Compared to plain old window treatments, smart blinds are expensive.
What Are Smart Blinds?
Before we look at the benefits of smart blinds, let’s talk briefly about them.
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The term smart blinds is used to refer to not only actual blinds but various automated window treatments too.
The smart blinds market is actually an extension of the automated window treatment market.
What used torequire custom home wiringnow canrun off batteries.
Here are some compelling reasons to outfit your home, or perhapsjust your bedroom, with smart window treatments.
That’s exactly why we put automation at the top of the list.
Hands down, the biggest benefit of smart blinds, like many other smart home categories, is automation.
The rest of our benefits list is essentially just an extension of automation as the primary benefit.
That makes it easy to use them most effectively.
Smart Home Integration
Your window treatments are often the last piece of the total automation puzzle.
Carefully managing your window treatments can shave 10-15% off your energy bill.
With smart blinds, however, you could schedule things to maximize your savings based on the season.
Cord Free-Designs Are Safer
It’s not the flashiest feature, but it’s certainly worth noting.
The mechanism is completely housed inside the header of the blinds.
The only external part is the blind itself.
Closing the blinds doesn’t make a place invulnerable to burglary, but it certainly makes it less appealing.
