Cordless Solstice Vinyl Roll-Up Blind - 48 Inch Width, 72 Inch Length, Quarter Inch Vinyl Slats - Woodtone - Soft Light Filtering Horizontal Windows Blinds for Indoor & Ourdoor by Achim Home Decor

Have a screened in deck and for each of the 6 areas where a blind is needed, would require a custom fit costing $$$$. I did search long and hard for an option for these outdoor spaces that I could fit at home or cut, but to no avail. We previously had these vinyl/PVC roll-up blinds from Home Depot installed for at least 20 years (old-fashioned cording), which we cut to fit then, but some of the cording finally gave way. When I could not find anything else, I went back to what we knew with these, although in white (previous was tan). Nothing on internet could be found on how to cut these type of roll-ups, but I knew they could be since we had previously (however, we did a much more careful and successful job with lessons learned from the originals (CUTTING TIPS FOLLOW!). As one reviewer said, they're so inexpensive, it was worth a shot, although you need to realize it would void any warranty (of course).New "No cord design" for safety - I totally understand and agree with the safety design, but just not sure how long the "thicker threads" of the blinds will sustain the weight of the rolled-up portion of the blind - we'll see. And it's kind of a pain to roll-up and be sure they're even - I doubt I'll be rolling up or down frequently because of this new and improved safety design.ORDERING NOTE: It was disappointing that the "original" Seller I ordered from only allowed me to purchase 4 of the 6 blinds needed with my order; I had to search and place 2 separate orders with other sellers for the 2 other blinds I needed. But it worked out fine.HOW TO CUT:I ordered 6, 48" wide blinds and every one had to be cut smaller, either on one or both sides.Follow standard measuring guidelines before cutting (measure top to bottom width and cut to the smaller width measurement).Two Important measurement points:1. Measure your window width (shortest max) and determine where it would fall on the blind taking into consideration where the threads and slats would be cut. There is a 1", 2" pattern in the slat threads; you will want to cut where you have the maximum slat left from a thread after cutting (e.g. you don't want to cut so close to a thread that the slat will be in danger of falling out). NEVER cut so much off that a MAJOR thread would be removed (this MAJOR (thick) thread is the anchor for the cordless hooks by design).2. IMPORTANT that you also consider where the top hooks in the header fall in your calculations BEFORE cutting.Tools used to cut:-Tape measure-Marker/pen-Painters tape-Hand saw (for cutting top and bottom "rails")-Sharp scissors (I used wallpaper scissors)HOW TO:After taking my measurements for each "window", I unrolled and laid out the blind on the deck floor.I used the space between the deck boarding to help with alignment of the threads and slats, and ultimately as a guide for the hand saw and wallpaper scissors.Given your blind's width and header hooks, determine where best to mark your cuts.Once I knew where I wanted to cut and did my alignment, I used painters tape on the slats to hold them in place while cutting (very helpful, and I don't think I'd cut unless I did this step).I used the hand saw to cut the footer rail, wallpaper scissors to cut the slats (using the painters tape as a guide), and then the hand saw again to cut the header rail.Timely process, but overall very easy and cheap, and I'm very pleased with the results .Oh, and although I've always been a DIY woman, I'm not willing to share my age, but I promise you that if I can do it, you can. Your only risk is losing ~$15 bucks if you test one blind first; unless you have an injury from the hand saw and scissors (hopefully, not!)

These blinds do not block out light fyi !So, they were too long for my space. So I just cut the string about 7 down from the place I wanted it to fall on the window. And then went upwards and made the stop there. If you cute to short will not be able to tie it. If your window is long enough then don’t worry what I said.It’s basically plastic straws lol :)Good cheap alternative looks like fancy bamboo blinds from distance.

Good quality and good price but using the sraps to adjust them is tricky and cumbersome. These blinds are great if you always want them down or up--but not if you need to change their height for any reason.

they are billed as roll up but there is no roll-up chord or pulley mechanism for a chord

keeps nosy neighbor at bay, luv em

The shade blind works as intended. The middle is sagging a bit as there is no hanging support in the middle. Only on the ends. The middle support has to be created to keep the top of the shade even. The photos represent the top left, middle, and top right. The top of the outside had some whiteness to it that we luckily had some corrective furniture paint to correct the appearance. The photo in the ad is a lot darker shade. The actual color is a much lighter shade of bamboo-like shade. FYI.

This type of blind have been around for many years easy to install and goid price !

I am very pleased a will reorder. Come complaints by others on not blocking all sun and able to see out. Personally this is a big plus. I will order more. Went up in 10 minutes.

First of all, this is NOT bamboo.Those things are made with plastic and it looks like straws.The quality is so bad.There is not even rope to put the curtain up. There is only tow metal things that if you want to remove it often my, you’ll end buy breaking the entire curtain.If you want something cheap just to look cute and never touching it, it’s kinda okay.Otherwise it’s so poorly made that I was laughing when I’ve open the package.

This product shouldn't be offered.The slats are structurally no different from plastic drinking straws. I am NOT exaggerating. The straps were missing completely.Try it, I dare you. You'll see exactly what I mean. I didn't know you could buy literal garbage on amazon.I wish amazon had a refund policy that didn't require the costly and time consuming act of shipping the product back. Even *wish* has that feature, lmao. Customers are getting ripped off.

The blinds look great installed. The two negatives are you have to remove straps on each end to adjust the height, but if they aren't being used every day that's ok. The other problem is those straps are only stapled into a loop so they snap on the first installation. We had to sew the loops to secure them so we can install them on the blinds.

This blind is plastic, thin and cheaply made. The fasteners were not included, so there is not way of shortening it to the desired length, other than using rubber bands, which looks like garbage. This should not be sold at all.

Une fois installé très facilement, ce store est ajustable à votre hauteur préférée avec son système d'ajustement sans cordes ce qui est bien pratique et simplifie la vue. Ce store opaque le jour est assez ajouré pour que l'on puisse admirer le coucher du soleil sans devoir à lever le store. Je recommande grandement.