Rainx is great and all, but nothing beats a good set of wipers. The rainx blades or trico neo-forms are awesome! Of course factory blades have become much better over the years. In fact my 09 S has factory blades still on... I tried the rainx blades for a week but they are really tall in comparison to the factory's; the factory's being form fitted and sleek and they seem to work just as good. I'm storing the rainx for when I need new ones.
Normally wipers with brackets don't fair well with snow and ice but these have done surprisingly well so far. It's too bad the factory blades don't come in a color keyed option
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Anyway, my point is that wiper blades are going to age whether you use them or not so why not just use them and don't worry about spending money on chemicals for your windshield. I'm not convinced yet that rainx will prolong the life of blades by less frequent use. I've gone a couple years using just rainx and still had to replace the blades (cheap blades) as if I had used them all the time. In the last 3 years I haven't used any rainx at all and I'm still on the same set of blades (rainx blades on my tc).
It is pretty cool, however, watching the rain just bead up and fly off your windshield.
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