my trucks and my kids cars with ICONS because, as it turns out, they aren't just wiper blades, these are fine wiper blades.
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