I love the way this looks. It's much more opaque than other window films I've used, but it still lets the sunlight through in a way that really makes the colors pop. The design is gorgeous. It is just a vinyl sticker, so there's no texture to it, but as long as nobody's going around inspecting your windows it looks like real stained glass. It's also GREAT for privacy. You really can't see in from the outside, even at nighttime with the lights on.
I did have some issues though. First off, you don't get a lot of surface area for the price. I had to buy four of these at $17.99 each (almost 75 bucks!) and they still only covered the bottom halves of my windows. I thought 4 rolls would have left me with extra, but I'd probably need to buy 4 more just to finish the top half. I guess that's an okay deal when you compare it to professional window treatments or real stained glass, but when you're a 20-something trying to make your old budget studio look cute, that's a lot of money to spend. Especially for an incomplete job. If you're trying to brighten up a small entry window or add a border, this would be perfect but using this to completely cover large windows will get costly.
Second, the back paper leaves behind little chunks of this white chalky residue that you have to scrape off with your finger. I tried my best to get most of it off, but there's still some spots you can see through the film. It doesn't look that bad in my case because my windows are old as hell and have paint splatter and debris from years of the "landlord special", but it would be really noticeable on pristine windows.
Finally, it's honestly a pain to set up. I would recommend having someone help you hold the sheet in place while you cut the exact size piece out with an exacto-knife, but I did this alone with kitchen scissors and I fought with it the whole time. There are some spots where you can see I gave up on measuring exactly and just eyeballed it.
Overall I'm happy with the results. I just wish you got more for the price and it was a little easier to install.
Report