Video Transcript for In-Depth Review of the Wiper Technologies Heavy Duty Windshield Wiper Blade

Hi there, motor home owners. Today we're gonna be taking a look and showing you how to replace your wiper blades using Wiper Technologies, Heavy Duty Wiper Blades, and you can get these in a variety of sizes from 22 inches up to 32 inches in the Heavy Duty models. And we've got one already on this side versus the older blade that the customer has on here. So we can take a closer look at the two. So right away you can see that the left and the right, first thing you'll notice is that this one here is a little bit more streamlined as far as air holes and stuff in it. It doesn't feel quite as stiff as this one.

This one's got a little bit thicker bracketry to it so that should help it hold up better in your icier climates where it might get a little bit stuck, it won't bend quite as easily. This one is gonna be a little bit more aerodynamic, although you've got a pretty big wind catcher here at the front. So I really don't think that's gonna affect performance in any way. Our other blade here, the other thing that I notice real big between the two here is the thickness of the actual blade itself here, the material that swipes, you can see it's really long in comparison. So that should fold over and give us a heavier swipe than what this one is here, it's a much smaller blade.

Now I do usually notice that the smaller ones seem to glide maybe a little bit easier. So on a drier condition, I bet this one has less chatter but we're gonna test it out in both a dry and spray pattern to see how they compare and wipe to one another. But yeah, the thicker blade should hopefully hold up better against bugs and stuff because this windshield here, as big as it is, it's definitely gonna be a big bug catcher, and the thicker blade should have a better swipe against the two. So now we've taken a look at just kind of the smaller features there and otherwise they're fairly similar. They've got multiple points of contact to help it form to your windshield.

This is a fairly straight windshield, but it will also work with curved as well as the flatter windshields like this. And that's what the multiple points do is help to ensure you get contact across the entirety of the blade. And that's pretty similar with this one. That's kind of the standard style of wiper blade there. So let's go ahead and turn 'em on and we'll see how they compare.

First, we'll go ahead and do a dry swipe just to see what the chatter's like, if you're just in a misty environment where you're just trying to get a little bit off and it's not that wet. And then we'll turn on the sprayers and see how streak-free it's gonna be. So now we're gonna do our dry swipe. And I did hear a little chatter there but I think the chatter was coming from our left blade. One more time. Yep, definitely our left blade there, you can see the chatter that it's got versus our other one is nice and smooth. So that means in those just kind of misty conditions, the one on the right's gonna just be a more quieter and probably better performance since it's not chattering along the windshield. Now let's go ahead and add some moisture to it to see how they spray and swipe. And we can see that they're both working pretty well. Looks like the one on the left has a little bit more streakage than what we've got on the right, but the one on the right did a pretty good job there. Go ahead and do one more time. Yeah, it looks like it's working very well. As far as streaks there, I can't see any streaks on this side and we're getting plenty of coverage across our windshield to clear it up for us so we can see compared to the other one, this one does perform just a little bit better. You kind of expect that with a heavier duty blade. Probably gets a little bit better contact against the window 'cause it's a little bit thicker so it's gonna have slightly more pressure. The longer blade seemed to fold over a little bit better so it didn't get the chatter that this one had over here. So let's go ahead and show you how to replace them now. To replace it, we're gonna pull this back out of the way. Now after you pull your blade off of here, you do want to be careful because the pressure of the spring here without a blade on it, you just have a metal beam there, and if this we're to swing back, you can actually crack your windshield if you don't have a blade on it. So just pay attention to what you're doing there, try not to bump it and knock it up once you've got your blade off of there. Now there are a lot of different attachments for the various styles out there. You do get some adapters included with your kit and you also get nut and bolt hardware here 'cause that's how a lot of these RVs are. They just kind of bolt in place. Now unfortunately with this particular unit, none of the adapters that come in it are gonna work with this, including the nut and bolt. This one is just bolted on, but the bolt is a different style. This is just a regular bolt here, and the one that's on here is a shoulder bolt, which is really the more recommended way 'cause you're gonna get a better performance out of your blade than with a non shoulder bolt. So we're gonna get this off of here and we are just gonna reuse the bolt that's there to install it. To remove the bolt, it is gonna vary depending on the manufacturer that's built it. But this particular one, we're gonna use a quarter inch socket and a Phillips screwdriver to remove it. So I'm just removing the nut off of the end. Be careful not to lose your components. So then I'm gonna leave the bolt in there just for a second. That way we can grab our new blade and be prepared to swap 'em out quickly so we minimize the chance of the blade, our arm here, swinging back and hitting the windshield. So here we've got our new blade here. This is where you would potentially attach your attachments onto the blade or onto your arm, depending on which attachment you're using. You'll notice that it has two sets of holes in it and those holes are different diameters. So you wanna make sure you match it up to the appropriate diameter of your fastener. For this one, our shoulder bolt's gonna fit perfectly inside of the smaller hole. So that's the one we're gonna utilize. So we're gonna go ahead and push the bolt out of there. We'll pull our blade off of there, keep my arm wrapped around it so it cannot go back towards the windshield. And then I'm gonna put the small hole at the lower position that'll extend the blade a little bit higher up, kind of offset it just a little bit towards that direction so we get more coverage across the top of our windshield. And we're just gonna line that up through there. Push all the way through, and then we're gonna install our nut on the other side. Now we'll just reinstall the nut on the other side and then we'll tighten it down. And we don't wanna over tighten it, we're just gonna tighten it to a point where it's snug 'cause it is a shoulder, so you're only gonna be able to tighten it so far. And we want it to be able to be somewhat free in this direction but we don't want play in the other direction. So that feels good there. We'll take the protector off of the blade and then we can gently put it back against the windshield. And you would just repeat this at this point with your other blade. So now we've got 'em both installed. We're just gonna double check our operation and make sure both blades are swiping appropriately. So again, we'll start with a dry swipe just to see if it's gonna chatter in those just slightly misty conditions. Nice and smooth on each one there. So now we're gonna go ahead and do a spray and see how the streaks are, make sure it's streak free. And we do get a little bit of chatter on the left one, and that may be the surface of the windshield. Looks like it got a little bit of dirt there. Let's try spraying it again, seeing if the chatter's still there. Yeah, it seems under high moisture on this side, we do get a little bit of chatter just like our old blade, but it does seem to be fairly streak free. So if you are looking for replacement wiper blades, these are gonna be a strong heavy duty blade. The performance seems okay on our swipe there, a little bit of chatter so it wouldn't be my top pick. Me personally, again, I prefer a beam style blade. They just seem to conform to the window better and typically have less chatter overall. And me, I dislike chatter going down the road. Nothing like ruining your favorite song with a noise. And these replacement blades are sold as a quantity of one. So if you're wanting to do a full replacement, you wanna make sure you pick up two so you have one for each side..