Seeking a durable version of these shades

Post date: 2024-03-23 00:17:45

Are there any top-down bottom-up blackout cellular shades that are actually durable? Even given daily operation in a window that gets direct sun? For years on end? The ones we have keep breaking.

The shades we have are these or very similar. We got five of them, for about $100 each, a little under five years ago. When the first one broke after just a year or two, we contacted the company and they replaced it. They've since replaced another three, I think one of them twice. Now, one of those replacements just broke again.

The main point of failure is the strings, which snap as I very unremarkably lower a shade. One snapped when I wasn't even touching it. One of the original ones had inner plastic mechanisms that pretty much exploded, but I remember that the company rep said that the replacements had been redesigned to eliminate that plastic.

If these exist in a durable, long-lasting version, I'd like to get that this time. If they don't, we'll have to think about options other than this style of shades. So I'm especially wanting to hear from anyone who has some like these that have lasted well for years on end, being raised and lowered top and bottom daily, in a window with direct sun and temperature swings.

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