Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsLike a draogonfly's wings, very pretty.
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017
I love the way this film looks when the light hits it. We redecorated my daughters room with a loft bed that sits right in front of her windows. This film provides enough coverage for privacy while allowing the natural light to still illuminate under the loft. The beautiful light play is somewhat reminiscent of upcycled CD art which works well in bringing her room together with the CD Mosaic Dragon we made for her wall. The windows now look very elegant, and fit nicely with her transition from little girl room to teen/young adult room. I bought some for my bedroom windows as well, her windows face east and get light most of the day while mine face west and only get evening sun though so I'm hoping the light play will still be good in my room too... if not I may have to update this review.
The film itself is thicker than I had expected (in comparison to some other window films I've used elsewhere in my home) which I think is great for durability. I can't really attest to whether it blocks out much UV rays. Even windows themselves filter out some UV rays though so I would imagine this does block some UV rays as advertised but how much, I don't know.
It is fairly easy to install, pretty much the same as any other non-adhesive window film. However, I did have one issue with it. One of my windows the bottom edge of the film curls up. No matter what I do it continues to curl up away from the window. I've instaled non-adhesive film before, none of the edges seem to be binding, the window was cleaned many times before application so there is nothing like dust or oils that would be responsible for poor adhesion. I've used the same process on all eight window sections but just the one section keeps doing this. I almost gave it only 4 stars because of this but I just really love the way the film looks and I can probly use a little adhesive behind just that spot if it keeps bothering me.
As a side note I think these would make lovely wings for a fairy costume and if you leave the backing on it's very sturdy feeling. Even without the backing it's pretty thick and durable..