What windscreen wiper from Halford?

[mattyfez]

Need a new one today so will just buy from Halfords...
From memory they sell Bosch and some other (own) brand?
I remember not being hugely impressed with Bosch ones... Worth a punt on the other brand?

 

[whitecrook]

Need a new one today so will just buy from Halfords...
From memory they sell Bosch and some other (own) brand?
I remember not being hugely impressed with Bosch ones... Worth a punt on the other brand?

Yes worth a punt. But just buy bosch anyway.

 

[mattyfez]

Yes worth a punt. But just buy bosch anyway.

OK... Thanks for the advice?

 

[Nasher]

TBH I've had the best time with OEM ones.

 

[MrRockliffe]

Find out who the OEM is for your car and buy those.

For the F30 gen BMW, it’s Valeo, for example.

 

[ShiWarrior]

halfords can check with your reg number for exact ones
They sell Bosch or Halfords branded ones
if your only buying from halfords, get their own branded ones

amazon sell the bosch ones cheaper

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

I know it’s not what you are asking, but I’ve always found Euro Car Parts cheaper for wipers. Cheapo ones and Bosch ones

 

[dave28]

I know it’s not what you are asking, but I’ve always found Euro Car Parts cheaper for wipers. Cheapo ones and Bosch ones

i always find carparts4less better than eurocarparts but often amazon or ebay beat the pair of them

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

i always find carparts4less better than eurocarparts but often amazon or ebay beat the pair of them

Oddly enough, despite being the same thing, I’ve had to order from carparts4less and collect the next day where as with ECP I can order and pick up same day… it’s weird!

 

[chaparral]

Need a new one today so will just buy from Halfords...
From memory they sell Bosch and some other (own) brand?
I remember not being hugely impressed with Bosch ones... Worth a punt on the other brand?

I have always found the Bosch Aerotwin wipers to be great

But i have not tried the standard style of bosch wipers,
Then again i never found any make of the standard kind of wiper blade to be any good.

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[bobuk]

I know it’s not what you are asking, but I’ve always found Euro Car Parts cheaper for wipers. Cheapo ones and Bosch ones

Not anymore

 

[jpaul]

found this was a good site for bosch purchase last month - halfords are $$$, however HF do offer price match I had previously used for bicycle tools/bits.

https://secure.windscreenwipers.co.uk/audi-a4-avant-years-2015-to-2025-wiper-blades/triple-packs

 

[Begbie]

Bosch aero twin, definitely compared to VW OEM anyway.

 

[ADT]

I always buy Bosch. From ebay as it's sometimes cheaper

 

[ezekial]

I've never had issues with the Bosch Aerotwin

 

[Fluffybob]

Plus one on the Bosch Aerotwin, use them on both of our cars

 

[lordrobs]

Just to be the odd one out I normally choose Valeo over Bosch after I had a set of Bosch ones go crappy on me over a very short period of time.

 

[jpaul]

indeed, valeo were listed as oem for my audi , and were more expensve than the bosch twin I cheaped out on.

 

[LuckyBenski]

Just to be the odd one out I normally choose Valeo over Bosch after I had a set of Bosch ones go crappy on me over a very short period of time.

Same here - I had a set of Aerotwin that were brilliant compared to whatever was on the car when I got it (knackered things). But a year later they judder quite a bit.

IMO wipers shouldn't need replacing every single year, or I haven't had to anyway.

 

[jpaul]

aerotwin style might be aerodynamic ... but when you compare the force distribution along the blade versus trad ones they over-pressure the middles producing uneven wear,
least ways, both of front ones I changed showed that; and the rear one with blade end closer to the pivot point wears at end because of higher G forces.

- maybe coating the screen is more economic.