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Head To Head Compare 3M Window Film Vs. Eastman Window Tinting

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With summer quickly approaching many Florida home and business owners are facing a very long hot expensive time to come.

Tropical Florida means unrelenting heat that enters through your clear glass windows and sliders.

Heat gain makes some rooms unlivable and drives your monthly electric bill to unbelievably high amounts.

Window Film has been documented to provide the fastest ROI of any home improvement project.

Window Film is a practical and affordable solution with a lifetime warranty against bubbling, adhesive failures or color change.

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Once a decision has been made to explore the various window film alternatives the choice might come down to a comparison between the two giants in the window film industry Eastman Chemical Vs. 3M.

No other company has the first hand basis of comparison as Advanced Film Solutions. After all we wre employed by 3M for 33 years and prior to founding Advanced Film Solutions our director was formerly the National sales Manager of 3M Window Film.

For the last thirteen years we have been Florida’s fastest growing window film company representing the Eastman portfolio and their Vista Film, Huper Optik Ceramic Film, SunTek solar and safety films and their marketing leading LLumar brands.

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Advanced Film Solutions is fully insured and we have earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 8 consecutive years. Additionally we are rated A by the Better Business Bureau.

3M resells their window film through a myriad of agents and dealers including Home Depot, Window Genie, various Budget Blinds and Window Film Depot and some dealers throughout Florida.

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3M has a limited portfolio of films in solar and solar security alternatives. Their NFRC rated films are listed here: NFRC

Eastman Chemical is the world leader in window film and you’ll discover 20X the number of choices, light transmissions and aesthetics under Vista, LLumar, Southwall, Huper Optik and SunTek.

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Comparing Key leading choices Prestige 3M Vs. Huper Optik, Vista EnerLogic.

  • Both Eastman and 3M have lifetime warranty. The Eastman films Vista has a transferable lifetime warranty
  • Both corporations are listed as Most Ethical and are multi- billion dollar corporations founded more than 100 years ago.

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  • LLumar, Vista and SunTek security films are all 8 ML or greater. The thickness is what differentiates performance and life safety. 3M has only one 8 ml film that they resell from another company. Their 6 ML.  Ultra film is only available in a clear version that offers near zero solar energy savings benefits.
  • Our Eastman films are available in dual energy security 8 ML iterations in silver, neutral dual reflective and standard 35, 40, 50. In other words we match your requirements rather than the other way around.
  • Value: Typically the resellers of 3M film add margins and cost for reselling the 3M brand and using the 3M logo. This may increase the consumer awareness of the brand but adds no value for the consumer. Why else would 3M resell though window washers like Window genie or Home Depot?

Compare our selections, experience and installed cost !

Call Advanced Film Solutions today toll free at 877-575-3456

Or check out our ads in your local Coupon Magazines.

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Fall Home Show Orlando Amazing Window Film Solutions

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Orlando area homeowners are tired of paying huge electric bills and sweltering in their own living rooms.

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This has been a long hot summer and given our 90 degree plus days there seems to be no end in sight!

That’s the perfect time to check out Advanced Film Solutions at the Orange County Convention Center 9/11 through 9/13, 2015

Our team will be exhibiting the best of the best in window film manufactured by Eastman Chemical the world leader in window film technology.

Huper Optik our prestige solar control film that meets all HOA rules and deed restrictions.

Vista solar and solar security films designed for maximum clarity and performance.

 

LLumar Safety Security Films designed to protect your home from flying glass, burglary and vandalism.

Our team just completed a security film installation at the City of Oveido and Altaonte Springs where they are now experiencing cooler, glare and UV free environment and the same level of protection that Federal facilities enjoy!

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Visit our booth and compare our technological superiority over our 3M competition.

Call Advanced Film Solutions toll free for a free estimate!

877-575-3456

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Tampa Bay, Orlando Window Film Comparisons 3M Versus Huper Optik

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Homeowners want relief from intense heat but they DON’T WANT a shiny window film that looks like an office building circa 1973!

 

Whether your home is located in a deed restricted or gated community or your aesthetic taste is directed toward a non metallic appearance for your home windows; the best solar heat insulating solution for Tampa Bay and Orlando is Huper Optik film installed by the experts at Advanced Film Solutions.

The inevitable comparison is typically between these dye free patented German manufactured films and the 3M Prestige films sold by home depot, their reseller agents and a bevy of 3M dealers throughout the region.

The critical focus is on performance given the extreme heat we experience throughout the long tropical summers.

Higher than ever cooling costs drive interest because solar control films can lower monthly electric bills by nearly 30% a month!

Local power companies like TECO offer rebates that help consumers lower their upfront installation investment. $2.00 per square foot for east and west facing glass isn’t anything to sneeze at!

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There are quantifiable differences between the Huper Optik selections and the 3M Prestige series.

These measured, objective quantified differences weigh heavily in favor of the Eastman Chemical Huper Optik films.

There are specific quantifiable reasons why clients overwhelmingly select the Huper Optik ceramic films.
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We’ll leave aside the pricing for a moment (although I did receive a call yesterday from a consumer  telling me the a 3M via Home Depot wanted $16.50 a square foot for prestige.) Several dealers quote prices of $13.00 per sq. ft. at a discount.

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Imagine paying that for a film that cant stop enough heat at the glass to earn a TECO rebate?

  1. The color comparison or rather the hue of the light streaming through your windows is an important consideration.  Huper Optik presents a warm natural color that won’t alter the aesthetics of your home’s furnishings.The prestige films visibly shift toward the blue. This is particularly obvious under indirect light (angle)
  2. Huper Optik has a scratch resistant coating.  The prestige film seems to offer very little protection against scratches or color loss.One 3M dealer showed me how the color can be easily rubbed off of their film (prestige 40, 50!)  This is the result of the fragile dyes that 3M uses to darken their film.  Dyes migrate and fade over time.
  3. Huper Optik ceramic films come in a 20% and a 35% that earn window film rebates from TECO.
    The 3M prestige 40 is not energy efficient enough to meet that rebate requirement!
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 The Huper Optik film ergo blocks more heat. PERIOD.

  • Huper Optik will never corrode or change colors. There is no interference with cell phone or wireless signals.10007413_731450313555109_2027544993_n
  • The Huper Optik films are optically clearer than the 3M hazy prestige films. Side by side comparisons win the day.

     
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  • Huper Optik works better at angles just like glass and 3M films. No difference! BUT. . . you’d never believe that if you listened to that 3M home depot rep.They pretend that only prestige film works better at angles.

    It would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad.

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    That their film is the only one that works better at angles is as real as the conversation above!

  • Huper Optik rejects copious amounts of IR similar to prestige.
    Huper’s performance on glass can be ascertained on the NFRC website.There is no reason to embellish their performance or pretend we eliminate 97% of anything other than UVA & UVB (ACTUALLY 99.9%!)
    So. . go ahead and call their prestige dealers or their home depot agents and resellers throughout the USA.

     Stop by the Orlando Home Show September 11-13th, 2015 Orange County Convention Center

    Get their best price and then call

 
 
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Heat Lamp Trick Window Tinting Illusion Vs. NFRC Fact

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Every so often we are forced into providing a factual comparison against window tinting dealers who do the old French fry lamp heat trick; with or without a BTU meter.

Several clients have asked me where I am hiding my heat lamp demo kit?

The scam purportedly demonstrates the perception of effectiveness for a very light window film that employs IR reducing technology.

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The “Mark” (You!) are supposed to exit this demo completely convinced that this miracle film (nearly clear as Saran Wrap) can block as much heat as a dark metallic or non metallic film.

How they do the trick:
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The IR lamp (think French fry lamp at the local McDonalds) is blasting out an intense amount of IR heat.

The lamp appears glowing red because it is providing an intense amount of IR heat typically invisible yet responsible for nearly 50% of what we feel as heat.

Let’s say a film can block more than 95% of the entire IR wavelength (no film does that but let’s say they did) than this super film would factor out 95% of 50% of what we feel as heat. Assuming that the film being promoted is very light (blocks 20-30% of the visible light) you have a net result of 30% of the 48% visible light. The end result in the real world is a film that blocks a total of approximately 59-60%

But that heat lamp is a whole lot hotter than 90 degrees isn’t it?
 

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Can you see where this is going?


If you are really doing the trick well you’ll add another touch to get the sucker entirely in the bag.

Show a demo comparison box between a clear glass, a dark reflective film on glass or a limo type dark film on glass.

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Have the “Mark” feel the heat difference between these various film alternatives without mentioning the visible light portion (real world!)

You can close the deal by showing a BTU meter that only measures “heat” rejection in the same near IR wavelengths these films work best. This will give the illusion of a clear film somehow blocking more heat than a limo tint or a dark reflective film that really blocks 85% of the heat that we experience on Earth!

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Advanced Film Solutions prefers to deal with factual real world data.

The NFRC rates the various window films we promote after reviewing quantitative, documented performance characteristics of film coatings on various window
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No nonsense. No tricks. Just facts.
 

Call Advanced Film Solutions toll free 877-575-3456

No Scam Zone!

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Tampa, Lutz, Land O’ Lakes Prestige Homes Get Huper Optik Ceramic Window Film

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The Gated Community at Lexington Oaks
 
 
 

It’s not every day that we win a project against two 3M dealers (usually it’s only one at a time!) so today’s win was even more rewarding.
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Different pricing, to be sure, but nevertheless they lost based on the superior performance, optical clarity and durability of Huper Optik’s patented ceramic film.

 
NFRC Rated Huper Optik Film easily won the day.
 

 

No dyes Unlike the prestige 40

Durable hard coat- color is stable

Superior clarity

Both films improve heat rejection at an angle (no kidding- -since glass also works better!)

Heat rejection- Our 20 and 30 ceramic block more heat as does our 35% qualifying for TECO rebates!

Equal 99.9% UV rejection

Huper Optik blocks more glare

I assume our pricing was better; but I never asked!

Huper Optik has two selections that met TECO rebate rules while 3M does not because their prestige film does not block enough heat to qualify!

If you live in a prestige home or a gated community that has prohibitions on reflective films call:

 
Advanced Film Solutions, toll free 877-575-3456