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those clip ons that you slide into the hook on your windshield wiper arm suck. I'm not sure what brand is better, I usually buy the mid priced point one like Rain-X but I have had them come off before. Maybe if I paid $23 for a wiper instead of $11 they would stay on better but wipers do seem to be overpriced to me. You can't find a $7 one anymore.

Some give you that "click" sound to know its locked in, others just slide on. I try to replace mine every fall , sometimes I just go cheap and replace the drivers side, I don't care if my wife can see or not while I"m driving.

I put them on correctly. The plastic clip on these doesn't have enough flex in them to keep them in place on the "U" shaped tip of the wiper arms.

Depends on the make of the vehicle in my experience. After market works on some vehicles, but not well on all of them. Our GMC's get the OEM wipers from the dealer because the adapter kits for that model SUV are not nearly as secure. The OEM stuff lasts for years and doesn't squeak, streak or click. You don't need to drive too many miles with wipers that don't work well to convince you to spend the extra for the good stuff.

Agreed... I've never had any such issue in more than 55 years of owning vehicles..

I've never had it happen either until I bought this pair.

Only time I ever had a wiper come off was when it wasn't installed properly to begin with. Just recently put a pair of new RainX windshield wipers on my old Chevy Tracker. They would slide on the wiper arm fine two different ways and visually appear to be on securely but only one of the ways did they actually 'lock' onto the wiper arm. I generally replace wipers and headlights in pairs but keep at least one of the better used ones that's still working as emergency spares.

Wipers that I install properly stay on the car. Ones that I messed up fly off.

You obviously have never has any like these. They *click* a bit when they're put in place,..but as mentioned, the plastic fastener doesn't have enough tension to hold them into place.

They're installed correctly. It's just that they're junk,...like a lot of things out there these days.

Never had a wiper fly off. I've always just replaced the blade it's self not the wiper arm. Replaced the blades on my 2018 f150 last week. I wasn't going to pay 23 per new arm, blade. Went to AutoZone picked up replacement rubber blades at $9 the pair, took apart the factory arms/blades, put in new blades and bam like new.

I havent seen replacement blades in years.
Did have to buy arms and pull the blades to fix a KIA we couldn't
find blades for.