Nylon Magic Sunshade (Styles May Vary)

by Axius

Product Features

• Blocks damaging UV rays
• Keeps car cooler on sunny days
• Folding design for compact storage
• Panels can be used horizontally or vertically to fit a wide variety of vehicles
• Two panels per package; each panel measures 25 x 28 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AMBOLW
• Item model number: 20001
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,835 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive)
  • #18 in Automotive > Interior Accessories > Sun Protection > Sunshades
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Auto Expressions Sunshade features the patented Magic Shade two-panel design that protects the interior of your car by blocking damaging UV rays. These contemporary, elegant shades pop open easily and fold down for compact storage. Proven to keep your car interior cooler on sunny days, the panels can be used horizontally or vertically to fit a wide variety of vehicles. Each package contains two panels, and each panel measures 25 x 28 inches.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sunshade, July 24, 2009

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Donald E. Wilson (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nylon Magic Sunshade (Styles May Vary) (Automotive)

I live in South Florida and have used this type of sunshade for at least 15 years. This one is small - it just fits my Toyota Corolla. They give the dimensions - so just measure your windshield to see if you need one of the larger models. Folding it up is a little tricky at first. Once you learn how to do it(which doesn't take much practice), I can fold them in 2 seconds or less. The trick is to slide them together, grab diagonal corners(upper left, bottom right for example). Grab one corner with an overhand grip, and the other with an underhand grip, and twist while bringing your hands together. It shouldn't make any difference, but for me I grab the top left underhanded, and the bottom right overhanded. Does a good job of keeping the interior cooler. I have also used the foil one - it might look flimsy, but mine lasted a couple years before starting to tear. I might have had a different brand though(?). They fold-up the size of a dinner plate and are easily stored between the seat and console(or elsewhere).

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nylon Magic Sunshade, March 10, 2007

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O. ONEILL "oc-coast" (Orange County ,CA) - See all my reviews
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I've had Nylon Magic Sunshade for about 5 years. I highly recommend using them because they're extremely handy in a hot day. They're easy to fold and store in the car, they're very durable. They're great for a gift (that's what I do!). Anyone who tried them would buy it again.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great product hampered by Amazon's inability to properly market, July 3, 2009

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monoblocks (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nylon Magic Sunshade (Styles May Vary) (Automotive)

Having been a Magic Shade sunshade user for several years now, I'm well acquainted with this products virtues (and vices), so when it came time to order up a new sunshade for one of our cars, the choice for me was pretty much a no brainer. Rather than waste a trip to one of the local B&M stores in the hope that they might have something in stock, I opted to try buying on Amazon instead. Since I had paid to be a Prime customer I knew it would arrive in a couple of days. But from that final mouse click I should've realized that the buying experience was sadly flawed.

The shade arrived with the usual Prime quickness, but from the moment I opened the shipping box it was then that I realized that Amazon's sales process didn't ask me for the actual SIZE of the shade. Magic Shades come in at least TWO different sizes; the one Amazon shipped is Standard, whereas what I really needed was Jumbo. The product packaging has all of the fitment information on the back; however WHEN YOU BUY ONLINE it's up to the SELLER to provide that information, which Amazon did not.

Needless to say, the shipped Magic Shade turned out to be a bit too small for installation on our Mazda although it does do about 90%+ of the job. The actual coverage width of the two panels side-by-side was fine in the car but the overall height came out a bit short. However using the car's sun visors to hold the shade panels actually works to keep most of the sun out at the head of the windshield. This particular sunshade is made in the preferred nylon and came in the standard gray-silver on the outfacing side. My wife was dubious and ambivalent over the choice, having been an accordion-type shade user. But after carefully showing her the proper stacking, hand grip and wrist-flip action, she got the shade 'fold-down' on her very first try, and was satisfied that this shade would work fine in the car. And I no longer have to deal with those bloody accordion sunshades that sag and wilt over time anymore.

Other things of note: through experience I found that over time the 'frame' of the Magic Shade shades can bind up during its 'twist' motion through repeated folding/unfolding. Generally it's been easy to fix and continue to use, but I have had one set that I had to replace because the frame actually bent and no longer would open into its proper shape. Also, the standard-sized shade seems (to me) to have overly rounded corners on the shade panels, allowing for more sunlight to get through at the base of the car's A-pillars and the center of the dash at the base of the windshield than what I've been accustomed to with the larger jumbo shades.

While the product itself is still what I consider the preferential type of sunshade for our cars, the lack of provided fitment information by Amazon is a crying shame. It dilutes the power of purchasing online and negates the benefit of saving myself the time, trouble and gasoline of going to the nearest Target or Fred Meyer and tracking down the proper sized Magic Shade locally. Considering that more and more cars--including subcompacts--have larger windshields these days, accounting for multiple sizings is a MUST, and in that regard Amazon lets the buying public down. Although I found out later that there are Marketplace seller who offer the jumbo-sized Magic Shade, their shipping pricing ultimately gives pause to receiving value and savings over shopping locally.