Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

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) and 2) 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.