I have either Rain-Ex or Michelin on mine, can't remember which, but it works really well and gets the whole windshield.

 

Bosch Icon wipers on my 190E 2.6 work great.

Size was 22 inches IIRC. The W201 had different wiper styles, yours might be similar to the updated type (22"). The W124 has 24" blades.

 

3 years later, I went and replaced the 24 inch (not 22, as I originally thought) Bosch Icon wiper with a regular Bosch bracketed type.

For kicks, I also got a SWF-Valeo wiper (24 inches) to test. I can give whichever I don't use, to my mother's 300TE or my sister's 190E if they need it.

The nice thing about the Bosch, after 3 years, is the even pressure when it works well, but it does not have "weight" - I feel like the beam wiper does not put pressure on the windshield the way the bracketed standard wiper does.

When it went bad, it would allow water to streak across the glass. It still wipes and clears the water, but it did not clear the wiper portion of the glass 100%.

Has anybody tried SWF-Valeo wipers before? Is this the same as the original MB type? What wiper brand do you get when purchased from the dealer?

 

I have been using the 124 blade and like it. covers more of the window.

 

24" rainex works surprisingly well on mine.

 

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Michelin works great for me.
Hemersam

 

I love the single arm; it's one of my favorite characteristics of the 190, strange though that may seem. I also have a Bosch Icon 24" and it works pretty well. On my '93, the arm does an erratic sweep (don't know what else to call it--the arm sweeps up, dips down when the arc reaches the middle of the windshield, then goes back up again). Not sure if this is the case across the 190 range.

 

I am also using the Bosch Icon 422A (22 inch).
The thing I like about the Icon is that the lid that closes in the center also captures the 190's wiper arm to keep the blade from flying off similar to the OEM wiper's lock function.
Mike

 

One of the reason why I also went with the Bosch Icon. The bracketless design works perfect to me. :thumbsup:

Those with 24" wipers - don't they hit the A-pillar gutters? I know on the W124, the wiper blade sneaks in under these gutters (on regular bracketed wipers).

 

I replaced my OEM wiper with a Rain-x one a few months back. The old one still worked surprisingly well but the plastic parts were becoming grey'ish and it started to annoy me.

 

I used a Bosch BPN610 - which I think is 610mm long and it easily clipped in and works perfectly. It just makes clearance and does not hit the side of the screen.

 

ive tried them all, from the cheepies to the expensive icon blades teh stock one works best. the blades like the icosn with the single pressure point work well initially but after a while the outside point would skip and not wipe anything due to there not being enough pressure on the blade. they look great but dont work so well.

 

Those with 24" wipers - don't they hit the A-pillar gutters? I know on the W124, the wiper blade sneaks in under these gutters (on regular bracketed wipers).

I have them on both of my 190's and they fit great no contact at all.