Honeycomb Blinds Buying Guide

Even the most insulated windows can allow heat or cold to escape from your home. It may be in small or large amounts depending on whether you have newly installed windows or old, and potentially energy-drawing windows. The best and easiest way to help combat this financial drain is by replacing your old window treatments with energy-efficient honeycomb blinds.

Keep in mind that not all blinds have the same energy-efficient qualities. For example, you may be losing your cool (literally) if you go to your hardware store and purchase the typical, and inexpensive, mini blinds. These do not have very much in the way of insulation.

Honeycomb blinds are named as such because their shape resembles that of a honeycomb. In fact, it is the honeycomb that provides so much insulation.

These blinds help to provide your home with optimal insulation in two ways:

1. Thickness: Like any blind the honeycomb will filter incoming light. What sets this specific type of blind apart is that you can select the level of filtering you prefer. These blinds are available with single, double or triple honeycombs. The single honeycomb will filter the least amount of light and provide a little insulation. The triple honeycomb will filter the most amount of light and provide optimal insulation. When deciding which of the three is right for you, think about how light or dark you want your room to be as well as how much insulation you need. If your windows are more than ten years old, it is probably a good idea to go with the triple insulated honeycombs. Also, if you’re covering a very large window you may want to stay with a two or one cell honeycomb. The reason for this is that the more cells you have, the heavier the blinds become. If the window is very large, a three cell honeycomb may add too much weight.

2. Design: The honeycomb design is not just cool to look at, it is also very functional. It works to trap air and provide increased insulation. These blinds are constantly working to keep your home energy-efficient. You’d be hard pressed to find a mini blind that can do that!

Although these blinds are super energy-efficient, many people buy them strictly for aesthetic reasons. They can also be quite a stunning addition to the room. Honeycomb style blinds are very popular among interior designers because they often like to control the light that is allowed to enter the room. If they are planning a sunny kitchen, they’ll choose a single honeycomb. If planning a more romantic setting, they will choose a three honeycomb blind. This allows for a small amount of light that will help create soft ambiance in the room.

Another great thing about these blinds is that they are available in many different colors, so you can coordinate your window treatments easily with your room’s design.

When shopping for any blinds, you will want to be sure to choose a reputable brand.

Here are the top three brands with honeycomb styles:

1. Redi Shade – This brand offers an arch shape that can be hard to find. It is perfect if you have an arch shaped window in your front door or above your standard kitchen window.

2. Bali – Offers some very useful tools on their website, like an energy calculator and a virtual decorator.

3. Hunter Douglas – Like many manufacturers, Hunter Douglas offers honeycomb window blinds that have a top-down/bottom up feature. This means that you can raise them from the bottom, like traditional blinds, or from the top of the window. It is a great feature if you would like some light in the room but do not want it shining directly on you.

If you are ready to buy, your next question will almost certainly be “Where should I go?” The good news is that you don’t even have to put your shoes on to find the best place to buy these energy-saving blinds. Just head straight to your computer as you’ll find the best prices and selection online. It is always a good idea to start your search on a popular site that gets a lot of customer reviews, like Amazon.com. This way you can get advice firsthand from real people who have the purchased the exact blinds you are looking to for. On sites like ebay.com you can find discount honeycomb blinds because they are second hand or people bought wrong size.

There are different styles of honeycom blinds available on nowadays market. There are: honeycomb vertical blinds, cordless honeycomb blinds, honeycomb cellular blinds, blackout honeycomb blinds, double cell honeycomb blinds and single cell honeycomb blinds. If you have an arch in your house there are honeycomb blinds available in an arch form. Beneath you can see all different styles available on amazon.com and ebay.com. I selected the best deals!

In the video beneath you can watch why cordless honeycomb blinds can be very important when you have little children. It is just a matter of safety. There are also a lot of people that do not like a cord and find the aesthetic of the cordless blinds more beautiful.

The cellular honeycomb blinds provide you with a filtered light and a lot of privacy.

If you want to block light coming through your arch an arch honeycomb shade is perfect.

Watch these videos if you want more info.

The first video demonstrates how the Duette Architella window shade from Hunter Douglas works and they explain it's insulation function.

The second video shows a couple of different honeycomb blinds that are available

The third video demonstrates a honeycomb blind with top down bottom up function.

The fourth video shows why cordless honeycomb blind can be a safe solution if you have little children. These honeycomb cordless blinds are demonstrated by HV Apollo.

The last video is a how to video for cleaning honeycomb blinds.