HIDBEA One Way Privacy Film, Daytime Mirror Reflective Heat Control UV Sun Blocking Non-Adhesive Static Cling Window Tint for Home and Office (Brown-Silver, 35.4 Inch x 32.8 Feet), 96 Sq Ft

Works as needed. I often struggle sticking this kind of stuff on small devices so throwing it on a large window wasn't the easiest for me. But it's great because now I can see when my mother-in-law is at the door and she can't see me, so then I don't have to answer! Thanks One Way Film!

My second floor master bedroom has an addition with nine floor to ceiling windows. I use this room as a home office but in the summer it feels like a mini greenhouse with all the windows and the sun blazing in. This film really helped to control the heat & it was pretty easy to install. My windows were not exactly the same width as the film. I've got some tips I figured out along the way:I gathered up some tools - a metal ruler, a razor knife, and a silicone shower squeegee thing. Once the film is cut roughly the right size (I left about a quarter inch extra), Use soapy water in a spray bottle and spray both the glass and the film. I used dish soap. Once its evenly misted lay on the film starting at a top corner. Line up the top edge and one of the side edges and then spray a bit of soapy water on the back. The soapy water helps the squeegee slide easier and I ended up pretty much zero bubbles after I figured this out. Once it smoothed out you can use the ruler and the razor knife to trim the other side edge and the bottom edge straight.

Not mirrored even in direct sunlight, tinting increases window surface temperature and zero difference in ambient temperature at window vs untinted window

I love that these keep out the heat and prevent others from seeing in during the day. A small perk I realized after I applied this tint is that I can now watch the birds on my balcony without scaring them off! The tint is very easy to apply, just use lots of soapy water in a spray bottle. I used a mix of Dawn and baby soap. Don’t apply during the hottest part of the day or your soapy water will evaporate too quickly. If you mess up, just peel away and reapply (you can do this days after the first application, which is great!). My home is much cooler now—we will see how this impacts the summer electric bill, but I’ve noticed that the window itself gets hotter, but the air and space near the window and the light coming in from the window is MUCH cooler.

Easier than expected to install. The hardest part is the cutting. There is a small part that is not adhering very well but I think it’s bc of the space with the cuts. It will not adhere if there’s not a small gap around the edges. Privacy works great. Definitely a mirrored effect on the outside. I does seem to darken the room. I installed in the early evening so there was not a lot of sun shining in. I was worried there would be tons of air bubbles on but I just kept on with the squeegeeing. I just installed it so I will update my review to see if it keeps the room cooler and saves on high ac cost.

before you cut, spray the window with some windex or some water and apply it, thheeennn use an exacto knife to cut it. So much easier! Does what it says, keeps the sun from heating up my sons upstairs bedroom and helps black the room out. Would buy again!

Was skeptical I must admit, I have used different products that promise to help with hot surfaces by reflecting the light, this product held up to the promise.I have a steel door that has a glass storm door in front of it, that got so hot in our summers here in the south that it would burn you on a hot summer day when you touched the door knob alone. I installed this HIDBEA film on it in the morning and when the hot 98 degree sun hit it in the afternoon the inner steel door was only slightly warm. WOW !!!I can keep my door open during the day and not worry that the UPS guy can see inside if he leaves a package at the door, but I can see him... Note: if you do have a light on inside of the house and it is a overcast day you will see through the film but that's ok cause I bought it for the heat reduction promise.So if your door cooks in the sun like mine has, hot enough that it made the steel door insides expand from the heat, this is the film for you to cool down that to a fraction of what is was.It is super hard even with the water application to get rid of all the tiny bubbles under the film as that was the longest part of installing it. I went and kept looking at the door from the outside to see where all the tiny bubbles were as they were hard to see from the inside where the film is applies. Would I buy this again, and recommend it to anyone YOU BET I WOULD. Great product

The temperature in the room that I installed it in is now at least 10 degrees cooler than it was. And that was what I was looking for here in Florida.