Ecocut - great idea or dreadful?

[irocfan]

Simply put - trim your windscreen wipers to prolong their life....

https://ecocut-pro.de/en/2016/11/24/this-invention...

[Toyoda]

It's a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. Would like to see Peter Jones pull it apart (figuratively speaking) on Dragons Den.

[Krikkit]

Sounds like a good idea if it works, at €13 it's certainly cheaper than even one set of wipers on most cars, so even if you only use it once it pays for itself.

[budgie smuggler]

Toyoda said:

It's a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. Would like to see Peter Jones pull it apart (figuratively speaking) on Dragons Den.

What do you mean, problem that doesn't exist? Do you chuck away your pencils when they get blunt? Same thing. Except the replacement blades for wipers are £20+. If it works, I think it's a great idea.

[anonymous-user]

Anyone who owns a car knows that it's a problem that does exist.

[Vitorio]

budgie smuggler said:

What do you mean, problem that doesn't exist? Do you chuck away your pencils when they get blunt? Same thing. Except the replacement blades for wipers are £20+. If it works, I think it's a great idea.

Problem is that pencils are designed to be sharpened, wiper blades arent designed with skimming in mind.

This might work perfectly, so im not going to shoot it down right away, but its worth keeping in mind that the pencil analogy doesnt quite match up

[Fastdruid]

I'm sure it works....but while wiper performance *does* degrade over time I'm not sure I've got to the point where I've had to replace a wiper due to performance before I'd need to replace them anyway as the blade starts to split away (if you look at the shape of the blade it's kind of like a fir tree, they inevitably split at the "base" of the "tree")

[Sad Ken]

Another tool I'll buy then lose amongst all the other tools, so will end up having to buy more blades anyway

[lyonspride]

Seriously? People are that tight?

This is just stupid on an epic scale, it's not hard to replace wipers, you don't need to take out a small mortgage and pay Halfrauds to do it, despite what the TV adverts say YOUR NOT TOO STUPID TO DO IT YOURSELF!

Next they'll be selling re-cutting tools your tyres or a reconditioning kit for your car battery, includes acid, a safety knife and a brush for cleaning the lead plates.

Or how about a dye that changes the colour of your engine oil to make it look fresh? Or a device for taking the lip off heavily worn brake discs? Maybe a dynamo you can position against one of your tyres to save having to replace a faulty alternator?

The list of stupid really does go on........

[Sad Ken]

lyonspride said:

YOUR NOT TOO STUPID TO DO IT YOURSELF!

[pedantic] but are too stupid to know the difference between your and you're? [/pedantic}

sorry couldn't help it lol (apologies if it was subtle irony lol)

[Shakermaker]

I wonder how many the bloke needs to sell to make back his investment? He's marketing it exactly the right way for this type of thing - on Facebook. Won't cost too much in advertising.

Thanks to my trusty Halfords Trade card, a new pair of Bosch wiper blades is only about the same price as this anyway and as someone else pointed out, they don't normally degrade so much at the edge but they split along their length when they go.

[Richard-390a0]

Wiperblades are getting greasy?... solution cut the greasy bit off !

& to think all these years I've just been wiping them clean on a piece of cloth for free!!!

[GIYess]

Wonder how it affects noise? I usually change my wipers as they start to harden and squeak.

[irocfan]

lyonspride said:

despite what the TV adverts say YOUR NOT TOO STUPID TO DO IT YOURSELF!

my apologies - I know it's pedantry but that made me laugh.

[Dr Interceptor]

I bet Bosch are stting themselves.

[Conscript]

lyonspride said:

Seriously? People are that tight?

This is just stupid on an epic scale, it's not hard to replace wipers, you don't need to take out a small mortgage and pay Halfrauds to do it, despite what the TV adverts say YOUR NOT TOO STUPID TO DO IT YOURSELF!

Next they'll be selling re-cutting tools your tyres or a reconditioning kit for your car battery, includes acid, a safety knife and a brush for cleaning the lead plates.

Or how about a dye that changes the colour of your engine oil to make it look fresh? Or a device for taking the lip off heavily worn brake discs? Maybe a dynamo you can position against one of your tyres to save having to replace a faulty alternator?

The list of stupid really does go on........

I think you've missed the point. The clue is in the name, this is more about being environmentally friendly - not massively so, but every little helps I guess. Seems like a neat little idea to me...why chuck out the entire wiper when only about 5% of the material used in it's construction is no longer usable? Just run this along to 'sharpen' the blade, carry on using it.

[Kenny Powers]

Seems like a good idea to me. But if it didn’t, I would probably ignore it rather than complain about it as though it was an insult to my family

Personally I will keep this product in mind, as I am quite fussy and tend to replace wipers every couple of years.

[Flibble]

Seems pointless, the edge of the blade isn't the only thing that wears on a wiper, the springs on the back of the blade (or stiffened spine on an aero wiper) will weaken over time, so even if you skimmed a wiper you're not buying much more life. My last set of wipers cost me £13 (Bosch) so it's not like there is big money to be saved.

[mgv8]

I always like it when people try and are inventive. In this case, I am not so shore as I think blade performance is often effected by hardening of the rubber. Having said that I would give it a go and see if in real life it works before saying its no good.

[Sad Ken]

mgv8 said:

I always like it when people try and are inventive. In this case, I am not so shore

I sea what you did there