I frequently need to "fix" or "modify" products so they work properly. This
is with brand new stuff which was not designed or manufactured properly to
begin with.

Lately I have been doing this a lot!

So... Try longer wiper blades. Maybe trim the lower portion off if it gets
in the way of something. Maybe get too long blades and the top goes over the
roof of the car at the peak, but maybe this does not harm anything and
solves your problem? Or maybe design your own wiper arm modification which
has an additional arm and spring to place a bit more pressure where you
want.

Also could be the design of that particular car/truck windshield. Try
different brands/models and see if there is the same problem. I know police
departments have some very large men and have a heck of a time finding cars
which will fit their long legs. Might want to make note of which cars they
are driving. I know they have been known to re-drill the front seat mounting
holes so the can move the front seats back further.


"David Combs" wrote in message
My lifelong problem with windshield-wipers is that, being 6'3",
while driving a car, my eyes's sightline to the road has always
gone through the windwhield *precisely halfway between* those two
supports that push the rubber "blade" against the windshield.


So, where *I* most comfortably look through the winshield is
where the wiper is guaranteed
to push lightly (if at all!) against the glass -- the
rain/snow/ice/dirt/roadScum-hit glass.

Thus leaving a 3-inch band ("annulus") the windshield has any (if any)
effect on.

So, my first question:

Is there a windshield-wiper manufacturer who make ones that have not
two, but three, supports directly pushing the actual blade against
the glass?


And my second: how about ones made for really difficult weather,
eg northern canada or alaska, with lots of ice, freezing-rain, etc?

----- just for fun:

What about these huge semi-trucks -- drive all night in that kind of
weather, what kind of wipers do they have.

Or airplanes?

Or navy destroyers?




Thanks!

David