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M**Y
Excellent value for money, perfect for the conservatory
As per the attached pictures, we already had some 'proper' fabric blinds in place and replaced them with these temporary thick paper ones. We managed to cover 9 panes of glass with a single 6-Pack of these blinds. That's 9 panes of glass covered for around £20As a summary, I think for their intended use, they are excellent value and quick and easy to install. I've given a 5-star rating due to this, though for our intended use, there were a few issues I'll mention below.The old blinds we had were falling apart. At the time of writing we're in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and can't have a tradesperson come out to measure and fit anything as it's not an essential service.We had two issues to resolve. First was to replace the awful blinds that were falling apart. Secondly was to block direct sunlight from two additional panes of glass. The intention was to replace the permanent blinds like-for like and if the temporary blinds are any good order some more for the additional panes of glass.The thing is, these blinds are designed to stick from the top and drop down - as you'll see, our conservatory has sloped panes of glass and several are not rectangular in shape!!For the blinds that were simple rectangles, we stuck the adhesive-end of the blinds to the top of the glass and then pulled the blinds taught and taped the bottom. It sounds simple, but it was quite a mission! This isn't a fault of the blinds but of the location we were installing. However, the adhesive is very strong and unforgiving if placed incorrectly. You are likely to tear the paper trying to peel off any stuck down paper. Also, as these blinds are simply thick paper, they can easily rip/tear if not properly handled. We caused a few 'nics' in ours that aren't that fortunately aren't that noticable.The tape we used at the bottom was a strong double sided tape. As you may notice from the pictures, the blinds we're not completely taught on the roof panes, though we're subsequently added additional tape to some areas of the sides and pressed them against the window.Fortunately we were able to use offcuts from our larger roof glass panes to cover the smaller ones and therefore end up with two full blinds left over that we used to corner-off some vertical drops that were not previously covered. Having had the blinds up a few days the pleats are quite taught at the very top under the weight of the rest of the blind and gradually as the blind drops the pleats get less stretched and remain concertina'd. We haven't bothered to cut anything off the bottom of our vertical drop blinds.Installing the vertical drop blinds (which is the use that these are really sold for) was an absolute breeze! We measured the inside of the window pane top and bottom (to make sure the width was even (it was off by about 4mm so we had to use the smaller of the measurements to make sure the blinds would perfectly fit inside the pane).The white pleated blinds give us great additional shade and are also clean and bright making the room look nicer. I'm not sure how long the adhesive will last with the sun beating down on it directly or even if there will be any discolouration or degradation of the blinds. Personally, I think if they last the summer and winter without completely falling apart, they will have performed their job of temporarily giving us shade and a useable conservatory until we can get a 'proper' set fitted. By proper I mean a stronger fabric that's on some kind of runner and can easily be opened/closed or lifted/shut which these aren't designed for - especially not hanging from a roof.As I say, for their intended purpose, they are excellent. I'd definitely recommend them. If my impression changes before a year is up, I'll come back and update this review.
J**S
Great simple alternative to fitted blinds 👍🏻
Built a garden office during lockdown and got a quote for some blinds for the UPVC doors and windows. Quotes were close to £900 which was by no means justifiable so looked at some alternative options that included a similar product from IKEA. Would have bought the IKEA ones but £39 delivery is a big of a joke for some paper blinds so looked on Amazon and found these. At £25 for 6 it was worth a punt. They took 10mins to cut to size and stick on 2 doors an 4 windows and the adhesive strips are really strong. I think they look amazing and others have commented how great they look. You couldn’t really tell they are just folded paper! Only downside is gathering the blinds up each morning is a bit cumbersome given there’s no cords to pull (you just gather and clip) but for £25 - what do you expect?! These will do for a fair while 👍🏻
K**P
Perfect blackout blinds
Perfect blackout blinds, cheap and easy to fit instantly . They are well made and last well
S**P
Good quality, recommended for temporary blinds
On the plus side, very very easy to set up and seems to be good quality. You literally just have to hold it against the window pane, peel the sticker off and stick it where you want it! I had selected white and it allows plenty of light in while at the same time its opaque and hence maintains your privacy. The size is decent for most windows I guess but for mine I had to use 1/4 of another piece and taped them together (which was a bit of a task) to cover the large window - you can choose not to glue it of course but for my purpose making them look like one piece is what I wanted - looks a bit more neat that way.On the downside, I personally did not like the shade of white - a bit off white would have made it look more elegant. Though cost per blind is reasonable, I would have preferred an option to have less number of blinds in a pack as I literally just used only 2 and don't know what to do with the others (and hence feel like paid a lot more than I am actually using) and lastly, there could be another peel and stick option for the sides to connect 2 blinds.Overall, absolutely does what it says in the product description and a good buy for either temporary blinds or for covering the windows for privacy (like I did)
N**S
Avoid buying these at all costs!
Do not buy these blinds!!! After buying the ikea version of these at £3.50 each for my two doors I was so impressed that I thought I’d buy some more stick up blinds to tide me over for a while. Having just moved into a new build house new blinds throughout we’re priced so costly I can’t afford them at present. Saw these blinds on amazon for the same fab same price as the ikea, so bought a box of six of them for all my windows. They arrived today. OMG 😡 even for temporary blinds these are shockingly bad!! Flimsy paper that look horrendous. Not easy to cut precisely like the ikea ones 😔 they do stick up well but they look terrible!!! Unlikely my ikea stick up blinds which to be fair look great and will last. I feel completely robbed I could If just stuck white paper up on the window and got this look. I instead I had to pay £20 for this disprivilege!! 😡😡😡 oh and the clips that came with them are such rubbish quality four broke from the springs on the card they were on before I even could use them!! If you want a quick stick up temporary blind go to IKEA direct. Their are the same price. Their white ones are a fabric materials and their black out ones a made from thick card but coated in something that makes them look fabric. Both types with a smaller more elegant pleat. Ikea blinds stick better and come with better clips and Velcro fastenstings when you want to keep them closed..........ikea blinds don’t look cheap either. JUST AVOID THESE AWFUL THINGS!! Bloody daylight robbery!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 very unhappy, upset and angry customer. I feel I’ve spent more money now which could of gone to far better use. I went straight to ikea yesterday bought theirs put them at every window and the look nice Unlike these terrible things!!!
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