what's a good 3rd party windshield wipers?

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what's a good 3rd party windshield wipers?

stock wipers of my Kia Sorento 2014 cause streaking on passenger side. Rubber seem to wear out fast

does anyone have experience with other wipers?
 
I have rain x latitude no issues. They lasted me 3 years but I rarely use them haha.
 
I'm pretty sure stock Kia wipers are Bosch. When I bought replacements from the dealer for my Optima, they were out of the passenger side blades so they gave me a Mitsubishi one which appear identical to the Kia ones and are branded as Bosch.
 
I have tried most all of them and found very few to work as long as the oem versions. What I have noted is replacing a blade with a flexible design is not beneficial, the manufacturer must have designed them this way for a reason. (aerodynamics perhaps) So change brands as wanted, but stick with the same design type for best outcome.
 
killrwheels@autogeek said:
I have tried most all of them and found very few to work as long as the oem versions. What I have noted is replacing a blade with a flexible design is not beneficial, the manufacturer must have designed them this way for a reason. (aerodynamics perhaps) So change brands as wanted, but stick with the same design type for best outcome.
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Being the total cheapskate I buy my blades from Costco during their once a year BOGO sale.

How can you beat $3.50 per blade. And these are Goodyear brand. I get one "rainy season" here in Los Angeles then I change them. So it's $7.00 per vehicle per year.
 
I like the Valeo brand. They make oem.
 
I prefer the Bosch ICON blades.

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Upon these recommendations, Just picked up a pair of BOSCH ICON's this morning at Wal+mart.
Will put them on this evening. :xyxthumbs:
 
Another Bosch Icon user and TRICO Neoform fan. Both worked well but the Icons do last longer in my environment.
 
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