Local indie motor factors

Iceweasel

motorguy wrote: »

So not the same blade at all then?

Cheapo poverty spec blades in wilkos, served by people who neither know nor care, as opposed to quality blades sold by people who know their trade.

I suppose you'll be on here next saying you got a set of NangsanYong DitchFinders for your car but they "look the same" as Michelins so they must be the same thing. :eek:

But they are the same fing, innit?

Round, black and with squiggly bits all round the outside, like.

neilmcl

I think it was fair comment. Unless the blades come from the same manufacturer then they're not the same wiper blades as you purport. Your post is both inaccurate and misleading. Calling other posters names doesn't change that fact.

motorguy

Deleted_User wrote: »

I'm talking about blades not tyres.

motorguy & Iceweasel - always the same trolls that jump in.

Not trolling. Giving an example of how things might "look" the same without actually being the same.

As has been said unless its the same brand from the same factory and the same spec then you're not comparing like with like.

By all means get the cheapo ones if you like, but dont compare them to ones from a reputable motor factors and say they're the same - except they're in a different box, by a different manufacturer, and if you squint.

[Deleted User]

Same blades. Do the same job.

Joe_Horner

Iceweasel wrote: »

But they are the same fing, innit?

Round, black and with squiggly bits all round the outside, like.

Damn you for getting in first with the exact description I was about to type :beer:

lee, the reason they tend to look the same is just because the standard blade is one of those "designs that work", so there's no ground to be made by individual brands doing anything different with it. In factm the cheap makers probably didn't even design their blade themselves - they will have bought a blade, measured the parts, and made more of the same - cheap way to get it right!

Where the difference in quality comes in is the detail stuff like rubber compounds and the standard of the joints. Cheap blades will tend to get "sloppy" sooner, although that doesn't really matter now that people tend to throw the whole blade away rather than using refills of the blade itself. One of our Dafs had a nice pair of chromed '70s blades that must've been on their 20th set of rubbers before some scrote nicked one - you won't get that life out of a cheap holder!

AdrianC

Deleted_User wrote: »

Same blades. Do the same job.

I bet they don't, not for very long.

[Deleted User]

AdrianC wrote: »

I bet they don't, not for very long.

I've had many blades over the years from various sources and brands. They all seem to last the same amount of time.

motorguy

Deleted_User wrote: »

I've had many blades over the years from various sources and brands. They all seem to last the same amount of time.

Looks like you're on your own on this one Lee.

Everyone else knows that the cheapo ones are, well, cheap tat.

poppasmurf_bewdley

I've bought Wilkinson's cheap blades in the past and had to throw them away because it couldn't stand the juddering they made on the screen. I then bought proper Trico ones from my local motor factor.

Not such a bargain when you throw them away because they are crap.

dacouch

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I've bought Wilkinson's cheap blades in the past and had to throw them away because it couldn't stand the juddering they made on the screen. I then bought proper Trico ones from my local motor factor.

Not such a bargain when you throw them away because they are crap.

Is what I ended up doing, the Wilkco blades juddered and squealed, I also ended up buying normal replacements