As the days start to get shorter and the light starts to abate it is obvious that summer is almost up and autumn and then winter will soon be upon us. As this time it is especially important to have wiper blades fitted to your vehicle which are in good condition. The decreasing light is one reason for poor visibility but abjectly maintained wiper blades are another and at least these can be solved. Things get even worse when the snow starts to fall and ice cakes your wind screen in the mornings. The only recourse at times like these is to get some new top of the range wiper blades to help reduce the dangers part and parcel with driving in the winter. A direct hazard to the well being of your wiper blades in winter come from the salt and grit placed upon the roads. This makes an alkaline solution which breaks down paint and metal and even the rubber on your wiper blade.

Grit also includes many tiny and very hard bits which will get stuck under the windscreen wipers and cause the rubber to be abrasively broken down or could even scratch your wind screen. Also at this time of year using stuff like anti-freeze in your washer fluid is an absolute must however even this will call forth your rubber windscreen wipers to erode more rapidly. Salt and grit will get mixed up with snow and produce a thick dark mask on the wind screen which will obscure the driver’s vision and improve the chance of having an accident. So if you want to sidestep trouble on the roads this year it would be a good idea to give your wind screen a wipe down periodically with some warm water. Another thing you could consider is buying some new windscreen wipers made from a more adequate material. There are special winter windscreen wipers seen on the market which are made from a large rubber sleeve which and steel which are made to remove heavy snow falls from the wind screen. A more understated and all round answer is to opt for some new windscreen wipers produced from silicone instead.

Silicone has some amazing characteristics which will blow you away. When compared to traditional rubber wipers they endure for twice as long and will not crap out in the summer or cold. You no doubt will have noticed by now that rubber wipers have the annoying habit of sticking solid to the wind screen. If you start them up in this way you risk burning out your electric motors or straining the metal and plastic arms quite acutely. Well silicone wipers don’t become stuck, just think of the bottom of a non stick pan and translate that to your wind screen. Silicone is even used in contact lenses due to this exact same property; it has a slippery layer which makes it perfect for use as a wipers component. Another great property is on the flip side it doesn’t melt in summer as do normal wipers and will keep its integrity in trying conditions much better than ordinary wipers.