Cordless mini blinds offer you what other mini blinds don’t and that is they don’t require a cord or the tilt mechanism. You can simply press the cordless function to open or close vanes or even tilt them to the angle you want. This is more than just a luxury, it is also about safety because if you have children in the household, cords of any kind can pose a great risk. Especially pulley cords that hang above ground. The other benefit is that you window and room will look better appearance wise, it’s actually a no-brainer because would you rather something cordless or would you prefer cords hanging at the sides of your windows?
Cordless Mini Blinds
There is a price for such convenience, unfortunately, and that is paying a much greater cost for cordless mini blinds as opposed to mini blinds that have cords. While you can get non cordless mini blinds for as cheap as $7. You will be lucky if you are able to find cordless mini blinds for under $40, this should change but not anytime soon. Spending this kind of money should reassure you of one thing, you will be buying a much better product than cheap mini blinds. That’s due to the fact that mainly quality brands make and sell cordless mini blinds. The headrails will be better as well as the actual material used to make the vanes. These cordless mini blinds are lightblocker privacy 1 inch cordless mini blinds by bali, classic supreme cordless black mini blinds by Graber, Levolor Mark 1 light master cordless aluminum mini blinds.
These are just some of the quality styles available but there are much more. And with buying cordless comes not just better quality but also extras such as dustguard, enhanced room darkening as the vanes have special linings. You will pay more, this is a given, but by no means should cordless mini blinds be compared to mini blinds with cords only a cordless and cord basis. You have to consider the everything that is included, namely better quality.
It will probably come down to how much you can afford as mini blinds are known for being cheap. While this is true it does not apply to better quality cordless mini blinds that are hands down much better than designs that operate by cords.
Mini blinds are the economical alternative to venetian blinds. The main similarity is that both of them have horizontal louvers. That however is where the similarities end, unfortunately many people can’t tell the difference. That is until they look at the price tag, mini blinds are priced much cheaper and there is good reason for that. First the designs, colors, material of louvers and styles are pretty limited. The cheapest are micro mini blinds and the major characteristic is their small ½ inch wide louvers. One limitations of these economical blinds is that they are not made to measure. This is one of the reasons why they are cost effective.
The general consensus is that these window blinds are are primarily used in offices and not in residential. This is however a matter of opinion because with the right color you can make it work is certain rooms in the home. Don’t expect a large variety of colors because red, black, white, yellow and gray. Your choice of materials will either be aluminum, pvc or vinyl. Some consumers might mistake wood as one of the materials they can have for louvers. This is attributed to false marketing because faux wood mini blinds are erroneously advertised as such. Any louver that is wider than 1 3/8 inches should not be categorized as mini-blinds.
The above information should help distinguish one style from other. Irregardless of the length and width of your window you should have no problem fitting your window(s) with the type of mini blind that you want. Some ideal rooms in the home that you can install them would be a home office, bathroom and studio apartments. Fitting many windows with mini blinds might not result in an aesthetically pleasing design. The spacing between the louvers including the way they angle when opened and even closed is not something you want to see in each room.
You might be tempted to buy higher end brands such as hunter dougls, levolor or bali and this would be a good choice. But if you are contemplating window blinds for an entire home then think carefully about more than just the costs because even though venetian blinds will cost more. Maybe by as much as 50% but what you are getting would be more appropriate than mini blinds. This is for an entire home because for an individual room there is no problem with putting up a 1 inch mini blind in such instances.