With family wipers departure one winter. By the summer they began to strip with a terrible chila. Searched the internet and found these. Reviews were not very good at the time. I took it for the summer, albeit expensive. Departure with them 4 summers and 3 winters. Started to streak, but so far tolerable. For the winter I bought frame winter ones. He hesitated to pick out the ice. This is perhaps the only operational disadvantage. Well, they creak on dry glass. For the rest, everything suits me. They justified their price tag.