Founded in 1972, Rain-X was merged into the global oil powerhouse Royal Dutch Shell in 2002 and acquired by North American automotive aftermarket giant ITW in 2012. In 2007, ITW was named one of the "America's Most Popular Companies to Investors" and was named to Fortune magazine's "America's Most Favored Companies" list in 2007, becoming an "Industrial Star" in the United States.
 
Rain-X's Latitude has been on the list on many foreign review sites, and it has ranked first in many reviews. Latitude is ranked No. 1 on Research Core and Thoroughly Reviewed; It used to be number one on The Wire Cutter, but was later beaten by Bosch's 26A Icon and is now number two; It is also ranked second on Best Seeker, but its Weather Beater is also on the list, ranking third, so there are two Rain-X products in the top five of Best Seeker.
 
The Latitude is available in two models, one with a windshield coating and the other without a coating, priced between $16-$20 each. There's also a Weather Beater, which, like the Latitude, is an all-season wiper with a slightly lower price of $8-$15 per unit, and also earns the best title in Consumer Search's list of low-cost wipers. Rain-X's wipers are indeed very good, but there are no sales channels in China, and even purchasing agents are rare, so they can only be purchased overseas.