Pleated blinds and cellular honeycomb blinds look similar from a distance. Both use a folded fabric construction, both compress into a neat stack when raised, and both are available in light-filtering and blackout fabrics. The difference that matters — and the one that most product descriptions underplay — is in...

Energy efficiency has moved from a background consideration to a front-of-mind one for most UK homeowners. With heating bills remaining significantly higher than they were three years ago, the market for products that reduce heat loss — including thermal blinds — has grown considerably. Thermal blinds are marketed with claims...

The insulation claim made for honeycomb blinds is one of the most commonly repeated in the window dressing industry. Every product description mentions trapped air and thermal performance. It is also, somewhat unusually for marketing language, a claim that holds up when examined. Honeycomb blinds do genuinely insulate — the...

Both products share a fitting system. Both perfect fit shutters and perfect fit blinds clip into the rubber bead of a uPVC or aluminium window frame with no drilling, no brackets and no damage to the surrounding wall. From a practical standpoint, the installation experience is similar and the portability...