Redi Shade 3003236 36-by-64-Inch Room Darkening Vinyl Shade with Cord, Dove

by Redi Shade

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Redi Shade Room Darkening Vinyl is an easy to use corded shade that provides light blocking and shadow-proof privacy. The Redi Shade not only provides instant maximum privacy with style but installs in two easy steps; peel and stick. The vinyl shade is easy to trim to fit your window or may be overlapped to cover larger windows. The vinyl shade is durable and washable.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000LG99G4
• Item model number: 3003236
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,337 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars inexpensive, gets the job done, February 19, 2008

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Music Fan Jeff (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Redi Shade 3003236 36-by-64-Inch Room Darkening Vinyl Shade with Cord, Dove (Tools & Home Improvement)

I was a little disappointed that this shade does not actually "darken" my room, but since I already have another window covering (standard mini-blinds) they do a sufficient job at further reducing the light that makes it into my room at night.

I didn't find the shade quite as easy to cut as some other reviewers indicated. (I used a standard, serrated kitchen knife.) Because of this, the edges of my shade are a little messy looking. Again, this isn't a problem for my installation since the shade is simply hanging behind my blinds anyway. If I intended this shade to remain up long term as my principal window covering, however, I wouldn't be too thrilled by how cheap it all looks.

So, my bottom line is that this is a good deal for the money as long as you know what you're getting.

EDIT ON 8/11/08:

I just wanted to add that only a couple of months after putting this shade up, the "stickies" that are used to hold it up failed -- this despite me normally not even moving the shade up and down each day, so the only force put on this shade most days was the weight of the shade itself. Very disappointing. I tried to find something to put and keep the shade back up and ended up just using a couple of nails so this thing would for sure stay put. I therefore would downgrade this to 3 stars.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great shade, February 24, 2008

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Steph (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Redi Shade 3003236 36-by-64-Inch Room Darkening Vinyl Shade with Cord, Dove (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is a great shade. I have bought redi shades before; however, they always looked like a temporary shade because of the material (and no cord). This shade can easily pass as a 'regular' shade. The vinyl (which almost looks like it has a 'pattern') makes the shade look better and not temporary. You might wonder about the 'vinyl' but it's not like regular vinyl (nothing shiny here). My bedroom gets a lot of light and I was surprised how 'room darkening' these shades were. Of course they didn't make the room pitch black but they did a great job filtering out the sunlight and definitely made the room darker (almost as dark as my room darkening roller shades that I had previously). The cord is also a nice touch. It's in the middle of the shade and has a toggle which aids in the 'not temporary' look. These shades are truly peel and stick and don't look cheap at all. I didn't have to cut these shades but have previously cut redi shades and it always was as easy as gathering the shade 'together' and cutting the end with a knife. All in all, I thought they were great and would highly recommend them.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping it cool!!!, June 19, 2008

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Katy May "Lizakatesmom" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Redi Shade 3003236 36-by-64-Inch Room Darkening Vinyl Shade with Cord, Dove (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have used this in my daughter's room and in my living room for the past two summers and it makes a huge difference on the power bill.

The late afternoon sun & 20' ceilings in my living room make it more like an oven than a living area. I put these shades underneath the mini blnds for 1/2 of the windows in the room. Before I used these my AC couldn't keep up to keep the house at 73 degrees. It would always get up to 77 or 78. With these on though, it is so cool & comfortable.

What's even greater is that I can take them down once summer is over and put them back up the following year.

They are very EASY to install - less than 10 minutes.

***I highly recommend that you clean the area that the adhesive strip will stick to with alcohol before you hang these. A clean area helps the adhesiveness last longer.