EnergyTrack 3/8" Translucent Double Cell Shades Reviews

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These Energy Track shades are a good idea in theory. After buying and installing them, I wouldn't spend the extra money on them. They were a lot more money then a regular Double Cell Shade would have been, but I spent the extra money because I just bought a house and the windows are horribly insulated. Unfortunately, the material of the actual shade is so thin that I doubt they insulate very much at all. Even with the Energy Tracks on the side you can still feel a slight draft at the bottom and sides of the shades, due to the thinness of the material the shades are made of. If I did it over, I would have saved a couple hundred dollars and got the regular shades instead. That, and it took over a month and a half for Blind Chalet to get me the right mounting brackets for them. In the original shipment they sent the wrong ones, and when I called to tell them, the quickly sent me out another package with the right ones, unfortunately, that new package was short two brackets that I needed, so I had to call back again and have some more sent out, resulting in one of my windows sitting for a month and a half with a blanket over it. At least their customer service was fast and easy to deal with, and I didn't have to pay for any replacements to ship.

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Excellent product, excellent service, simple installation, good price. What's not to like?

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Great quality shades! Great customer service. Very reasonable prices.

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This is a great product. We live in a mountain valley and have a bank of north facing windows. They are great during the summer but in the winter the cold just pours off them with a ghost draft. We put these up and it's made a huge difference, even in below zero weather.

We got the translucent version and that's been great as our room is still light during the day. The installation went pretty well after the first window. Our first window was also the biggest and needed three brackets. Getting them all on at once was a challenge until we figured it out. After that, all the other windows went up really easily.....even the ones up high and involving a ladder. I love the side tracks which help "seal" the window much more. My advice in measuring yourself is to measure three times though. If you want a seal, you have to get it right. Blinds Chalet did exactly what I sent in and their instructions for measurement are spot on.

All in all, these are great blinds and at a price half of what the larger brands offer.

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Fine product, have been recommending it to all who see it. Energy Track with magnetic attachment are a nice improvement on the original snap-in tracks. Blinds Chalet mis-ordered two shades that were supposed to be top-down-bottom-up as normal bottom-up only shades, but promptly re-ordered from the factory at their expense. However, one consistent disorder on six top-down-bottom up shades as follows: the bottom up pull was placed on the side opposite what was ordered. That is, specifying a right-side lift cord ended up with a left-side lift and right-side top-drop cord. I now have to reach way into a corner to raise two of my shades. Some day I'll figure out how to disassemble the shades and reverse the cords.