Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy

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Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/810070338/1014

For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp.

The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one of the best values.

The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo and RainX taking the first two spots.

But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo model.

Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave streaks.

Jewel Gopwani
 
Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/810070338/1014

For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp.

The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one of the best values.

The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo and RainX taking the first two spots.

But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo model.

Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave streaks.

Jewel Gopwani
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Honda OEM blades have always, ALWAYS been the best you can ever buy.
 
Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/810070338/1014

For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp.

The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one of the best values.

The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo and RainX taking the first two spots.

But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo model.

Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave streaks.

Jewel Gopwani
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And yet I get better results every time with Tryco. Go figure.
 
Elmo P. Shagnasty said:
Honda OEM blades have always, ALWAYS been the best you can ever buy.
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A question here. Everyone seems to enforce that Honda makes the greatest everything for their cars....so I what would like to know is if Honda actually makes all of these fluids (oil, ATF, brake fluid, antifreeze) and ancillary components (such as the wiper blades mentioned above) themselves, or do they contract it out?

I've used Ancos before, and there was no discernable difference in the performance of the wiper blade.
 
JoeSpareBedroom said:
And yet I get better results every time with Tryco. Go figure.
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My Tripledge silicone rubber wipers are 15 years old and are as good as new, meaning they don't wipe very well. But that's OK because I live in sunny Phoenix
 
Thus spake "larry moe 'n curly said:
My Tripledge silicone rubber wipers are 15 years old and are as good as new, meaning they don't wipe very well. But that's OK because I live in sunny Phoenix
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Where, IIRC, I10 has 30 ft high pillars with signs pointing to them that say something like "flood escape route". You know, for the biennial "Phoenix Creek becomes Phoenix River torrent".
 
Dillon said:
Thus spake "larry moe 'n curly" :

Where, IIRC, I10 has 30 ft high pillars with signs pointing to them that say something like "flood escape route". You know, for the biennial "Phoenix Creek becomes Phoenix River torrent".
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I'm closer to I-17.

There are typically 30-40 days of rain here each year, but about 28 of them are storm days, and we don't have anything close to the drainage capacity that a place like Chicago does. The last big floods here occurred in the 1980s, when 100-year floods occurred two years in a row and wiped out all the bridges across the Salt River, except for one in Tempe built in the 1930s as a New Deal make-work project.
 
dan said:
Last I knew, Mobil makes the oil and ATF. Not sure about the rest.

dan
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So it would seem that since Honda does not make these items, there is no true good reason to prefer Honda ATF or oil over another manufacturer if produced to the same standards.
 
L Alpert said:
So it would seem that since Honda does not make these items, there is no true good reason to prefer Honda ATF or oil over another manufacturer if produced to the same standards.
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The problem is verifying that they are produced to the same standards. By purchasing Honda oil, you are basically paying extra for Honda's quality control. Is this worth it? I don't think it is any longer, since the API folks do a pretty good job of things. But for more exotic fluids it might well be.
--scott
 
Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081007/BUSINESS01/810070338/1014

For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp.

The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one of the best values.

The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo and RainX taking the first two spots.

But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo model.

Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave streaks.
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Haha, are you talking about wiper blades or wiper blade refills? Replacing the blade every six months is a waste of money.
 
The problem is verifying that they are produced to the same standards. By purchasing Honda oil, you are basically paying extra for Honda's quality control.  Is this worth it?  I don't think it is any longer, since the API folks do a pretty good job of things.   But for more exotic fluids it might well be.
--scott
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They dont make oil, they specify it and it is nothing special or better than what other cars use. Paying a dealer his markup is a waste.
 
The problem is verifying that they are produced to the same standards. By purchasing Honda oil, you are basically paying extra for Honda's quality control. Is this worth it? I don't think it is any longer, since the API folks do a pretty good job of things. But for more exotic fluids it might well be.
--scott
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Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer does quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own factories. It would be prohibitively expensive for Honda to generate a spec on motor oil and then buy and package oil that would meet their specs. They have a minimum API spec and any oil brand that meets their minimum can bid on supplying them with oil. They buy the cheapest that meets their specs. They don't even bottle it, the supplier bottles it and brands it per the customer's wants.

My neighbor works for Johnson Controls building car batteries. They don't sell anything under their own brand but their entire production goes out under OEM or after-market branding. I don't know who they currently brand for but at one time they produced OEM batteries for Chrysler, Ford and Honda plus after market for Interstate, Sears and Monkey Ward.

Jack
 
Retired VIP said:
Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer does quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own factories.
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Sure they do.

They spec power steering fluid and auto trans fluid, and if you bypass their stuff, you see problems.

Engine oil, probably not.
 
Scott, I don't believe that Honda or any other car manufacturer does
quality control testing on anything produced outside of their own factories. It would be prohibitively expensive for Honda to generate a spec on motor oil and then buy and package oil that would meet their specs. They have a minimum API spec and any oil brand that meets their minimum can bid on supplying them with oil. They buy the cheapest that meets their specs. They don't even bottle it, the supplier bottles it and brands it per the customer's wants.
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Honda motor oil is made by Mobil. Do you think it's the same as Mobil 5000 which meets the API spec?
 
Bob Jones said:
Honda motor oil is made by Mobil. Do you think it's the same as Mobil 5000 which meets the API spec?
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It probably is. But I bet their limited slip differential lube isn't the same as the off-the-shelf Mobil product, even if it's made by Mobil.

Oil is pretty generic, some other fluids aren't.
--scott
 
Elmo said:
They prove themselves.
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concur - i've tried all kinds of blades and the ones sold as oem honda are by far the best i've used. both for initial quality and durability.
 
Scott Dorsey said:
It probably is. But I bet their limited slip differential lube isn't the same as the off-the-shelf Mobil product, even if it's made by Mobil.

Oil is pretty generic, some other fluids aren't.
--scott
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It depends on what specification the fluids are made to. If Honda fluids are made to the same specification as those for other vehicles, then it should not make a difference which brand is used.
 
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