GraywindMotorized Outdoor Shades for Patio Compatible With Alexa Google Smart Sun Blinds Exterior Solar Powered Electric Roller for Outside, Custom Size (3% Openness Gloam Beige)

Purchased these exterior smart shades for the large front windows of our Sierra Mountain home. With a southern facing exposure, the morning sun shines directly into the windows on the left side of our living room and as the day goes by, the afternoon sun shines in the right side living room windows. I was concerned that the UV rays of the sun would damage our flooring and furniture. After reading about these shades, I decided to give them a try and WOW, I'm so glad I did!. We ordered the black color knowing this would allow us to see the beautiful vistas clearly through the shades when they were down. The shades are extremely well made and work beautifully. You can program them to automatically roll down and up at specific times which is totally awesome. We have been using ours daily for the past 3 months without so much as a hick-up. They filter the light beautifully and roll up and down smoothly. I love how the remote allows you to give the shades a little "bump" to completely tighten them when they are down, creating a flawlessly smooth, tight surface. Couldn't be happier with the purchase. They were shipped from China (I was a bit skeptical about what the quality would be like in the beginning) and they arrived swiftly, it only took 5 days and they were at our door! Easy enough for my husband to install (he's a General Contractor) and they look neat and clean on the outside. As I mentioned previously, they are really well made, really nice quality and work like a charm! We have the solar panels on the top to keep them charged and you can easily see the little blue light on the side of the housing, letting you know that all is well. They do come with a USB cord to charge if need be, but so far the solar panel has kept them fully charged. Don't hesitate to give these a try, you won't be disappointed!

This is one of the few solar shade vendors that I found that offers to custom size their product.We bought two ceiling mounted solar shades for our outside patio to block the afternoon sun. We received both shades earlier than we expected and they were very well packaged - no worries about there being any possible damage in transit. All of the parts were included and in individual ziplock bags making it easy to identify the next part needed during installation.The installation was very straight-forward and easy. We got both shades to work either together as a single operation or independently operated using a single remote control (channel 00 operates both together, channel 1 operates one shade, channel 2 operates the other, etc.). We purchased a solar panel for each shade so we wouldn’t have to use the supplied USB cable and they, too, were very easy to install and seem to be working just fine to keep the motor battery charged even though one faces north while the other faces west.I sent the seller an email as the remote control, after initially activating the battery, wouldn’t operate either shade. Received a response within 24 hours with the diagnosis that the remote happened to be set to channel 13 and instructions that got me back on track.It’s a good thing they just ask whether or not you intend to install the guide cables but include them anyway. Initially we thought we wouldn’t install them as we probably wouldn’t be using the shades on windy days. However, we found out that when the shades are down, even a gentle breeze tends to blow the fabric around. We thought it would be just our luck that as soon as we weren’t paying attention, a wind gust would blow and possibly damage the shades. So we installed the guide wires.We’re very happy with our purchase and highly recommend Graywind shades. We’re contemplating ordering another shade to complete the ensemble, even though we probably wouldn’t use it much on that side of the patio.

These blinds are so frustrating to try and set the bottom limit. The instructions are terrible, it keeps talking about entering P20 mode but there are no instructions on how to do it! I guess you are just supposed to leave them where the factory set them, leaving them waving in the wind!Update: after emailing customer service, who replied very quickly with perfect instructions I am changing my rating from 2 to 4. Thanks again Ray from customer service.