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Orlando Window Tinting Homes & Commercial Buildings

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Advanced Film Solutions has increased our focus on the Orlando area by adding sales and installation capabilities.

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This investment has certainly paid dividends as we completed seven homes from New Smyrna and Sanford to Dr. Phillips and Oveido in just the last few days.

Why is there so much opportunity in Central Florida?

It’s Hot.

Utility costs are high

Many new homes are built on treeless properties

Most new homes have inefficient single pane glass!

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Well; 3M dealers charge very high prices for average performing films based simply on their name recognition and with 3M available at window genie, home depot and an assortment of outlets the better value is Eastman Films and Advanced Film Solutions

 
Advanced Film Solutions offers the industry leading window film brands.
 
 

Our VISTA Films and LLumar films dominate the USA market share for reflective and dual reflective films.

Our Huper Optik patented nanoceramic films are the leading choice for deed restricted gated communities.

Our  films are perfect for those home owners who don’t want to alter the appearance of their homes.

To augment our portfolio and strengthen our competitive edge we added the following films:

Armorcoat and Solar Gard

Madico Sunscape

SunTek

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Better value, more selections, more efficient and warranted by Eastman.
 
 
Unbeatable!
 
 
Call Them!
 
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We love that comparison and so will you!
 
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 Call Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free 877-575-3456

Let In Light, Keep Out The Heat, Tampa, Clearwater, Orlando, Bradenton Ceramic Window Film

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Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s leading window film installation company.

We have accomplished this by gearing our entire portfolio of prestige window film solutions to meet and exceed our client’s requirements.

CHOICES!
 

Communities like Windermere Cheval and Waterchase have strict limitations that prohibit the use of shiny reflective (metal) window films.


Homeowners still require energy savings and protection from smash and grab crime and flying debris.

Advanced Film Solutions offers a suite of films that will match our customer’s specific requirements.

 
Choices begin with Vista Film LLumar Select and our  NFRC certified Huper Optik.


These films meet all Deed Restrictions since they maintain the aesthetics of your glass actually reducing the reflectivity of your windows from an interior and exterior view.

 
How does Advanced Film Solutions match against their nano-layered optical film?

  • Our Huper Optik ceramic films have a neutral hue while their nano film has a decidedly BLUE Light that alters your interior color scheme.

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  • Our adhesives are optically clear.  Their film has a haze issue that is easily observable. Yes, I know this may seem hard to believe, but we can demonstrate this for you before you make any buying decision! Take the side by side challenge! 993059_600872276612914_1704008341_nLet us install our film right alongside theirs. We guaranty that you will see the difference in clarity for yourself!

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  • Our films work better at an angle, and so do theirs! There is no superiority in their angle claims.
  • Our scratch resistant coatings out-perform their nano films.  Our color is consistent and can not be scratched from the surface of the film. Try scratching their film. PLEASE!
  • Warranty- Vista and Huper Optik have a manufacturer’s issued lifetime warranty.        

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Advanced Film Solutions has installed our film solutions in over 30,000 prestige homes since May 2007.

We offer a full line of metallic and low reflective films for consumers who do not have to deal with Home Owners Associations or Deed Restrictions!

Call and compare!

Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

 

Selecting Best Value Window Tinting For Florida’s Prestige Homes

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We love the question: “How does Vista or Huper Optik compare to 3M film?”

Typically get this question from a consumer who has been quoted a high cost from the home depot 3M install program.

Prices so inflated that we were wondering if platinum was being added into the deal? 

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The remaining panels have Huper 30 ceramic film.

This haze is a crucial difference between the Vista and Huper ceramic films and 3M’s nano line.

Seeing is believing. If you have any doubt at all; we’ll do a side by side comparison.

If you prefer an invisible coating that will maintain the aesthetic appearance of your glass; you should consider our Huper Optik ceramic film.

  • Vista Films were the first NFRC Certified window films. Huper Optik has also been certified.The reason this is important for consumers is the documented performance you will enjoy when the installation is completed. It separates fact from fantasy when you might hear spurious claims about 97% heat rejection or better heat rejection at angles.

  • This is a key issue for gated communities as well as deed restricted neighborhood where a shiny film is forbidden.

  • Our 8 ML Vista and Llumar Magnum Films  have greater puncture resistance thanks to the thicker multi-layered composition.  Their ultra film is thinner and less secure than our 8 ML or thicker coatings.

  • Their hard coat is no stronger than Vista’s. Any implication that their film withstands scratches better; or is Windex safer than ours is false.
  • The optical clarity of our VISTA films is unsurpassed.  We’ll take that match up film to film any day!
  • VISTA manufactures all of their window films and does not “private label” outside manufacturer’s film. PERIOD!  The list of films sold by 3M that are actually made by other lesser known companies is too long to list here.
  • Vista offers dual reflective films in a 5, 7,14, 15, 18, 25, 28, 38, 45, and 48 % visible light transmissions. 3M in a 15, 25, 35 only!
  • We offer a full line of bronze films.  3M has none.
  • VISTA & LLumar Magnum Security Films are available in a 20 neutral, 20 silver, 28, 38, 40, 50 and clear. 3M in a  25, 35, and clear 4ML and clear 6 ML and their 50 and 70 prestige.  The re-package another manufacturer’s 14 ML film and brag about how strong it is. Obviously that same film is available directly from the OEM at a fairer price.

That’s our top ten reasons consumers select our VISTA Films!

Call Advanced Film Solutions today!

877-575-3456

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The Truth Prestige Film IR Rejection Huper Optik Vs. 3M Comparisons

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I’ve written about this before (as have some others!) but the 3M Prestige Film has always been interesting to me for a variety of reasons.

Let’s just say that I was once a True Believer (Yeah I wrote that!) having swallowed the RED PILL entirely. 

It was only after I left 3M that my faith was shaken by:
 
 
THE TRUTH
 
 

No Prestige did not work better at an angle compared to other window films.

No Prestige did not reject 97% of the IR

No Prestige did not reject more heat than a dark silver reflective film.

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Now this may seem like an esoteric argument with little to no impact on the larger world outside of window film; but (stick with me here) there is a crucial perception and a credibility issue at stake. (Mostly my own!)

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I don’t like being fibbed to (there are stronger words!) and I can’t abide losing any business to a competitor that is either intentionally or through ignorance, misrepresenting their product’s performance. 

Now as the competitor against 3M Prestige that has become much more important.

Eastman Chemical the world leader in window film (by any measurement or standard) had tackled these issues with a series of technical reports and white papers almost immediately upon the launch of Prestige and the 3M marketing and supporting literature that their dealers utilize to support their selling efforts.

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IWFA – IR Ratings of Window Film

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Read these slowly. Go ahead. . I’ll wait. . .
 
 

Or simply call us at 877-575-3456


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Huper Optik, Eastman Window Tinting Designed For Florida’s Prestige Homes

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There are so many choices available in window film and varieties of performance you demand for your investment.

 

Our goal at Advanced Film Solutions is to offer window film with proven performance covering a wide range of individual requirements that match or exceed our clients expectations!

Gated Community- Deed Restrictions prohibit reflective films:
 

There are many homeowner associations that prohibit the use of reflective window films. 

This is more an aesthetics issue than a performance attribute.

The higher reflective films alter the prestige home’s “curb appeal.”

These covenants point our customer toward the nano-ceramic German Technology films manufactured by Huper Optik.


Note the natural light of this ceramic 50% window film


These new technology films do a superior job in reducing the infrared heat while reducing the visible light.

They are less reflective than glass; so the day and night time views are never compromised.



There are less publicized benefits of  non-metallic window film based upon their non conducting properties that tend to interfere with FIOS or wireless EM signals.

 

The bottom line is that your home’s aesthetics are preserved and the performance factors that reduce the heat, glare, UV and fade are both superior and quantifiable. 

Our client took our prestige challenge and immediately ruled out the 3M  blue hazy looking film and chose Advanced Film Solutions!

  • Window Films have become the “window film of choice” for Interior Designers who appreciate protecting high value furnishings from fade.

  • These films are constructed for optical clarity and zero distortion or haze. They are safe for dual pane Windows and IG Units and backed with a lifetime warranty direct from Eastman Chemical; the world’s largest window film manufacturer.
  • Vista Film and Huper Optik Ceramic Film comes in wider 6 foot widths!

  • And our Vista Window Films are also available in a thicker safety and security version (8 ML)  These Vista safety and security films perform the very same solar benefits of the thinner versions but hold the glass in place against impact force.

Call Advanced Film Solutions at 877-575-3456 (Toll Free)

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