Save £400 A Year Using These Solar "Cell" Smart Blinds... Because Science

[@paulhibbert]

Happy Saturday everyone! These now work with Google Home too!!... These guys do zigbee and zwave versions of the cell blinds too if you're interested then as usual the link is below!... BUY THE SMARTWINGS BLINDS HERE www.smartwingshome.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_O2lBhCFARIsAB0E8B_HtyDW4vv1QfUCU2CYaz0xNYtzknD1AMm5TAeGsc8co5RjSsAfSOwaAk71EALw_wcB

[@vanq69]

Do they have a UK shop?

[@philliphugh3347]

Blinding episode again Paul, you leave all the other KZbinrs in the dark! It great to see you shine some light on this product! We, the unwashed masses have been kept in the dark for too long. You're a shining example of what KZbinrs should be like🌞 Happy Saturday to you too! 👍😁😁

[@Tinman964]

Ha I have 38 windows in my house. So yeah not . What I want is a blind that can function on it’s own open at a certain time close , partially open at a certain time . Any suggestions?

[@SdBoy]

3:28 Screwing ? What about Bating ??4 :02 Spin the blind ? Spin the bottle ?

[@smartwingshome]

​@@Tinman964 That's routine or timer. Create it for a certain time closing or opening in the app such as HomeKit, Alexa, etc.

[@wktaylor11]

Florida is probably the last place you'd want to move to

[@paulhibbert]

I LOVED my visit, but I guess visiting and living are two different things. Perhaps I can live at the hotel 🤔

[@MartinPHellwig]

Well the humidity will definitely frizz your hair, but I don't think that is a particular issue here.

[@tdrg_]

@@MartinPHellwigou’ve been banned from r/bald /s

[@williamadams7315]

Haha yeah, don't move here to Florida, but definitely visit in the winter.

[@Whowhatwherewhy]

Florida is a 3rd turd world state of DeSatan who hates everyone not him.

[@stevephipps9305]

Got LARGE custom size Smartwings blind with zibee motor, love it. Put in Home assistant with a DIY esp8266+lux sensor in window to close and open blind at certain sun brightness. One less thing I have to remember to do(open&close).

[@mikediamond3697]

Out of interest is that to maximise solar gains and minimise heatloss in the winter/the reverse in the summer? I have been configuring HA to do that with Switchbot curtain motors (via a bluetooth proxy) it has the potential to increase energy savings even further that way

[@jmr]

Have you tested it directly connected to Home Assistant? They have their own boarder router and I'm pretty sure they aupport covers in Matter.

[@dindu42]

If you have a bay window which would require more than one blind - can they be grouped so they act as a single unit ?

[@stormchaser300]

You will probably find you would need a wifi one as you can only connect 1 bluetooth device at once. Or unless they connect together via usb as the the blinds have 2 usb slots on etch one.

[@smartwingshome]

Yep, you can group devices or organize them into rooms in the app.

[@DJaquithFL]

I live in Florida .. forecast March - December 90°-95° F (32° - 35° C) with a 100% chance of skin cancer and purple sunburn in 15 minutes. Enjoy 🌞

[@TechRealityGlasgow]

Just watched the last 10 seconds of the video again and again and again... Good grief, I have never heard so much sense spoken in my life! :)

[@paulhibbert]

I am disappointed KZbin didn't auto-translate that part for the captions!

[@anthonydyer3939]

I’ve used the non motorised versions of these blinds. I’ve had a long history of ordering them through blinds-2go. It’s shocking how expensive these are now £185 unmotorised for 120-120cm blinds. I just looked back at my 2015 invoices and back then they were £30. I think I’ll say “no thanks” to the £300 motorised blinds. The biggest trouble with all these blinds is tech obsolescence. If they simply had a 2 way motor with 2x dry contacts, then I could happily separate out the tech from the furniture and upgrade the tech independently from the need to replace blinds when Bluetooth/zigbee etc… goes out of fashion.

[@martinpeel1820]

One thing to consider for those on a budget, its not to difficult to set up a esp32 with IR blaster to control the older cheaper IR remote controlled style of electric blinds , or if you have the ability directly wire an esp32 to the blind and then add yhe esp32 to your preferred home assistant for voice and phone control. You can even easily turn regular manual blinds into smart ones with an esp32 and a small dc motor connected to the blinds rotation assembly, there are loads of guides how to do this and also use them to control other devices and things like relays to power things on and off instead of buying smart switches for each device plus one esp32 can control several devices as there are quite a few gpio pins that can be used, again there are loads of guides how to do this which break it down in simple to follow steps.

[@richardajoy79]

For aesthetics they need to have a right-angled usb instead of those standard ones, for the price too it makes sense. I'd def get these blinds and have them within the window, placing stips at either edge to stop light bleedthrough further, but since I rent and hope to move, perhaps I will wait.

[@lazamita8285]

Almost 400$ for a 1.5x1.5m ( which btw you should convert to inches) without importing taxes and whatever. That's really expensive.

[@BerkeleyTowers]

I'm afraid I must call complete BS on the energy saving claims. For a start, look at who wrote that paper. Employees of D + R International. Talk about a vested interest! Speaking as an engineer, there is no way on earth they would have the required U value required or the tight physical fixing they would need for those kind of savings. That was such a general report with no specifics and no actual science to reference or challenge. I couldn't find a link for those "tests" referred too. There are, literally, so many holes in those claims. Buy them if you like what they do. Do not buy them as an energy saving measure. Your money will be far better spent elswewhere.

[@JohnWeland]

Paul my dude! Move to the states, I am a Texan living in rural Minnesota and it’s not horrible. Winters get a bit chilly, summers are not bad. But I bought a house for $60k 4 bed 2 bath on a small lot. Most houses in my tiny town have fiber to the home with 1G synchronous with 2.5G, 5G, and 10G supposedly coming this year. You can do your job (KZbin) from anywhere. Where ever you are just be happy dude. Life’s to short for anything else.

[@anonymoususer13666]

0:40 Don't go to Florida. Just don't. It's the literal armpit of the US. Try California or Texas instead

[@MrGraeme]

Ikea do the same one but its £150 instead of over £200 minus a solar panel and they actually work with google and google routines, Which I use successfully every morning. Now I'm away to charge my blind.

[@alarmustube]

I’ve got an IKEA one. Works better than I’ve expected. No problems with routines and automations.

[@wombatillo]

The IKEA blinds seem very good but their mechanism with the yarns seems a little iffy. I have managed to pop the yarn off the wheels a couple times.

[@hefonthefjords]

These look identical to Ikea's zigbee smart blinds. Right down to the mounting system. Ikea's ones are half the price too!

[@Rich_T_Biscuit]

IKEA have very limited sizes though, we have two and wanted a third but none of the available sizes would have worked so these are a god send! Exactly what we need!

[@tangerinestorm]

They ship worldwide but still measure in inches and fractions of inches.

[@8Arachne8]

If it wasn’t for the motor volume I’d definitely be buying these. Also, can they be manually operated if you chose to?

[@BrentMantooth]

For sticker mess, try hand sanitizer with moisturizers ... works better than rubbing alcohol alone and doesnt leave a residue

[@cooperised]

Great tip, though I should add that the amount of residue definitely depends on the brand of sanitiser. I guess it depends on what the moisturising ingredients are.

[@s091709]

You can temporarily "disable" the glue with rubbing alcohol (or rum) long enough to remove the sticker (and hopefully the glue will come with it). Most glues (the petroleum based ones) will dissolve with zippo liquid. Fun fact, that tip works on printed paper without damaging it.

[@stormchaser300]

Or you could use methylated spirits or turpentine for real stubborn ones.😁😁

[@GeofDumas]

calling someone a maniac and saying you'd move to Florida if you could

[@ucitymetalhead]

I definitely like their blackout abilities, they would be an improvement over the diy mess I'm currently using.

[@manicmods]

Super clean looking design w exception of power. They must've done some engineering on the fly 😆 Google has to step their game up and integrate at least a zigbee radio. It would be a game changer!

[@danwooller6101]

Wouldn't you need to have blinds in every window to get a 20% saving? I'm thinking you'll fit right in in Florida 😂

[@paulhibbert]

Yeah, it will definitely depend on your setup as to how long it would take to recoup the cost. Obviously living in a flat with a couple windows will recoup the cost much sooner than a manor house with hundreds of windows 😉

[@averagewonder]

As someone who lives in Florida just no save yourself and never move here

[@chrisfaison6371]

Yes come to Florida! We will make room for ya! We need more hood people here.

[@TheHellis]

I believe these figures are slightly taken out of context about the savings. In order to stop heat from coming in you need you stop the heat outside. Having shades on the inside will still heat up the room. And the article you show on screen says low emission windows, shutters and blinds, I would believe the blinds are the one that will make the least of difference in this article. Anyone who has south facing windows can easily verify this, even with the shades down you still get a significant higher temperature by the windows. If you instead use shutters placed on the outside then the heat will heat up the shutters on the outide and wind will blow the heat away from the building. I find it very odd that they mix that variety of "heat stoppers" in the same article and just generalize the savings.

[@paulhibbert]

As the article is specifically about cell blinds I have to assume the testing was done with same or similar windows and then with and without the cell blinds in order to calculate the saving? I confess I only went as far as reading the source of the data to ensure it was government and not a blind manufacturer and then skim read it to supply the data.

[@TheHellis]

@@paulhibbert well the article says low emission glass, shutters and blinds, and perhaps some more, can't remember. But I just paused the video and read what was on the screen. The article is not just about blinds.

[@normski03]

A Hairdryer will help with the sticker issue :) love your channel BTW.

[@InimicusSolitus]

Greetings from Florida! I moved from Bradford, UK to the US in 1997 when I met my American wife. We had little money - I arrived with just $1500 in my pocket. We basically started over with nothing. 26 years years later, we are in our second house, two grandchildren, living in paradise! (Note - it's expensive to live here - My little house I bought for $90K 20+ years ago is now worth over $400K, which is on the low end in my area)

[@CunnazZ]

Australia has better weather, is cheaper and best of all no guns!!! Move to Australia 🌏

[@stuartgmk]

👍

[@MrPhil45]

Fragile stickers on parcels automatically activate the ‘do as much damage as you can to this parcel’ mode in most delivery drivers.

[@paulbacon5056]

Blinding mate.

[@paulhibbert]

Badum tish! 🤣

[@mobilechaosyt]

I have 3 windows in the raised ceiling area of my house and getting to standard blinds is impossible. Having motorized ones would be great and since we also use a projector in that room, having blackout ones is even better. I don’t know when I will get them because I’m scared of heights and installing them is like climbing the outside of a building, but just inside of my house.

[@dindu42]

On the subject of Amazon, Google and Homekit (with or without Matter). Lets just assume you are onboard a spaceship on the way to Mars - and it's completely controlled by one of these Smart Home providers. How far would you get before they killed you (via unintended malfunction) rather than the HAL-9000 kind.

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Well if the smart device wont open the blind you certainly couldn't look out of the view-screen so flying into a planet is a distinct possibility.

[@paulhibbert]

Google without a shadow of a doubt would keep you the safest by failing to launch in the first place.

[@dindu42]

@@paulhibbert I have to admit I abandoned Google over a year ago. Still have to very expensive Google Max speakers in my garage doing nothing. I'm on Apple Homekit now and that's not exactly been a smooth ride. The current Homepod Mini and Apple TV firmware isn't awful but I still have to reboot all of them about once every 2 weeks. Matter is supposed to be more resilient but I have found (at least with Apple) that if one of my hubs has a problem it tends to take down the whole notification and event systems. I did try Hubitat but found that it did not like many of the devices I had aquired for Smartthings.

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

@@paulhibbert Hey Google, launch the ship Im sorry I cant do that Mr Bezoz

[@MrSpaced28]

Been refreshing the page since Wednesday. Not moved.

[@Kyle-Russell]

What at are they like with a window open and having a light breeze?

[@paulhibbert]

They'll flop about a bit I guess 😂 they're quite similar to a standard aluminium blind for weight once extended.

[@dankelley9361]

Paul, notice they are SmartThings compatible but you fail to talk about that use anymore. I’m wondering how they pair with the SmartThings hub & do you need a V3 Hub that I believe does support Matter, but confused on that issue.

[@smartwingshome]

Correct, SmartThings 2018Hub (lM6001-V3P01) or Aeotec Smart Home Hub is necessary.

[@dankelley9361]

That’s what I was wondering, thanks for your quick reply!👍

[@jaidank]

Ikea make Zigbee cellular blinds (TREDANSEN blackout and PRAKTLYSING translucent)

[@paulhibbert]

Oh nice!! I hadn't seen them. No solar panel or Matter support, and obviously not made to measure, but if they will fit your window then thats a fantastic option! It would work for me for sure! I'll be checking those out for my own use, thanks man.

[@PedroViana]

@@paulhibberttime for a comparison? 😊

[@ugh635]

Kudos to you for installing the blinds yourself! 😂 your diy skills are improving.

[@tharais]

Musicians are multi-talented. They have to be!

[@TechRealityGlasgow]

@@tharais If you are comparing Paul’s DIY skills with is Music ability… heck… that’s pretty severe… :)

[@paulhibbert]

🤣

[@macbitz]

As always, great video - thank you! I'm always be wary of claims that use the phrase "up to" because it's a marketing ploy to trick potential customers into assuming that's what they'll get. I'd be much more interested in average or typical savings figures.

[@boomsig9069]

Been using Bali Z-Wave blackouts for years and they work great with Home Assistant.

[@michaelthompson657]

I’m not poosh enough to spend that amount of money on blinds 😂

[@leona_devon]

Spain or Malta would be better. These look great. I am looking for skylight blind so how they make a track version in future

[@paulhibbert]

Spain would be bliss! ❤️

[@ianellul9805]

@@paulhibbert Good choice, though if you ever come to Malta, beers are on me!

[@seanyem]

Man! You still crack me up! Fuck the hater! The comedy, whittiness, pun's, characters and memes are PURE GOLD! Quality! Much Love, Ooooh the Zigbee! P.s. I'll be back on patreon soon, Finances are starting to improve!

[@FlyingFun.]

quite cool and defo useful for some less able people. I have a mate who has his whole front of house covered is glass and blinds downstairs and has smart blinds but no solar panels so he is constantly changing batteries to recharge them lol, I keep asking why he doesnt put solar panels up to charge them but he doesnt want the panels visible as it would spoil the look. Personally I'm quite capable of getting up and opening the curtains in my house lol.

[@paulhibbert]

I understand not wanting the panels, but wow, he must be made of batteries!

[@tharais]

@@paulhibbert RECHARGEABLES man! I must have 100 Enerloop AA and AAAs along with several chargers. And that's just for all the candles around here. 🙂

[@PedroViana]

Time to compare with Ikea far less expensive celular blinds

[@DigitalImagesOfWirral]

Morning Sir, to remove the sticky stuff left behind, spray it with a bit of WD40 and it will literally just wipe off!

[@paulbacon5056]

It just wooorks!

[@TheIronWaffle]

Florida?!? That’s where you’d move? I’ve never wished poverty upon anyone I like until now - but be glad you can’t move. Florida? It’s the sad, sunny Blackpool of America. With alligators and “don’t say gay” bills.

[@rudeboi1992]

As a Florider man I can verify....it's very expensive....well South Florider at least.

[@Shteev91]

Paul Hibbert. Are you still rocking a Galaxy S10? You need to switch to the Fold series. Youll never look back.

[@terrytexas8257]

I was in England in 2000 and every single day execpted the day I left it was bland, so your opening joke had me rolling. If you can't laugh at yourself especially when you know it's true, then there is something wrong with ya. I often tell the foreign people that I communicate with that us dumb ass American's can only speak one language, English, I mean American. ;) That always seems ease the tension and invites them to do the same. Not sold on the blinds, but I'm considering subscribing simply because of the content. Good Job....for a Brit! ;) Take Care.

[@2Fast4Mellow]

Are you now seriously complaining that you wake up by the noise during a WAKEUP routine??? I would say: mission accomplished!

[@tpch3ckyourt3ch75]

Dear Paul. I have dumb shades installed in my kitchen. I also have the BroadLink rm pro. The blinds came with a remote and I’ve tried on multiple occasions to get them to work with my BroadLink rm pro. Till this day still no luck. Please help.

[@vdis]

4:30 give WD40 a try next time you see a sticker. Works wonders for me.

[@bmichael103]

LOL...Paul Hibbert in Florida....he would totally melt! He could stand the heat/humidity of the Florida sun!!!

[@darknessblades]

I would rather want 220V curtains [and get a ZIGBEE curtain switch] zemismart makes some really nice rails with a 220V motor, that can work even with DUMB switches

[@MANB91UK]

You need to invest in some Isopropyl Alcohol - that'll sort out the sticker-rage you regularly endure, mate... Rub it on the sticker, and it will dissolve the adhesive - then it peels right off. Any residue can be cleaned up with a little more IPA... It's great! :)

[@timmehwimmy]

Morning! Great vid as usual. Now going to go looking for solar panels for aqara blind motors..

[@paulhibbert]

Morning dude!

[@CheekytheGreeky]

Exactly what I'm looking for also! So this solar panel can't charge the aqara e1?

[@Divinemsq100]

Do NOT move to Florida - the Governor is picking fights with Mickey Mouse. I am not kidding!!!!

[@alexmiles40]

You are very handsome and charming. Don't move to Florida (violent and angry old people). You seem to be more the California Beach type. Good video. THX

[@marksapollo]

Theirs an RC car channel I follow, he is moving to The Isle Of Man because the government is taking 65% of his incomes in tax!… he’s struggling to save for a new shop/ unit to store his models etc and make his videos from. I am going to look into leaving the UK, fed up with it.

[@ickleone33]

Paul. Nothing wrong, with people from YORKSHIRE..🙂

[@petertaylor7134]

You could buy a right angle usb cable?

[@paulhibbert]

Unfortunately there's literally no space as its pressed up against the wall.

[@mikemotorbike4283]

For true energy savings, you can enclose the sides of the blind by fitting to the wall (or sides of the window preferably if you get a measured blind to fit inside casing )a piece of hardware store purchased "U" channel/flashing made for home exterior water containment for roofing and siding. They come in metal or plastic and are inexpensive. Probably need a cross section of 1" or larger. When air is flowing in and out through the gaps, it loses all insulating value and creates uncomfortable droughts. , Locking in the air against the window will create an insulating air pocket. Another installation error that can negate your efficiency even if its sealed by U channels that dual-pane window manufacturer research has revealed is that the sealed air gap should only be between 3/4" and 4" for effective air stratification. Any larger a gap and potential insulating value will be lost because of convective air currents. ie if gap is larger than 4" between even a hermetically sealed window and blind, air will circulate the room-warmed blind-side air up, around and down the cold window pane, which then will conduct away the heat. This is even if its airtight. So put U channels on the sides of the blind and make the gap less than 4". Less than 3/4" decreases the greatest potential benefit. The better dual pane windows would ideally have a larger then 3/4" gap.

[@CavalierLiberty]

Yes come to Florida. We're overdue for a good Hurricane! But, for real, it's humid as fck, it's hot as hell, and we're overdue for a Hurricane. Love your work Bud!

[@CDP135Z]

Lifelong Floridian here, I assure you, you DO NOT want to live in Florida! If I could afford to move I would!

[@dfgdfg_]

£300! The £5 IKEA blackout blind survives for another year.

[@JohnDlugosz]

The performance "up to" numbers must assume pretty lousy windows. In the house I live in, the original windows would get very cold in the middle of winter, and basically suck the heat out of the room. This appears to be because the frames are made from aluminum and are rather large. Indeed, covering it with something heavy makes a big difference. But, I've replaced them with premium windows, and even bare they have an R factor of 9. The other issue is that the rough opening around the window might not be insulated well, or at all. For this, you want a covering that is a few inches larger than the window, so your "away from the wall" choice was better. If you get one that fits tight against the glass, and only covers the glass, it won't help in this respect.

[@williamsteveling8321]

Florida man... Let's just say, Mr Hibbert, that there is no joke you could do in Florida that wouldn't match reality

[@JustinRicheson]

Just a thought to cover both home assistant and homekit...install the "Homekit Device" integration. I'd be very curious if this works better than matter for now.

[@ecospider5]

Dam it. I don’t want to click the like button. Stop it quit going toward the like button. No I’m not going to do it. Crap, I clicked the like button. Are you happy now.

[@sjcsystems]

"Set a favorite position by holding the stop button" ? Sounds like master bait to me... But who in their right mind is going to spend £300 on this? Is this company buying a yacht?

[@DavidBerger-g2h]

I would Love to see actual Calculation based on Money Saving and how to check if its worth it for different Parts of the World. If it should save Money it first need to repay itself first then after this Time Period you make Profit.

[@christopherstaples6758]

accept here in AU if your exporting more than your using then your being charged for the exported power as well as any energy that flows is billed .. unless a solar installer put them on the export circuit , learnt that the hard way over 5kw of extra power being exported via blinds and was getting $$$ bills

[@marc0523]

Could you look into blinds which come from the bottom up, rather than top down? It makes a lot of sense when you think about it (stop people seeing me naked, while still allowing some sunlight in) but I have not managed to find any suitable products.

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

With the cable 05:00 they could have provided one with a 90 degree bend which would have overcome this.

[@paulhibbert]

It would help as long as the blind isn't square up against whatever you mount it to.

[@emilsecker7881]

3:40 in other words, even Paul can do it *Insert Paul drilling into door to install lock clip here*. Maybe time surrender to the Apple overlords and get a new iPhone for HomeKit 🤣

[@accvdre]

Paul I'm going to change your life. If you have sticky glue left after a sticker use lighter fluid. Dab a cloth or kitchen roll with lighter fluid and it wipes off sticky residue like it was nothing. I always have a can of light fluid in my house for this very use.

[@edwardhoulton8725]

The fly gag was very good.

[@davidnestico]

Dude keeps lying about Google home every video God damn, matter working fine for me on my Pixel...

[@bikeny]

Speaking of noise reduction, a suggestion for your videos: please do not use any background music during your narrations. It is distracting. thank you.

[@moniquem783]

Oooooooooh. Nice! I just bought a house! There are roller blinds in each room which I could just automate with Aqara thingies, but I did notice that I heard a car go by in the room I think will be my bedroom, so the windows must be pretty thin. One of these will be cheaper than changing all the windows to double glazed that's for sure! lol. I'll wait until I'm there to decide what I need, but I'm just going to save this video for future reference, because that is so cool! And works with HomeKit! YAY! Matter is rolling out at just the right time for me!!!

[@paulhibbert]

Perfect!! Good use case for them, would be interested to know how well the sound proofing aspect works as that is a big selling point if it works well.

[@moniquem783]

@@paulhibbert if I get one I’ll absolutely let you know. I don’t have a date that I’m moving yet, it depends on when the tenants in there at the moment find their next place, but hopefully no more than a few months. Preferably a few weeks! I might even keep the existing blind and just put a cell blind behind it. There’s not much traffic there, but I did hear the car very clearly so I’m going to want something as there will be a few trucks when I’m sleeping too. If it makes a huge difference to temperature control too I might end up getting a few more, but the bedroom will be the one to start with. It looks like the perfect solution 😊

[@braingrenade]

How is the “filmed on the fly” funny? You don’t even have a camera in your hands… do better Paul!

[@tellus83]

TREDANSEN cellular blind blocks out light

[@iammrfud]

@paulhibbert Good god man get some Painters Mate on them cracks 😂

[@eric_has_no_idea]

To get stickers off, look at 'plastic razor blades'. They wont scratch most surfaces.

[@lucashunnisett3066]

I’m all for new innovation but as soon as you have to plug in your blinds you’ve surely made a wrong turn. Love the video though. Keep it up

[@DJPalsyP]

Am currently slowly setting up a smart home with Home Assistant & Alexa...... Have the lights sorted (via Phillips Hue Bridge), but now I really want to get smart blinds..... However, using Alexa is great, I would want some that are compatible with HA too so I can do some automation, etc. Does anyone have any recommendations for compatible brands (made-to-measure will be a bonus)? Note: I'm new to HA so, bear that in mind

[@paulhibbert]

If you get a zigbee dongle such as conbee or sonoff for yout HA setup, then you could get a zigbee blind from these guys, but another commenter just pointed out that IKEA also do a zigbee blind (no solar panel though and not made to measure). The conbee stick I have was super easy to setup!

[@DJPalsyP]

@@paulhibbert Can this dongle be shoved into a NAS with USB ports and auto-config, or does it need to be set up via an OS? That said, I do run VMs on that NAS, so will be no problem if latter

[@paulhibbert]

@@DJPalsyP not 100% sure on that one dude. HA on the pi automatically discovers it so hopefully its the same if HA can see the USB ports on the NAS

[@rolyantrauts2304]

Maybe if you had some overlap than the window width the insulation amd blackout would of been much better,

[@roughlyEnforcing]

You so don't want to live in FL. I mean weather is awesome but there are a ton of Floridians in FL ... it's a problem! :)

[@slappymcphee]

We would love to have you in Florida. I am willing to bet that you could afford to move here to the Jacksonville area.

[@jaydice1]

Flororder is probably my favorite pronunciation of Florida. That place is a living hell hole and the people are rude.

[@garethjones5068]

Between my farts & these blinds, I could save £15K in 10 years

[@dsmith9456]

Our postman used to tell us that Fragile was Italian for Kick Me...

[@annaplojharova1400]

I do not see the use for the solar panel on such thing as a measure to save energy, but as a means to avoid the need to wire the power line to it. Quite a hassle unless you do it upfron during the home construction or unless that home is the wooden "paperbox" type...

[@whalemonstre]

A right-angled USB adapter might allow you to use the rear power connector?

[@bigjd2k]

It would be great if it just had a remote control, skip all that over complicated smart stuff!

[@PazLeBon]

hahaaha my mate actually uses a full solar panel as an exterior bllind. genius

[@EyeCanShootFL]

screaming is so annoying jesus. love the vids but thats excessive.