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(More customer reviews)This is a great concept, but terrible implementation.
First off, the package contents are a large roll of many-folded plastic 210 inches long by 62 inches wide, which you cut to length. When you initially unfold it to half width, it still has one more fold that is near-to-impossible to get apart because of the plastic being so thin and stuck together. Another problem with the very thin plastic is that it tears easily. You have to be VERY careful when cutting that it doesn't run on you. Also, if you do not get it tight enough, any wind will pop it enough to tear it. Be careful you don't pull it too tight or it will tear, or pull the tape off the window frame.
The tape that comes with it is a narrow double-sided plastic tape that sticks to the plastic well, but not so well to anything else. I wasted an entire kit on one normal sized window using increasingly more drastic measures before coming up with the final procedure. I finally ended up washing the painted wooden window frame with soap, rinsing with plain water, drying them with paper towels, then using alcohol on another paper towel to remove any lingering traces of... well, anything, then letting them air-dry for an hour before attempting to get the tape to stick. They tell you to add extra tape to trouble areas. What they don't tell you is that every corner is a trouble area, in addition to those spots they mention. Basically, any time you have anything other that a straight line on a smooth surface you will want to reinforce it with more tape.
The final problem is stretching the plastic and attaching it to the tape, and what a problem that is. Follow the directions if you have lots of time to waste and a high threshold for anger and frustration. I won't say my way is the best way, but it worked better for me. Too bad it took so many windows to "perfect" it. The plastic will be cosmically attracted to the tape in the worst way, so don't peel the backing off of the sides and bottom until you are actually ready to attach the plastic to that particular portion. Attach the platic to the top strip of tape starting in the middle of the top edge of the plastic and SLOWLY working your way to the sides stretching and smoothing as you go. If you are really good and very lucky, it may only take you several tries as the plastic goes everywhere but where you want it to. Until you press it down, you can usually get the plastic to release from the tape.
NOTE: Everywhere that the tape has had something stuck to it and removed is a place it WILL FAIL to adhere properly in the future!
Once the top edge of the plastic is secure, remove the top few inches on each side of the backing. Here is where it gets tricky. Stretch the plastic side to side while pulling down from the top and carefully starting in the corners press the plastic to the tape using your thumbs while gripping the sides of the plastic with your remaining fingers. Once you get the hang of it, you can slowly work your way down the sides, peel the backing down a few more inches, stretch the plastic and attach it. Do your best, but there will be wrinkles. Small wrinkles can usually be stretched out on the next go, but big wrinkles means you have to VERY CAREFULLY pull the plastic away from the tape until past the problem point and try it again. When you get to the bottom, just continue as you have been, stretching and attaching the plastic to the tape.
If you do this in warm enough weather, have plenty of help, have very smooth and clean window frames, no wind either during the installation or after, no flora or fauna that might bump into it, and have extraordinary luck... well, it MIGHT work for you. It might even last a week.
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