LuminoVinyl Cordless Window Shade, 1-Inch Room Darkening Mini Blind, White, 22'W x 72'L

Install was pretty easy, and the design of not having to pull strings is nice.The slats themselves are a pretty thin vinyl and a few months in I have a couple of rips and one section completely broken.You absolutely cannot pull the shades open for a sneaky look through them without damaging them, you must always open the blinds or close them up completely.Nice product, will probably buy more, just be aware they are a bit delicate.

Unable to find a local business that could supply me with a vinyl mini blind, I turned to online sources and eventually ended up here in Amazon. Some of the reviews were mixed, which made me apprehensive about ordering this blind but I did anyhow. My review is below but first, tips for those who plan to install this without needing to seeing a psychiatrist.1. For your own mental health, please take the mounting brackets out of the box and practice learning how it works with the actual blind itself while you're comfortably seated on the ground so you know what you're doing once you get those brackets installed in your window frame.2. Now that you know that much, if your blind is wide (mine was 69.5" wide and 72" long), you should know you're going to need the middle bracket. Some smaller widths might only require the left and right brackets but given that the top mounting piece is a very flexible vinyl product (no, it's not metal), you're going to have a droop in the middle without the middle mounting bracket.3. Speaking of that middle bracket, you should know that you cannot mount it in dead middle of your window as I did, which would have been most asthetically appealing. You can't because right in the middle of the top of the blind itself, they've mounted a metal piece, which appears to be part of the mechanism which rolls the blind strings back up inside of it. It's thick enough that it occupies the entire space within the top mounting rail of the blind, meaning you cannot properly seat the lip of the mounting bracket inside of it. You will need to offset that center mounting bracket you're installing in your window frame to work around this design flaw.4. If it's a wider blind, helps to have a second pair of hands and eyes in seating the blind in the bracket.5. Be careful pulling this blind up and down. The lower rail is made of metal but is easy to bend out of shape. Take it easy.REVIEW:It's disappointing that this company does not make the top mounting rail out of metal. It would be much more durable and would not droop the way an all-vinyl rail (this is all vinyl) will droop. The decision to put the metal hardware right in the middle in a way that was not modified so you could mount the middle bracket exactly in the middle of your window and snap the middle bracket in place is also unfortunate. I made it work by offsetting but as noted, with an all-vinyl top rail, it requires a center bracket unless you like a droopy blind. This is NOT the "S" shaped blind, which closes virtually all the way; instead, this is what I call a C shape, meaning that the blades of the blind do not collapse all the way on top of the blind below or above for complete privacy closure. If you're seeing total privacy, this isn't that blind.Some kudos: the company was prompt to get this custom cut and shipped. It arrived a full week earlier than promised and I'm glad to have some window dressing up again. The price was competitive and overall, I'm at least satisfied.

Needed a blind for my breezeway door to keep the sun out in the hot summer.Works better than a beach towel! Fit perfectly.

The only problem I had was with the instructions. They could have been clearer.

Item arrived a few days earlier than expected and was in very good condition. Packaging had to be completely opened as some small items were affixed to the inside of the shipping box which is better than having them fall out during shipping. I had read many of the reviews before ordering these, and even though there were several negative reviews about the installation, I figured I had the skills and knowledge to install these with minimal trouble. I guess the biggest reasons so many people have problems is first; the instructions are bare bones, as if it would have cost $20.00 a word to provide better installation instructions and second is the lack of experience with DIY stuff. So I went about to install these in an inside window mount configuration which is a little harder than an outside mount and after completing the install I can see where 90% of the problem is in getting these installed if you do an inside mount vs an outside mount. I wanted about a 1/2 inch space between the window and the blinds so I placed a spacer behind the mounting brackets when I marked where to place them and drill the pilot holes for the screws. This small gap between the back of the bracket and the window frame causes the bracket to flex backwards when trying to push the bottom of the headrail into the clips on the mounting bracket. I did not know the brackets would flex backwards until after many attempts to get the bottom of the headrail seated into the clips on the bottom of the brackets. After much foul language and a few attempts at bending the bottom of the bracket down to reduce the tightness without permanently bending the bracket I was ready to pack it up and send back to Amazon. Then I said to myself that I have the skills, ability to figure this out, and the determination not to be “one of those people” who complain and give up then send stuff back and write a bad review. So I started back at the beginning and closely inspected each step of the process and viewed the installation from as many angles as I could. As I did this I noticed the mounting brackets flex backwards (because I had made that 1/2 inch gap between the blind and window frame) as I tried to push the bottom of the headrail into the clips (had to put my head up against the window and look up at the backside of the headrail to see it). Eureka!! There is the problem! No matter how hard I pushed and whacked the headrail with my fist the bracket would flex back and not let the bottom of the headrail slip into the clips. So I put my spacer back behind the brackets as I pushed the headrail, and BOINK!, the headrail popped into the clips. Removed the spacer and all is well in DIY land. If doing an outside the window frame installation the bracket would be tight against the wall and not flex so I am guessing that everyone who had problems and gave up or used a sledge hammer to complete the install were doing an inside mounting. The window blind is installed and looks good and operates as stated by the manufacturer. I would have given 5 stars if the design engineers and instructions writing people would have made note of these type of issues.

Nice quality

The blinds were how we expected it to be. We are happy to have this blinds.

All the parts were packaged in the box. My fears were that hardware would be missing. But it was all there. (What a relief). The instructions were in English and not Chinese, (Another relief). It took about 15 minutes to install and looks great.

Very expensive

The blinds arrived and unfortunately were chipped and one was even broken. The vinyl is super fragile. With all best intentions, I can’t recommend this product..

These performed better on our patio door than expected for a high traffic window!One of the boxes arrived damaged and the seller was EXTREMELY FAST AND RESPONSIVE. I would use them again. Easy to install too