Customer Reviews

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

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

I was really surprised by this shade. We got this size and the larger one and both were great. It didn't quite fit the window but was easy to trim down with a box cutter. The raising/lowering mechanism is better than I expected for the price. This should last us until we can find the drapes we really want.

These shades are better than I expected. They're a bit thicker and sturdier than I thought they'd be. EASY to install. I measured out the window and used the measurements that are right on the shade to cut. I used a serrated kitchen knife to do it.

I have a nice bamboo shade that I ordered to fit on the inside of my window. What I didn't know is that at night with the lights on you can see right thru it. I didn't have anymore room in the window to mount a regular pull down of blinds. I didn't want to get anything to cover the blinds since the reason I got them is because they look nice, not to cover them up. We thought about curtains, but the bamboo style we got is made to fly solo. Slapped two of these in (its a double window) and they fit right in there nice and work great. Not sure if I would use them by themselves, unless it was temporary or strapped for cash.

these shades are easy to install, made very well and work incredible...we wanted to keep the sun out of our bedroom, and they do exactly that...would recommend to everyone...

I love my new Redi Shades BUT I would just like you to know that after only one month's time one of them fell down. The foam tape was just not working. There are only two small pieces attached to the tops of each shade and I believe that they really need an entire strip attached across the entire length of the shade. The fix is easy though, I just went to the store and bought some more foam tape to put on the shade and now it's back up and working fine. Suggestion to the MFG. PUT MORE TAPE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SHADES !!

My husband and I have recently moved into a new home and the drapes have not been completed so we had no privacy. Someone told us about the temporary shades and we love them! More people have commented on them than they did on my new furniture! We highly recommend them to everyone!!

We bought these to use until our window coverings arrived and I have to say they are perfect! It was easy to fit into the window and they block out a fair amount of light.

I felt like I was taking a chance with these, but with the low price, why not? I only needed two of them. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. They are incredibly easy to cut (I just used a serrated knife) especially since it comes with a template to do so. They certainly are room darkening and they are easy to raise and lower. I am only using them in a spare room where I don't want to spend alot of money but I would honestly use them elsewhere if I had the need to. They are a good, inexpensive solution to darken a room.