If You’re Thinking of Buying Cheap Blinds off Amazon- Please Watch This First!

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[davidwell]

I bought two 11 dollar metal blinds for my garage two years ago from Walmart and they have worked perfectly. You installation tips are great and will use them going forward.

[Mercury]

Thanks so much for making this! I need a bunch of blinds too and didn’t even want to start researching but you researched everything I needed! I’ll use your links to get them now!

[charlespatt]

I got similar Amazon blinds for 5 windows. Rather than fit them inside the frame I got them wide enough to cover the window from the measurements outside of the trim. The brackets are designed for both types of mounting.
That let me mount a strip of wood above the window to be screwed into studs then the blind brackets can be positioned anywhere along the strip to fit the mechanisms.
They gave us pretty good black out coverage this way, too.
One out of five I returned because it did not hang straight and got a replacement. Good to check when you get them.

[EverydayHomeRepairs]

Such a classic DIY project and well done Ryan. I was surprised the dirt came off with just the sponge 🤯.

[bertblue]

I shopped for blinds just st a month ago and passed out. Put all new windows in my house and wanted to update the levolor brand I had with new colors. The wingnut before me put black blinds in. New ones today were damn near the price of my windows. Phicking insane.

[stans]

I went to get custom blinds from my local store.
The associate was really great in helping me.
I picked up six of them and went on my way.
At $8.44 per blind, that $50 was the best $50 that I ever spent.
Walmart rocks.

[armoirs]

Got the same blinds and in some of the less used rooms the opening spring gets stuck and requires a bit of persuasion to kick in. The trick would be to open them daily to keep them in good working condition

[abavariannormiepleb]

Another thing to be careful about are the materials the blinds are made out of. Some of these can go up in flames extremely violently acting as an accelerant and then in turn lighting things on fire that usually don’t burn easily.

[sociopathmercenary]

I get the basic blinds at Home Depot for like $13. They don't have a cord... You just raise them and lower them and they stay in place. They are standard blinds not cellular, but I don't cry if my dog rips them apart.

[brokenwrench]

My daughter has those Amazon blinds. I bought a similar Home Depot black out blinds that were half the price and are definitely better quality

[WowRixter]

Could you please do a 3, 000 pull test just to satisfy my curiosity if the blind will last 30 years?

[aball]

Great channel. I would never spend 3 figures for one window. I could buy 5 cheap blinds and change it out every year. If I was looking for black out I buy black out insulated curtains.

[csimet]

I grew to hate traditional folding style blinds... they are just dust collectors and easy to damage. I've gone to zebra blinds made by Persilux. Yes, they cost more that those paper/composite blinds, but are reasonably priced. They also have a huge advantage with their double-overlay design, being able to adjust (for privacy) nearly anywhere along their deployment and lay flat so as to not gather any dust. Very easy to keep clean.

[rbrown]

Just $500 per window? We averaged $1000 CAD (yup, that’s three zeros) per window with Hunter Douglas Silhouettes back in 2005–and that was a very good price.😱I guess it was a case of the blinds doing the stealing for a change…

[twothirdsanexplosive]

Gonna give props to EcoSmart Shades in Vermont. Great service, quality, and attention to details in their design. Made in USA yet still say cheaper than name brand stuff.

[biggregg]

Please don't take this the wrong way. Someone needs to take the credit card away from you guys...especially your wife.

[DeveloperChris]

I bought IKEA's cellular blinds. They only come in fixed sizes, however they can be cut down to whatever size you need with a circular saw. Yes you can! You must make sure you are very careful and you will most likely need to readjust the spring mechanism, Its not hard but you need to know what you are doing which just means coming to understand how it works. However Mold can be an issue. They do clean up easily as they are polyester, they look like paper but they are not.

[wrrioreh]

Saved 1000's this summer ordering on Amazon VS a few of the quotes we got from local companies.

[CLove]

We bought levolor ones from Lowe's that have been great, somewhere between 50 and 80 apiece. Haven't looked back since.

[brokenwrench]

You forgot to mention that when measuring and ordering you have to account for the hardware on the blind itself. It adds something like a 1/8 on each side.
I doubled up on my bedroom windows with light filtering inside the window frame and black outs in the outside. This way I can have some privacy with some light getting through and if I want to watch a movie or sleep in, i can close the black outs