Rain-X Latitude 2-IN-1 Water Repellency Windshield
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Like others have said in their reviews, I cannot trust this wiper blade. I was driving through rain in rural Virginia and the rubber blade began sliding out of the rest of the wiper. Luckily, I was able to pull over and slide it back into place. It happened again about half an hour later. Had the blade completely slid out, I would have been unable to drive since it was raining.\n\nOnce I got to my destination, I inspected the wiper more closely. It looks like there's a small piece of plastic that holds it in place. But obviously it's not enough since this problem has happened to me twice and other reviewers as well.\n\nOtherwise, the performance and installation of this blade is excellent. But after this experience of having the blade nearly slide out, I no longer can trust these blades. I would strongly recommend you purchase something different."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I initially liked this wiper but after an experience that happened yesterday, I could not recommend this. the rubber part of the wiper slides along a track inside the wiper and it is supposed to be stopped by two end-caps. the problem is the far part of the end-cap does not stop the rubber piece and it slowly slips out and begins to flap, hitting the roof. I was driving in a tropical storm when this happened again, forcing me to actually pull over and grab the flapping rubber through my window to put back on later.\n\nAs the rubber slides out of the wiper, it also cleans less and less of the window causing a dangerous loss of clear windshield area. These wipers are dangerous and they need a re-design that securely locks the rubber insert to the frame, otherwise they should not be allowed on the road.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Be advised that this is only one wiper, don't be like me that thought it was a pair. That's totally my fault for not double checking and not rain x's. However I think my mistake gives me a better opportunity to review these wipers. For the past 2-3ish weeks it's been raining and before this I hardly had to use my wipers. With the recent rains I noticed my wipers sucked bad. I ordered this one wiper and it came within 4 days. The day it came, the same night it began to rain. I didn't even have to turn on my wipers to see clearly because these wipers coat your windshield in the rain x solution. The next morning, for the first time ever in my 3 years in San Diego, there was actually ice on all my windows. Amazingly, the drivers side of my windshield, which I have the rain x wiper on, had no ice at all. That's the photo I included. I highly recommend this wiper and I feel you'll be just as amazed as I was by their performance!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I read plenty of reviews and admittedly was a little concerned with the negative reviews.. I wanted good wipers and narrowed it down to RainX and Bosch. I have used RainX before with no complaints but never tried the newer BEAM style. They were a little difficult installing on my Corolla which uses the J arm on wipers. You need to make sure that the wipers are fully engaged on the J arm before depressing the clip that secures the blade in place. Disregard complaints of the wipers falling off as this is due to improper installation. THESE WILL NOT FALL OFF. In the month since I installed these I have also seen no defects with the rubber inserts sliding off the blade and I have encountered no problems with streaks. These blades have been perfect and I would purchase these same blades again.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "We've had them for several months now but don't drive too often and specifically don't drive too often in the rain. These wipers seems nice and have decent reviews; however, they are EXTREMELY UNSAFE. After a few minutes of using these wiper blades, the rubber part of the blade detaches from the wiper completely disabling the effectiveness of the wipers. This happened to us while in the torrential rains currently hitting the east coast (summer 2018). We had to stop using the wipers entirely during the heavy rain so that the rubber part didn't fly off. After we got home, I looked at the blade. The attachment of the rubber to the blade is held in place by a tiny nub of plastic that literally does nothing. This is a severe safety hazard and I can't believe there hasn't been a recall on these blades. I've attached some photos of what happens"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "This wiper blade lasted about TWO WEEKS. It was absolutely awesome during that time. Then the blade started sliding up ... and up ... and up ... until at least 6 inches of blade was hanging over the top and flapping in the wind, which left me with 6 inches of windshield I couldn't see through in the rain. Initially, it was depositing Rain-X on my windshield, but that also lasted maybe two weeks (and maybe four days of rain). I love Rain-X itself, and I will continue to buy that, but I will never buy another Rain-X blade. Absolutely useless."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': ' The marketing for these blades states they are coated with RainX to make them "Virtually" streak free. Too bad our car windshields don\'t exist in a virtual world because in the actual world these blades streak worse than any I\'ve ever used.\n\nI thought a video would speak volumes here. The video was taken in a light rain two days after installation and after about 3 different trips in rain. The problem exists day and night but in this video taken at night at a stop light you can see that the entire windshield covered with one thick streak that looked like it was white-out conditions or fog. It takes about 5 seconds after the blades pass for the streak/fog to disappear. These blades make it feel like you are driving through constant white-out or foggy conditions.\n\nIt appears coating the blades is a horrible idea as it looks like someone smeared hand lotion on the windshield every time the blades move.\n\nStay away from this product.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I was a little skeptical of these wiper blades when I purchased and installed the Latitude 2-n-1 blades in Feb 2017. But I thought that I would still give them a try, because I liked the idea of the wiper blade applying Rain-X. I cleaned the windshield and also applied Rain-X on half the windshield at the time of the install. First day using the wiper blades the Rain-X applied side performed as expected, nice clear, water beading up and rushing off the windshield. The other side the water was only slightly beading up, but I figured that the blades had to get their internal compound transferred over to the windshield to full work. 2 weeks go by and the Rain-X I applied as worn off and I am no loner experiencing any type of water beading on the windshield. Other than the Rain-X not lasting I am was not surprised that the wiper blades did not provide water beading as described, but I was hopeful.\n\nSince this was my first time using Rain-X brand wiper blades I wondered how long they would last. In the rain we had in October and November I noticed marginal streaking, that if I sprayed windshield washer fluid onto the windshield or ran a rag along the wiper blade to clean it would allow for the streaking to go away for a week or so. Come to Jan 2018 and the streaking is back with a vengeance. Windshield washer fluid and cleaning the blade haven't fixed the streaking issue.\n\nMy recommendation is to not buy Rain-X wiper blades if you live in an area that gets a lot of rain."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Despite what Amazon states this model does not work on 2015 Toyota Corolla. I have just tried installing it - total failure. It seems that it should install properly by following the instructions, but Rain-X engineers definitely did not test it with 2015 Corolla model, since the wiper blade latch is unable to close and lock - its build prevents the locking action against the metal J-hook. I'm sending this back. Amazon, please update that this wiper blade model does not work with 2015 Toyota Corolla."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I\'ve been through a lot of blades in 56 years as a mechanic in Ohio and the family go-to guy. I\'m surprised how pleased I am with these blades.\nI tend to avoid " gimmicky" things, which kept me away from rain-x for several years when it first came out. Once I tried the liquid I was hooked. Still, the blades struck me as gimmicky. I\'ve tried all the big names, stores brands and "ultimate" blades after they hit oddlots. I usually went back to the auto parts store brand and was happier that way.\nI also try not to be too stuck in my ways, so I tried the Latitude blades. Pretty sure these are my new go-to blades. Tried them on two daily drivers with great results. Next will be my toys, but I expect good results.\nBottom line is that I recomend these as good - possibly great - wiper blades.'}]