BlindsterReviews 3,791

We had several in home estimates on solar shades for our home. After looking at the money we would save on Blindster, we decided to give it a chance. We bought one initially to make sure we were happy with the quality and color. Then we purchased for all other windows. Our initial blinds had a shade with pull chain, we decided to go with the spring pull shade with others. They both were of good quality. We could not decide between the 93% and 95% solar shades as we wanted to keep the heat out but keep out view. The 95% kept out more heat and you could see thru almost the same. The pictures below with the 2 windows shows a 93% on left and 95% on right. The second picture shows how the shades look with valances. It is certainly a nicer look with the valances but in areas with little use, I'm not sure they are worth the price. I would purchase from this company again.

I recently ordered three solar shades of different sizes for recessed windows and they all came in not wide enough. Even if they were wide enough for some reason they leave a large gap on each side between the shade and wall. The first two were about 1/4 inch short and I used washers to shim the shade bracket out far enough to make them work. The third shade was 1/2 inch short and I contacted customer service who had me measure the window and take a picture of the tape measure measurement. I had to pay an additional $15 for shipping and the second shade arrived only to find it a 1/4 inch short. Again I got out some washers and used them for shims to make the shade work.
Needless to say very disappointed and will never use them again.

PRO: Competitive price when using 50% off promo. Seemingly strong mechanism.

CON: Mixed up the length and width of 2 blinds and they had to be replaced. Took 5 back and forth emails to do this and customer service was abrasive and argumentative. Workmanship is very poor. One blind had the string holding the blind incorrectly strung and wound around another string. The cutting is done with the wrong or very dull saws so that the ends are heavily chipped. The blinds are full of plastic chips from cutting and these get all over the place and had to carefully vacuum the house after I hung these. Had to vacuum again when I got the replacements which also where littered with hairs and other debris, the factory which supplies these must be filthy. There is no texture on the blinds so you could call them plastic blinds but why you could call them faux wood I do not know. When ordering inside mount blinds the valances are cut the width of the blind and you are not given a choice of this. Since the top part of the blind is flush with the window I would have liked the valance to be a little wider so you did not see the metal mechanism box: a choice would be nice. Valances showed a lot of chipping where they were cut.

REC: NO! Do not pick these.

I'm hoping to resolve this with Blindster--I'll update after I know how they will respond. I bought 18 3.4 inch Prism Express Cordless blinds on 7/27/16 and we were thrilled with them. They were pretty, the mechanism worked fine (still does) and we received many compliments. However the blinds were down this spring (3/19) and I was washing the windows on the outside, I was horrified to find that they are coming apart on the back. As the blinds are often up on this side of the house when the weather is nice, I hadn't seen the problem before, so I don't know when it started, but considering the advanced state of the defection it must have been going on for at least a year. See the pics below. The company has a "limited lifetime warranty" so we will see just what they will honor.

The double cellular shades we purchased fit perfectly. At first we didn't quite understand the installation instructions, and a quick call to Blindster customer service clarified everything, and they were simple to install. Before I ordered, the company provided me with all the free fabric and color samples I needed to make that decision. Once ordered, the blinds arrived in about a week. Compared to shopping at Lowe's or Home Depot, this saved us so much money, and we didn't have to have people in and out of our house.
Yesterday, I called and asked the company about what I would need to keep the blinds in place when closed with the window opened and breeze blowing. The customer service rep told me she would order me "blind stays" from the factory at no charge. Wow!

First of all, I love the blinds we purchased - great quality, easy to install, makes the home so much better! Secondly, we had an issue with the first order (fit not right), and Blindster fully refunded the order. Their only request was that we donate the incorrect-fitting blinds, which we were happy to do. Highly, highly recommend, and I will continue to purchase blinds here anytime I need them.

Ordered roman shades and was very disappointed with the color. I knew you could send them back if they didn't fit, but I didn't know you could send them back because of the color until I heard it on a commercial. So I called and they said it was a 60 day warranty and I had missed it by 3 to 4 weeks. After explaining I didn't know I could send them back they offered me 50% off new ones. Very disappointed considering they offer 45% off to anyone. We ordered Tulsa Tan, and it looks gold instead of tan.

I have used blinds.com for my last 6 houses, but I decided to give blindster a chance because I had been hearing so many commercials. I was very disappointed with the switch. This is a much cheaper looking product and the installation was much more difficult. Their valance system is not adjustable like blinds.com, and their large head screws make it impossible to slide the head rail in. The blinds look ok, but I won't be a repeat customer.