Smart Shades You Can Actually Afford! (SmartWings Review)

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These are super budget friendly smart shades for your entire house! It's an awesome way to upgrade your smart home that won't break the bank (even if you only retrofit one or two rooms). The motorized shades look beautiful, with Zigbee controller they connect with my SmartThings for easy automation routines, and perfect for vacation mode or solar passive homes to help with heating and cooling throughout the year.
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@cbs2468 2 жыл бұрын

Installed 18 of these a little over a month ago (have 2 sunrooms which are basically all windows on 3 sides). I'm using smarthings to automate them based on sunrise/sunset, away modes, etc as well as using alexa as needed. Took a while to set them up in the smarthings b/c you can't batch set heights but aside from that, loving them so far. Spent around 4k all in. Other smart shades would have set me back closer to 10k for the number i needed.

@GeneralCondom 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher, thank you for posting pricing, i havent checked the website but do they offer shades for big windows?

@cbs2468 Жыл бұрын

@@GeneralCondom Yep, we got one that covers a full slider - 70 inches wide by 84 high.

@jawalkia Жыл бұрын

Hi Oswald - Did you get the Z-wave plus smart motor or the Zigbee? If you get zigbee, did you need a zigbee hub and smartthings hub to control it?

@Steve410811 Жыл бұрын

Did you get the ones that are mounted inside the window frame or outside?

@KylePutman 2 жыл бұрын

brb... measuring all my windows. probably won't order the blinds because I'll forget to, but they look AWESOME

@sachin1sharma 5 күн бұрын

Hi, I am looking for an outside mount option since I don't have a lot of wiggle room for an inside mount. The window trims are 1 3/4" in height. Do you know the height of the valance of shades is enough to cover the top trim ? I don't like it exposed if outside mount is the only option I have.

@TyinAlaska Жыл бұрын

These look great! Thanks for the amazing review!

@stevensam8834 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, would you know if these shades work with apple HomeKit?

@jesuslover1896 2 жыл бұрын

I actually like your dual layer trick, Ben. I just ordered a few, but I think I'll make some updates for my master bedroom.

@jarrodreagle7557 2 жыл бұрын

Care to elaborate? Did you like them?

@kitecattestecke2303 Жыл бұрын

Well... Are the tuya China cloud based or can i use them a little more dumb mode?

@davidbrooks1118 Жыл бұрын

Don't be fooled when this says "affordable" I just checked and they are no more or less affordable than all the other over priced motorized blinds out there.

@GM-cr4yk Жыл бұрын

Have you looked at the Lutron Serena?

@flamedragon6716 5 ай бұрын

Compared to Lutron Serena, which would have been my first choice if not for the price, the price of Smartwing’s shades are actually pretty decent.

@nczioox1116 3 ай бұрын

Any alternative recommendations?

@jmor-_-.656 2 ай бұрын

Priced the same setup on lutron Serena and these. It's just slightly over 1/2 the price. I'm covering 3 huge windows and prices just quickly with wider windows.

@varsityeagle89 8 ай бұрын

Great vid budd, thank you

@glennmckinlay708 Жыл бұрын

What's your reasoning behind putting the layered blackout shade as an outside mount and not an inside window frame mount. Loved the video.

@Annabannana2005 Жыл бұрын

the reasoning behind this is it allows him to allow sunlight in via the 50% inside mount without the home feeling like a fish bowl. And blackout for the evenings.

@VideoJunkee 11 ай бұрын

He made a mistake and should’ve mounted the blackout on the inside for a “tighter seal” and the 50% transparent shades on the outside since light will be bleeding through anyway.

@killuax1502 Жыл бұрын

Does it work. With Tuya Bridge

@kylemendoza8860 11 ай бұрын

Can I pair them with a third party Smart button?

@ARTICFR0ST Жыл бұрын

is there blackout version of these?

@RFLETE1978 Ай бұрын

The problems with all the shades is they never block out all the light from coming in.. i like it pitch black

@NickDowner 2 жыл бұрын

My dream is a house completely outfitted with smart shades... they would be so convenient!

@AuthenTech 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine one button to control ALL the window shades in your home... it's amazing 🤩

@Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse 2 жыл бұрын

@@AuthenTech ➡️ hello Ben ., do they make these shades for skylight windows

@alexyang5956 2 жыл бұрын

@@Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse yes

@Voltrondefenderoftheuniverse 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexyang5956 ➡️thanks 👍🏻

@paulswiszcz584 6 ай бұрын

Can't remember if you mentioned warranty?

@ShervinShares 2 жыл бұрын

ahh my windows are 106 inches wide I'd need two & there would be a gap between them

@billfold1837 6 ай бұрын

What is the warranty

@flixxfann Жыл бұрын

They start at $179 or $198. But you have add ons. Motor, solar panel, shipping etc. I ordered for 2 sliding glass doors and I ended up paying $1,500

@judedecamp2522 Жыл бұрын

I guess he’s definition of affordable isn’t ours

@Omizuke 8 ай бұрын

What a deal! lol

@Nate-ec8hb 2 жыл бұрын

What else would you recommend for those starting up their smart homes? Like top 3 things that you currently use?

@LifeAsDane 2 жыл бұрын

Lights, locks, security cameras, thermostat. The lights are the only one of those that gets adjusted often the rest are set and forget. I love the eufy smartlock

@luxman9463 2 жыл бұрын

I’m just starting my journey and I’ve decided smart shades, thermostat, and lighting.

@homoerotic85 Жыл бұрын

How much did it cost you to do your entire house? Sounds expensive (and awesome)!

@averageplatinum Жыл бұрын

for my house with 8 windows and the features I selected it ran about 2400$. Now that price is gonna very depending on what features.

@pistolaro2 Жыл бұрын

With the SmartWings blinds, are they centered in the window (for inside mount) when installed or 1/2 off to one side due to motor placement in the cassette?

@codypomeroy9040 8 ай бұрын

Look nice but I'd stick to buying a paper shade for my room I'm staying on rent month to month cuz I don't plan to stay there any longer next summer.

@miami3863 2 жыл бұрын

Are they synchronized when going up and down?

@jesuslover1896 Жыл бұрын

No they're not, at least not the HomeKit version.

@adityahpatel Жыл бұрын

it is not possible to install this in 5 mins

@shijersey8336 10 ай бұрын

thanks for redefining what is ' affordable.'

@ManishKarma 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@jacksherman5696 Ай бұрын

I’m looking for some that works with Siri.

@cbs2468 2 жыл бұрын

2 months in, still happy? Considering nearly 2 dozen of these.

@AuthenTech 2 жыл бұрын

Still running them and love the automations! Haven't had to charge batteries yet which I'm impressed. ST app says battery approx 45% left

@Peviputguy8 2 жыл бұрын

Could you use android phone to control those shades or is It only iPhone

@AuthenTech 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Android works too. You can get Alexa controllers, or other means/apps of control

@Peviputguy8 2 жыл бұрын

@@AuthenTech awesome

@LifeAsDane 2 жыл бұрын

Samsung smart things comes preloaded on most androids now

@therolando608 6 ай бұрын

Cool idea, but way too expensive

@user-id9pw7el8x Жыл бұрын

"Not much more". Proceeds to show blinds at half the price

@Jules-hn6un 22 күн бұрын

This is just an ad for smartwings

@TripOnSpot 2 жыл бұрын

“Shades you can afford” Total comes out to 400

@steves2710 Жыл бұрын

Exactly and he has 15 of them. wow

@chadbartsch7444 Жыл бұрын

Do you know how much blinds like Serena or Hunter Douglas cost? Likely 3-4 times as much!

@carolineyan8550 2 жыл бұрын

🤩

@tenthdimension9836 Жыл бұрын

$175? no thanks

@TerryT324 Жыл бұрын

Hand gestures are distracting

@reginaldcortez8763 Жыл бұрын

I clean windows, dirty glass.

@richardfynmann5452 Жыл бұрын

Yea $300 is affordable for one blind…mfer

@PrimalDashes Жыл бұрын

I'll never understand how anyone considers $150+ per blind "affordable"

@gemmrk Жыл бұрын

How lazy have we humans become that we cannot even walk 3 feet from out bed to the window to close it. If there is an aconomic collapse, 95% of people will not survive

@joshbedo8291 Ай бұрын

It's not that you can't it just improves your quality of life and makes you happier

@judedecamp2522 Жыл бұрын

These are not affordable These are base price They charge you for every feature Please change Your video description IKEA is affordable

@GM-cr4yk Жыл бұрын

Look at the Lutron Serena and you'll see why he calls these affordable.

@lennert4512 4 ай бұрын

@@GM-cr4ykso a Mercedes S class is affordable because a Rolls is more expensive? Does the fact that a crazy expensive option exists, make everything else afforfable?