All 3 took Bosch. Two vehicles needed rear blades too. Bought at Autozone, Wal Mart and Amazon About $140.00 total if I recall..

Surprisingly, the AutoZone house brand blades are good. $12 each I think.

We`re not talking about under ware. LOL

Buy bulk cheap ones on rock auto, run rain-x windshield wiper fluid.

I have them they skip sometimes.

I've been running the Bosch Icons on our cars and like them. Not cheap but I get about 2 years out of them. I hate blades that leave a streak right where I'm looking when I drive. I second the idea of leaving your blades up if it's going to freeze or snow. Ice will cut up a blade real fast when you run it if you don't get the windshield pretty clean first. Of course getting a 1/4inch of ice off is a pain as we have all discovered recently...:) I just got our drive way cleaned up enough yesterday to be able to get my wife's car out.

Preach it, Brother. I ain't dropping that kind of coin on a 2001 Z71.

The best thing you can do if you know a snow or ice storm is coming is to put a piece of cardboard on your windshield and hold it in place with the wiper blades. Use a piece of masking tape to hold it at the top and it will stay in place through a moderate wind. Sometimes a thin layer of ice will accumulate under the cardboard, but turn your defrost on for just a minute before removing the box and it will melt very quickly because it insulates from the top.

As for the wiper blades, I am of the opinion that the expensive blades don't last much longer than the cheap blades. I'd rather replace the cheap blades twice as often for $15 and still be way better off than buying the $60 blades. I keep the windshield treated with rain X, so the performance is pretty much the same as long as the rubber blade is not split.

Yes it does in many other ways !

Why is the first section of the blade to go bad, right at eye level? I think they make that part fail first on purpose.

Be kind to Bosch. They sent me some nice checks a few years ago because they felt shame for the role they played in helping Volkswagen cheat on diesel exhaust.

Bosch is French slang for cabbage head.....

Thought I would add to this exciting topic.

I remember when you could just replace the blade itself. I did once on my Tacoma. Last time I called the dealer for inserts they said I had to buy 5 sets. I told them to stick it. I use Rainx and don't run blades any more then I need to. I see people all the time with wipers on, even on high, when it just misting.