WPCTEVWindow Film One Way Mirror Tint Vinyl Daytime Privacy Static Non-Adhesive Decorative Heat Control Anti UV Window Covering for Home and Office Black Silver 6 Mil 17.5 Inch x 6.5 Feet

I have ten windows, and one of my neighbors is a bit nutty, so the privacy was the first concern. We also have a small 1935 house that heats up like crazy when it's sunny, so heat reduction was also a concern.When I started, I bought the gold silver, the blue silver, and the silver. The silver worked out best. I ended up ripping out the blue and gold. The gold was the worst for us. Gold translated into looking like a sepia tone fire watch. The sunlight had the same quality as the smoggy forest fire when smoke was everywhere. We replaced that with silver. The blue was better, but darker, and not great for the kitchen. it made the food blue tinted. So we ripped that out in favor of silver. The silver was only mildly visible, like a very lightly tinted set of sunglasses, and didn't do anything weird. It was the best option.Some things I learned.The color is only visible from the inside. It effects the color of the light coming in.The adhesive side is not remotely adhesive to the touch. I pealed the backing off the first one and thought I had done it wrong, but trust the process. It will work.Order more than you think, because you need a few extra inches on all sides for install. It's far easier to cut it a few inches larger and have more to slide the film on the glass if need be.Watch some YouTube videos on how to install. It can be tricky to get installed without bubbles.Buy an install kit with one of those fuzzy velvet squeegees. You'll also need some sort of metal flat thing, like a dough knife or putty spatula, to run the exacto blade across the edges.Don't skimp on exacto blades. I ended up using a fresh one for every single window, and it really helped.You can carefully peel back the film if you find some grit under it, but be super careful. That way lies madness.Be prepared that perfection is not gonna happen. I got mine 95% perfect. I have animals so there is an occasional pet hair or wife hair. I had one window with a weird latch that was super hard to cut around. However, 95% is good enough, and nobody can notice unless they are up there looking for errors.You literally cannot see in my home from right in front during daylight hours withe the curtains open, and certainly not from across the street where my nutty neighbors sell whatever it is they sell 24/7.The film also works really well with repelling heat form the sun. It made an enormous difference. Because of this I put some on my clouded glass windows in the bathroom, and it really really worked. I was shocked at how much it reduces heat. The cat is not thrilled by this, but the rest of us are.We are very happy. After the first couple windows we got into a groove, and it was pretty easy to put them up. I got better at it the more I did, so I don't begrudge doing the gold silver and blue silver first, then ripping them out. They were great practice windows, and helped me learn the process.It is very skill based, so there is a learning curve. Good luck!

I was pretty skeptical about this window film at first, but after applying to our kitchen windows- I am definitely liking it. I ordered these as a temporary fix to help cut down on the amount of heat coming in through our windows until we are able to replace the windows in our house- it needs a lot of updating. Let me preface this by saying that our home is VERY well insulated BUT it is around 40ish years old- it’s only inhabitants prior to my husband and I buying it in January this year was the man that built the home, his wife, and their children (2?). The AC unit is keeping up well, but it is also old and in south east Texas- it never gets a break. I keep the ac set on about 67° between the end of March until around the end of October to middle of November. Don’t come for me unless you live anywhere around Houston or south of Houston- cause you know how it is. The inspector we used prior to purchasing the home stated that the house was in great shape and there were no issues specifically with the ac and the house staying cool- but I want to ensure we can save every penny we can off the entergy bill and help our ac unit live its best life for the remainder of its life lol.Now onto the product: Rolls come with directions on how to apply. We cut the film to the length of the window panes, removed the protective film from the mirrored side, sprayed a little water on the mirrored side of the film then applied the misted mirrored side of the film to the window. We lined up the top edge and the right side edge with the same edges of the window pane and then using a squeegee, we got rid of all the air bubbles we could find. Using an old ID card, (you can use any kind of card), we pressed in the left side edge while simultaneously using an exacto knife to cut the film to the edge of the pane. Once it was cut nicely, we repeated that step with the bottom edge. Our window panes are about 9.5x9.5 so I purchased the shortest width of this roll of film. It’s a pain to cut to size before applying to the window because it keeps wanting to curl up but once you remove the protective film from the mirrored side, it’s pretty malleable.I got three pictures of our window during this process. The sides and back of our home is pretty shaded but first was at about 7:05pm yesterday (9/13/24). We did half the window and finished up today at about 7:10pm. Didn’t take long- in total maybe 1.5hrs only because we had to cut each individual window pane. During the day, even later in the evening (7-7:15pm) you can barely see anything through this film from the outside. At night though- you’ll definitely want to close your curtains.All in all, my husband and I think it turned out great as a quick fix until we replace all of our windows. (I HATE our windows with a passion). The film looks great and the while the width of the rolls could have been a little bit shorter- it still worked out perfectly, just took a little more elbow grease. Will update once we have the rest of the windows done and see if we start to see a difference in the Entergy bill.

Installation was very easy, and the film feels thick and high-quality. I noticed the temperature drop immediately after applying it to the window. The outside view remains clear, and my cat is especially happy that he can still look out.However, the adhesive isn’t very strong. By the time I finished installing the 6th piece, the 1st one had already fallen off. I had to reapply it using soapy water and eventually used tape to secure all the corners. Overall, it works well, but the adhesive could use improvement.