ShadesU Custom Size Zebra Shade Zebra Blind for Window Privacy Light Filtering Shades (Maxium Height 72inch) (Grey Color) (Width 25 inch)

PROS:- GREAT VALUE! A fraction of the price of custom shades, these guys provide great value. More on this later.- EASY TO INSTALL! The instructions are pretty clear. Two screws, two clips, measuring tape and a screw driver (or drill preferably!) is all you need.- LARGE ARRAY OF PREFAB SIZES. This means you're likely to find what you need. Don't forget industry standard automatically accounts for 1/2" gap. So if your window is 70.5" order the 71".- AMAZON FULFILLMENT. If you need to dress windows fast, this is a great way to do it.CONS:- AMAZON FULFILLMENT. Unfortunately, there were repeated issues with shipping damage to the boxes of large shades (71"). Amazon doesn't ship product in their own boxes. More on this later.- Limited selection of fabrics/looks. This is due to the price point and non-custom nature of the product.- I wish the weight bars were a little heavier and used metal hardware for the caps/ends.See attached pictures. I tried to show how they control visibility, filter light, and look at night. I don't know why Amazon rotates some pictures, sorry about that!I purchased custom shades for my new home on the main living second floor. 8 windows cost me 4 digits. I didn't think to shop for shades on Amazon. It wasn't until I was in bed thinking about the day when the thought occurred to me. I spent hours looking for something that wouldn't kill my budget and that could be a reasonable solution to a problem I needed to solve. I still had two other floors of windows I needed to dress to help control light and heat as needed.Enter ShadesU(SA).After shopping around and discovering a few super insane budget friendly options, I decided to order a sample set of shades.I did have a few issues resulting from Amazon's handling of packages, but I contacted the seller and they were helpful and quick to resolve an issue that they didn't cause. I was happy I didn't have to deal with the return process.My custom shades took 6 weeks from order to installation. The zebra shades from ShadesU arrived inside of two weeks.I proceeded to install them. I bought a 71" shade and a 29" shade. For shades longer than 60" they provide three sets of mounting brackets and clips. For shades shorter than 60" they provide two.As they indicate, there are two mounting options:1) inside the window frame under the head (like I think most people do with shades) and2) outside the window frame (like most people do with curtains).If you're planning on option 1 (like me), then you only need install the mounting clips under the head.If you're planning on option 2, then you install the brackets to the wall, and then the mounting clips to the brackets.I liked these shades so much that I ordered 5 more for the remaining windows on the first and third floor ranging in size from 23" to 29" to 71".These do a great job and are a step up from basic blinds.Most importantly, I managed to dress 7 windows for the cost of a SINGLE custom shade. I have one more floor with hard to reach windows that I need to finish. I'll be using ShadesU for this project!I highly recommend these guys.Thanks ShadesU for being friendly on my budget and providing great customer service when I needed it.

The media could not be loaded.  I m obsessed with these zebra blinds.i installed by myself.my window depth was 1.75” and i did not give me any problem in pictures you can see that it is little bit outside from top but thats ok for me. Only thing is pulling chain is long for my window but you can find its video on youtube how to shorten its chain.i will buy more zebra blinds for my livingroom.i live its color and fabric.its light filtering fabric .

The blind is very nice, but the installation instructions are cryptic. Here are my observations that may help someone. I did an inside mount. The instructions did not explain that the longer tab on the C clips must face into the room. Otherwise, it is both difficult to snap the blind into place, and more importantly, it will be extremely difficult to ever remove, because pressing up on the long tab is how you remove the blind, but if it's facing the back, it will be difficult or impossible to access. The other thing I ran into is that while I was pressing upwards to snap the blind into the clip, I inadvertently pushed the metal weight that hangs along the front of the blind into the housing. I was unable to retrieve it by hand or with a screwdriver, so I ended up taking the blind down, unscrewing the end cap, and pulling the weight back out so that the blind will be able to operate. So, advice to slightly open the blind so the weight is out of the way when pressing it up into the clips for installation.As for the product itself, I never had one of these, and it's a clever design, that the opaque stripes are spaced on a continuous fabric roll so that as you put it up or down, sometimes the transparent part is showing on every other stripe, or if you roll it down or up a little bit, it is all opaques, filtering the light. The fabric is lightweight and I don't think it's going to add much in the way of insulation, but may reduce the glare and thus help a bit with cooling in the summer months. The mechanism to do this is a cord chain (plastic), that dangles down from the left side of the blind and has an anchor to screw it to your window frame. Definitely a value product, compared to the Hunter Douglas roller blinds I have in my living room, which are probably over $400 each (though much higher quality and heavier weight). What they have in common is that the shade rolls up into the header and doesn't hang down and isn't heavy like other kinds of blinds. Looks good for the family room.

All I can say is this has to be the best purchase I have ever made on Amazon. Love these blinds, they were easy to install, and give a very appealing look even on the outside. I was on the fence but read the reviews and thought I would give them a try. Very happy I did. I will be purchasing more for my upstairs windows over the next month and eventually have my whole house with these! :)

My window widths are 72 1/2. I read a few reviews that suggested rounding up, so I bought 73 inch shades. I mounted "inside" and they fit like a glove! No gaps. They fit so perfect that actually look custom made. I almost spent over $600 for custom ones. Glad I gave these a chance. Instructions could be more detailed. Shades are beautiful and modern looking. They came a couple days earlier than expected. Money well spent. Thank you!