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I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?

nb

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
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> I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
> offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?

You might try silicon wiper blades, e.g. - www.ultrasilblade.com

On 12/15/05 2:33 AM, in article u5OdncTnRv_DtzzeRVn-ow@comcast.com, "notbob"
<notbob@nothome.com> wrote:

> I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
> offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?
>
> nb

I've tried most of the aftermarket blades at one time or another and came to
the same conclusion. The OEM inserts last twice as long as any of the
others on my cars.

While on the subject of wiperblades. Does anyone know how to eliminate that
awful "juddering" of the wiperblades after a while of use ? It goes away if
I "add" liquid to the glass by using my wiperwasher.
I have cleaned the glass as good as I can and the wiper blades are only
about two months old.
They do not feel brittle, and the "angle" on how the blades sit on the glass
is square.
TIA

"E Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in message
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> On 12/15/05 2:33 AM, in article u5OdncTnRv_DtzzeRVn-ow@comcast.com,
> "notbob"
> <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>
>> I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
>> offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?
>>
>> nb
>
> I've tried most of the aftermarket blades at one time or another and came
> to
> the same conclusion. The OEM inserts last twice as long as any of the
> others on my cars.
>

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:14:00 GMT, E Meyer <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote:

>On 12/15/05 2:33 AM, in article u5OdncTnRv_DtzzeRVn-ow@comcast.com, "notbob"
><notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>
>> I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
>> offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?
>>
>> nb
>
>I've tried most of the aftermarket blades at one time or another and came to
>the same conclusion. The OEM inserts last twice as long as any of the
>others on my cars.

Does anyone know of a source of winter blades for late-model Accords.
It seems that no one makes a 26" winter blade for the driver's side.

Ron

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notbob

I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?

nb
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I tried the WalMart equivalent for Accord refills, and paid $1.22 for a
pair (they come in pairs of 2-sets for $2.44) Only problem is they are
slightly wider, so I used a nose-plier to slightly widen the hold. I've
been using them for the last 6-months and I've no complaints, so far.
Check it out.

notbob wrote:
> I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
> offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?
>
> nb

no. oem are undoubtedly the best. i've tried most aftermarkets.

Eye Indo wrote:
> While on the subject of wiperblades. Does anyone know how to eliminate that
> awful "juddering" of the wiperblades after a while of use ?

while driving? the oem blade holder is shaped to avoid wind lift-off at
speed and the problem you describe.

> It goes away if
> I "add" liquid to the glass by using my wiperwasher.
> I have cleaned the glass as good as I can and the wiper blades are only
> about two months old.
> They do not feel brittle, and the "angle" on how the blades sit on the glass
> is square.
> TIA
>
> "E Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:BFC6F268.E9371%epmeyer50@msn.com...
>
>>On 12/15/05 2:33 AM, in article u5OdncTnRv_DtzzeRVn-ow@comcast.com,
>>"notbob"
>><notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've found Honda OEM inserts to be superior to most aftermarket
>>>offeings. Anyone have a viable alternative?
>>>
>>>nb
>>
>>I've tried most of the aftermarket blades at one time or another and came
>>to
>>the same conclusion. The OEM inserts last twice as long as any of the
>>others on my cars.
>>
>
>
>

jim beam wrote:

> no. oem are undoubtedly the best. i've tried most aftermarkets.

As have I. I even tried Bosch Micro-edge blades which were highly rated,
and yet priced about the same as OEM blades. The Bosch blades worked no
better than the cheap blades from Walmart and Canadian Tire.

Of course, I haven't tried Canadian Tire's Motomaster Reflex blades which
are extremely low profile--and priced about the same as OEM blades.

> while driving? the oem blade holder is shaped to avoid wind lift-off at
> speed and the problem you describe.

While driving and while parked.
When the blades are new, I have no problems, or when it rains hard enough,
i.e. sufficient liquid on the glass. If I speed up the blades, less judder.
BTW, the judder occurs only in one direction.
One thing that I wonder about. I have the car washed in a carwash where
they "hotwax" the car.
May be that is what is causing the problem, although I do clean the glass as
good as possible.