I'm just wondering if anyone has used, uses, or knows anyone that's used heated windshield wiper blades? How did you/they like them?

I'm tempted to buy some and see how they work this winter. I'm on the highway a lot for work, going between 7 different cities, and I always have the wipers caked with snow and ice after a long drive. I have heated mirrors so those never cake up, the rear defroster takes car of the back, but up front there's nothing to stop the snow building up.

I'm looking at these ones so far:

http://www.everblades.com/

 

Never heard of them for good reason . It is a useless idea as it heats a blade which is in contact with a negative temperature surface for what 0.4 seconds at a time. Ever try melting an ice cube it takes a bit longer than that could be used to clear much.
It might help in the way of the metal of the blades from sticking together but that is what winter blades are for. Besides forget to turn it off and the blades rest on plastic and melt them real nice.

I have heated washer fluid , it melts ice and snow nicely .Especially with rainX winter combined it keeps my glass real clear.

 

The actual frame of the wiper is heated, so it's not touching a special strip on the windshield, which means it's heated all the time, and would be useful as nothing would build up on it.

It's not for melting ice on the windshield, it's for preventing the actual blade from building up with snow and ice. This company has been around for awhile so I'm sure these work some what, but I'm guessing they are pretty temperamental.

Yeah there's a switch and I don't think it auto-shuts off, so if you leave it on then I'm sure something is going to melt lol. I saw other ones that has sensors that would shut it off. I don't know though, that's why I'm asking to see if anyone has ever used them.

 

i'd rather pick-up a heated washer fluid system. probably just as effective and u don't have to worry about replacing the blades.

 

I've never seen one in opperation;
Does a heated washer system really make much difference?

I've found that the biggest problem is the blades themselves, when they get packed with ice & snow.
Winter blades or the newer frameless style really help.


Other than that.....

Why the hell are we talking about this white crap already?????
I don't want to see for a while yet.

 

no clue if does... i'm assuming around town should work half decent... but on the highway ??? with added wind chill? ? maybe u'll get a bigger block of ice! they should make some teflon coated one's instead.

besides... u'd think if it was that effective .... it would at least be an oem option by now for europe and us here canucks.... just like the standard block heater for the G

.... i agree with the snow talk though... then again, the way the temps have been dropping here in ontario lately...

 

Haha, I'm just trying to be prepared and get stuff installed before it gets too cold outside to do it lol

 

It is still useless as they make covered wipers for winter so it can't freeze.
Why go through all that aggravation to add when they make something cheaper and easier.

I added the heater washer fluid as it is common on some high end luxury cars and it works. Do i need it , No as i have a remote starter so it is usually melted anyway . As well my car has a coolant tube in the bottom of the windshield to melt anything around the wipers and keep them warm.

I hear it is snowing tonight up north.

 

I understand you are trying to prepare yourself for this year's winter season but those windshield wipers seem really useless since they have many other variations to your solution. As you can see no one really could provide solid comments that these work or even put them on their cars. If you are interested in them give it a try and tell us about it.

 

I've tried covered windshield wipers and they only work so so in big snow storms on the highway. As I posted earlier, I do a lot of highway driving for work, so I'm willing to try something like this that most people wouldn't have a use for because they just do mostly city driving. This is exactly why I posted on here, because it reaches more people, and there's a better chance that someone on here has tried something like this at some point. I can try heated windshield washer fluid, but I don't see how that is going to prevent ice build up on the wipers when driving in a snow storm at -30C, unless I spray it every 30 seconds. The heated fluid is worth a shot though and I'll look into anything that might make it safer for me on the highway, which is why heated wiper blades don't seem useless to me at all lol.