Walmart has the All Season Wiper Blade (single) for $5.88 with free site-to-store shipping or $1 shipping to home (per blade). Blade lengths from 12" to 28" are available; good customer reviews.
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Random sample of good reviews:
Trash broke in a week
10/25/2012
GARBAGE! Both wipers broke in a week. TRASH!
I wouldn't buy until Dave has a chance to test them and post his recommendation.
All wipers are work fine for the first few weeks, they are designed like that so they can keep on selling
Inexpensive bidet replacement.
Good find zzyzx. You picked the only one-star review on Walmart.com. The other reviews were 3-star or higher.
On the same token, Ben ignored it. All the other reviewers reporting higher ratings owned the wiper blades from 2 - 7 weeks. Hardy an adequate amount if time to determine if these blades fall apart as I would suspect a $5.88 wiper blade would prematurely do... But go ahead and install them on your car. I'm sure they'll work well for you too. That is, at least, for 2-7 weeks...
These are the best wiper blades you can get for exactly $5.88
I always buy the cheapest blades I can find and never have them wear out or fail in a few weeks. Usually what happens is after a year or so, an ice storm comes and freezes them to my windshield so they tear because I was too lazy to check to see if they were stuck before turning them on, and too lazy to spray some silicone on them to keep them slick.
^ So, applying silicone prolongs the life of wiper blades?
^ Yes, it keeps them from dry rotting over the long term but more important to what I mentioned is it repels the water a little so they break free of ice easier. Just be sure it's the dry type silicone, the wet type would make a mess when it hits the windshield. Clean wipers with detergent solution, rinse clean, spray silicone, rub the spray in, let it sit, then wipe off excess a few minutes later.
OR, at these prices you could just keep a spare pair in the trunk.
I would disagree with the focus on keeping the blade slick. One of the biggest problems is scratching the glass which starts happening the first time the blade wipes over dirt, even when wet. Particles will begin to embed into the blade then that scratches the glass. Replacing the blades frequently will prevent this with the tradeoff in greater maintenance expense from buying new blades.
I prefer to Rain-x my windshield using microfiber cloths, letting dry, then wiping off the excess with a very slightly damp microfiber cloth. I clean my windshields with the Rain-x glass cleaner to add a bit of Rain-x back between applications. If I get road debris splashed up in traffic I will of course use my wipers but will clean them as soon as possible.
I have not tried dry silicone on the blades though that sounds very interesting. At least it sounds like less work than Rain-x.
Dry silicone on the blades can help a little in keeping them from skipping as well as resist water, but the Rain-x has a different benefit in rolling the water off the windshield.