The wipers that were on the vehicle when I purchased it were finally starting to give up the fight, so I replaced them with the Rain-X Latitude this past weekend. I was originally going to get Bosch ICON, but Auto-Zone wanted $25 each, and the RX wipers were buy one get one 50% off, at $19 each...
So far, they seem to work great but appear a bit longer than the OEM. Can't tell yet whether or not there is contact being made with the windshield trim. My major complaint is with the way the wiper arm is now resting 1" higher than it used to. Since the RX wipers are the 1-piece airfoil, the wiper doesn't hide the hook, and the brackets for the RX wipers are massive.
Standing outside the vehicle, they do look much cleaner than the ones I took off.
It's enough of a difference that my eyes are constantly drawn to them, as they're now in my line of sight when looking down the hood.
Haven't tried them in the rain at highway speeds yet. Although, after thinking about it this weekend, I've never had the old wipers lift on me at speed while raining, even at 80mph. Which makes me wonder, at what speeds would the standard wipers start to lift? And finally, should I be going that fast (in the rain) in the first place?
At any rate, it's an improvement as my old ones were chattering. I do like the fact that the RX wipers have the RX solution built into them, so your windshield gets treatment as you use the wipers. At least, that's how is was with the set I had on my Danger-Ranger.
