Originally Posted by ppro
I've had the Michelin Optimum wipers on since Feb 2008 and they still clean the windshield like the day I put them on. I've clocked almost 15K miles, quite a bit in rain so I think that says a lot about the wipers. The factory ones were toast after 5K miles.

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Also know as "Optimum" (Wal*Mart) and something else at Target. Now the Michelin site refers to them simply as single beam blades...