3M Night Vision 35 Window Flim

[htsource]

Hi,

I'd like to know if anyone has experienced with 3M window film, in particular I'm interested in the ones to reduce glare as well as heat.

Originally I was thinking of the Prestige Series 70, which is clear pretty much with no tinting at all. I had a guy in today to give me an estimate and he recommended the Night Vision 35 which can reduce glare significantly as well as more heat control.

The house has a very large front window for both living room and bedroom, and it's cooking during the daytime and to make it worse, the front of the house is facing west!

Here's a link to the 3M site about various types of films:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_U...ns/Residential/

It's going to be about $1000 to cover all front windows, installed. I can probably do the installation myself to bring the cost down, but I really like the idea of not covering the windows with drapes or blinds if not absolute necessary.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[htsource]

I guess another thing to add is, these films have some sort of protection for breakage?

 

[BrettS]

Here's a thread that I started a few weeks ago about this type of film that got a few responses -

http://www.cocoontech.com/index.php?showto...amp;#entry87027

I have decided to go ahead and try the film, but I've been tied up with too many other projects and I haven't gotten far enough to know if it will make a difference for me or not.

Good luck,
Brett

 

[htsource]

I've talked to a few people at work and they've used 3M actually in the building I'm working! Looks good though actually and can't really tell there's another layer on the window once the film is applied.

He did tell me though, the installer has a lot to do with it. If it's a sloppy job, it's going to get bubbles or crack from the edges.