Silicone windshield wipers, Magic or Techonoly?

My friend told me recently that they had introduced a new type of Silicone windshield wipers with coating function, the cleanbro® Silicone wiper blades.我的朋友最近告诉我，他们推出了一种新型的具有涂层功能的硅胶雨刷，cleanbro®硅胶雨刷片。

It is said that the service life of this new Silicone windshield wipers is about 3-4 years. I was skeptical then because I don’t believe that wipers could ever form hydrophobic coating for windshield glass automatically except that you add coating solution to it regularly.

But how can a wiper contain coating solution with such small mechanic structure?

So I ordered a pair to try out.

Product Appearance

How would such expensive and high-tech wipers look like? Let’s go check!

Let’s see the details: the interface is universal, it can be used on different car models through different adapters.

There’s a plastic protecting case on the new Silicone windshield wipers.

I’m not sure if the picture is clear enough to show the complicated structure of the wipers. It’s got many layers, about 4-5 layers I guess.

Silicone windshield wipers Installation

First, apply some oil film remover on the windshield glass to thoroughly clean it.

Then rinse the glass with clear water.

Blow the glass to dry with high pressure draft, which is very important for the following instruction.

Turn up the Silicone windshield wipers and let them wipe the dry glass for 5-10 minutes.

Silicone windshield wipers Using Experience

The working principle of this product is that the integrated coating material molecules will form a water repellent film gradually on the glass surface as the wipers work.

Let’s quit the nonsense and check the performance! The coating effect is no different than that of ordinary coating processes. The rainwater becomes little droplets on the glass surface. If we are driving on highways in high speed, the water droplets will roll backwards and fly off of the glass.

I’m going to pour this bottle of water onto the windshield to show you guys the actual effect.

Most of water flew away except a few drops stays on the glass. But the water remains on the glass is like pearls, it hasn’t form a water film to hinder the sight like it usually does. Overall the coating effect is quite OK.

In addition, this wiper is also quiet compared to other coating wipers (not sure if it’s because we are testing a new pair).