Anybody tried new style flat wipers - or even the ones with washer jets built in

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

It's MOT time and the wipers are due a change.

Anybody tried the new style flat wiper blades - or even the ones with washer jets built into them?

Like <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370166069457&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=024> these[/url].

[mikiep1986]

 they look pretty good as the description says but also the price  but might be worth it . .

[lee celtic]

One of the lads at work just got some for his pink picasso  :-> says they work well but he dosn't think they will last long ... however he only paid £8 on ebay for them  :-k

Might be work seeing if there are any other sellers on there... ;)

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

however he only paid £8 on ebay for them  :-k

Might be work seeing if there are any other sellers on there... ;)

Did they have built in washers at that price?

[lee celtic]

No I don't think they did . is that why the are £20 odd quid??

[wrecker]

i use them,and have for the last few months,id say go for it mate,you wont be sorry

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

No I don't think they did . is that why the are £20 odd quid??

Probably.

The same company has a set for a Picasso at £8. Link

[sargejnr]

iv got the flat wipers on my disco 300tdi and i havnt looked back since the day i put the on, totaly fantastic, mine havnt got the washer built in but mine r very good

[Chris Putt]

The built in washer thing isnt exactly hard to make up........

Its only some washer tube with a few holes in it- a couple of metres of tube and some cable ties would work the same!!!

[alaric]

One problem with having the washer jets on the wipers, as I found in a Sprinter in January, is that they are more likely to freeze and take longer to defrost than a conventional system due to the greater exposure of the external pipe.

With a conventional jet system it's only the jets themselves that aren't under the bonnet and therefore warmed by the engine.

After driving from Kent to Devon with no washers I wouldn't convert from conventional!

[topless matt]

I have them on my 90, all i would say is make sure you regularly check the washer level, it gets through it a bit with the jets on the window.

To solve the freezing issue, if it is winter, run the washer mix at 50%....... works wonders and i have never regretted the new flat blades  :dance:

[stageonesimmo]

Tesco sell their own brand aero-wipers!

I'm as cheap as they come and I've had a set on for the last 4 months - doing a great job at about 4 quid!  I'm going for wiper mounted washers soon - just collecting the bits, but the freezing issue is the one thing stopping me - I've already had to extend the washer pipe and wrap it around the heater pipes for a good few turns just to stop them freezing - with even more pipe exposed it'll be even worse. (and yes, this IS with 50/50 mix of water to additive)

[Boddle]

I can only say that the flat bladed windscreen wiper I have where worth the money on a defender they actually clean the screen although these don't have built in washers, although I hand built some for my old series you can't washer the windscreen better but did tend to use a a lot of water.