If You’re Thinking of Buying Cheap Blinds off Amazon- Please Watch This First!
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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.
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.
Haha, fun ending & informative. I coincidentally had Persilux blinds pulled up on Aliexpress hile watching this. Will check your link too.
Such a classic DIY project and well done Ryan. I was surprised the dirt came off with just the sponge 🤯.
You and me both! I was nervous about that, It would have kind of ruined the blind and the video!
We bought levolor ones from Lowe's that have been great, somewhere between 50 and 80 apiece. Haven't looked back since.
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.
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.
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.
Made in China ?
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.
Good video. Thanks! I need help getting my old blinds off the window - specifically the header piece. Do you have a video for that? Looking for a great thermal up down/down up shade in US that is in this same price range.
The man of the people!
There really wasn't any good videos out there on these type of cheap blinds.....until now!....well good is debatable:)
@@TheFunnyCarpenter thanks for testing it out, I was wondering ok the quality of the product.
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
Persilux brand? I see on their site they recently updated the open close hardware…. Hopefully it holds up!
Love your videos!!!
Thank you!!
My biggest issue with those types of blinds (and probably the expensive ones too)... if you have to place the mounts into a tight space (especially inside mount blinds), good luck getting them to unsnap if you need to remove that blind without chipping or downright breaking the plastic top rail of the blind. I broke three of the 5 I had to remove to paint a couple rooms. Not sure how well they will remount and if they stay in place.
Spacer blocks would solve your issue immediately.
Why a horizontal blind for a casement (horizontal open) window? Won't it flap in the breeze?
Thank you.
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
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I bought HD blinds a while back and wasn’t happy with them… but I’m sure there’s all different types
Could you please do a 3,000 pull test just to satisfy my curiosity if the blind will last 30 years?
These break right around the two year mark or sooner. They are a poor design that has the mechanisms working against gravity and the how hard or soft the consumer pulls on it. Great for spaces that are not used. They look incredibly cheap and work incredibly cheap. Great for rentals or garages. Not for a new home.
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.
If they get too dirty, I can just replace them. 😂
I agree. I don't understand why anyone would spend as much as he did on blinds.
Yup I get those for rental properties I manage , 1" cordless light filtering vinyl cordless blinds from Menards . Dumb cheap and usually get the size closet for n inside mount if not they cut them for free to sizes so affordable and looks great I am dumbfounded by people wasting money on shit like this like literally
$550? That’s what boutique stores charge for the bored spouses charge for their products, and than they (possibly) include installation. (I doubt it’s included, why not take all the money? If there’s still money on the table) $130 ? Still not reasonable for such a small blind. I just revisited my Amazon history, because I was certain the regular room window blinds I bought were not so much. I bought Bali blinds, a reputable brand, for several windows. $52 appx. each. My main windows, in front of house 72”x72” were a lot more. All have been serving now since 2017. I have a disabled family member, my daughter, she tends to be very rough on the bedroom shades, these ones are study, dust is the only blemish concern, and if they are damaged, it’s a cheap replacement.
@@lilcreaper007I bought those too. And the plastic on those literally disintegrates in six months. Just touch the slats slightly to peer through them and they snap like crackers.
👍👍👍.Thanks
Blinds are for people who haven't graduated to curtains yet. Curtains are superior in every way and some really significant ways. First and foremost they don't take up 10-20% of your precious window. They actually block all light. They are inexpensive, washable, etc. Blinds are what people that haven't found curtains use. I suggest Ikea curtains on their. Vidga track, modern looks, inexpensive, unlimited Customizability.
Yes but do the curtains come with cool windy mechanisms?
What are curtains?
Great video! Could you do one on buying an add on quality bidet...😅
Lol I bought a cheap one off Amazon… I don’t think it’s in the cards for a video, it’s too graphic!!! Funny story though when I first installed I turned it on and it shot me right in the face😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenter Why do you think an add on bidet is too graphic? You don't have to demonstrate it! Many countries in Europe and Asia have bidets in every bathroom... even McDonalds. I host international students, some of them had never heard of toilet paper before arriving in North America. One student always carried a filled water bottle because she thought toilet paper was so unsanitary. I have looked at dozens of bidet-type products to attach to the toilet; however, the products are so different. If I buy one that uses warm water, how do I connect it? Should I choose a model that attaches inside the toilet or one beside the toilet? What is the tradeoff between a higher water bill compared to paying for toilet paper? @timshel011 Thank you!
Ur the Best!!!
🍻🍻🍻thanks buddy
Really wish this was posted last year when I bought all new blinds for my house......
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…
Yep, we priced out Hunter Douglas blinds as well, too rich for our blood. Found a Canadian custom manufacturer for half that price and still felt ripped off, lol. Blinds look and function great though.
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
Last time I ordered blinds, I specified a slightly wider window opening to reduce gaps on the sides (the blinds come undersized). It worked.
Saved 1000's this summer ordering on Amazon VS a few of the quotes we got from local companies.
How are the blinds working out so far?
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 $50 that I ever spent. Walmart rocks.
8.44$ a blind? In what 1968?
@@James26285 This year? Home Depot has these cordless venetian blinds for like $10-30 depending on how wide a window you're covering. Same kind of bracket mounting as what's shown in the video.
@@James26285 What a dumb thing to say. Are you Forrest Gump?
I bought bigger blinds and motorized in lowes for the same price about 120 dollars
300 opens and closes is hardly a year worth of usage (assuming you're opening those blinds every morning)
I’m not a big fan of blinds. I hate all the banging they make if you have a window open. Custom drapes are expensive but so worth it. Especially if you think you need to replace your existing windows. Don’t ask me how I know this. 😂
Thanks for sharing Like 582
Do these open partially, or can they only be open or closed fully?
Technically, these are not "blinds" but cellular shades - they have no slats like blinds and can only be raised or lowered.
So the title said cheap but then the picture you showed said $160 each. These are not not the same. 😆
He said $160 Canadian.
@@michaels3003 😂
Fire alarm battery!
Cheapest window shades I saw is in Home Depot $13!
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Please don't take this the wrong way. Someone needs to take the credit card away from you guys...especially your wife.
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How are we supposed collect Travel Miles??? You buy 2 million dollars in goods and the next thing you know your flying one way to San Diego!
In coach@@TheFunnyCarpenter
@@TheFunnyCarpenter😂🤣😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenterbut only on about 10 Tuesdays of the year.
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I bought 2 blinds for 2 million dollars each and the screws were $1000 dollars each and i needed 16 so was $16000..
I’ve had my blinds for a few years now. One side broke and we could still close them, but now both sides are broke, and can’t get the blinds to go back up. Is there away to fix them?
Seriously? You can buy similar blinds without blackout at Boscovs for $25. No way I’d pay $160
I'm super nervous to see your impact driver sit on its battery on the edge of the bench. They are designed to trick you into doing this, so you can topple it over with the spindle onto the concrete ground. Next you'll find yourself for a new one, because this one is out of center.
I own all makita drivers and impact drivers, bulletproof. I’ve dropped all of them (3 regular screw guns, 2 commercial grade ones and two like this one) and they all withstand the falls. Though I freak out everytime one tumbles, especially when the larger batteries are attached. A 2aHr battery is supper light, but most are 5ahr’s which are bulky and heavy. And also more of a concern about breakage, since they cost more than the tool itself in most cases
@@STV-H4H Can't beat Makita for quality that's for sure
Most contractors that I’ve met will drill on about not setting the power tools on the battery as thats usually how they get knocked over and damage things
@@Jefixit yes, definitely. I’m guilty of failing to keep that in mind when I’m on a ladder. Limited space on the top ‘step’. I did finally install the belt clip on a couple drills, but because it was banging my knee, it is often ignored. It makes the profile wider, so it forces me to lay it on its side, but still, setting it upright forever is an instantaneous heart attack when it again topples. Maybe a weeble shaped battery is the answer. Looks dorky but if you know my reference, it’s at least a humorous reference.
@@STV-H4H on the older Makita series I bent one spindle and broke two chucks by toppling them from waist height onto concrete. Since then I lay my machines on their sides, so I don't know what the new ones can withstand. But I really don't want to find out 😉
I have never spent more than $10 for a blind my god $150 for one window is nuts.
Obviously doing videos on YT pays a lot better than I thought.
It is a lot of work to get the channel to make real money. Some people make it after two or three years of continuous effort; some people never make it.
man handled the thing he says, you need to woman to handle that dirt smudge, ive countless chemicals for that, like an alchemist. I can get a smudge out of anything! LOL!
Now you can get a shoulder massage with some of the money you'll save!
Lol I had to reshoot this part of the video because initially I said 1000 times, that was going to be way too painful!
@@TheFunnyCarpenter I don't blame you! I have a pinched nerve in my shoulders and anytime I do wall or ceiling tile, drywall, trim, my arms go numb.
I counted 298.. Total rip off!
I demand a recount!
Are those cats 🐈 resistant??? 🤔
Wide slat venetian blinds or shutters. That's about it.
Open and close 300 times.... why would you do that.
people are paying 100s for one blind? jesus christ yall are nuts
You're going straight to Hell !😮
That's what I thought. I buy the $13 blinds at Home Depot because my dog's going to eat them eventually anyway. I was thinking about being fancy sometime and buying the $20 ones but I just can't bring myself to spend that much.
The expensive blinds make sense in nice rooms with 20+k in furniture.
@@sociopathmercenarythe cheapest blind at my home Depot are literally 50$
@@sociopathmercenary i usually go 20 dollar ones
15/16 from the edge of the window? Wouldn’t it be better to just say 1/16” from the front most edge? Another observation. Youe a carpenter who uses his garage for what? This garage appears to be the same type of garage people who don’t use the garage as a garage or workshop. It looks like a tea party room. No wonder spending over $100 per is acceptable.
$500 for a set of blinds? Take that credit card away, jeez.
Over 500 hundred for just one blind? I don't think so. Even at $160, that's expensive! You must have been working three jobs!
$160 canadian, Holy F**k, and your ordering more, lol, does that come with a maid or valet or some such, good grief, KZheads paying yout too much, lol, for that kind of cheese it better frickin work and not get dirty
You Get what you pay for: it’s not 1989 anymore ! Looks 💩
it looks cheap as hell. cannot touch hunter douglas
You my friend are a funny carpenter lol good vid. $500 a piece ur wife has good taste