Category Archives: Huper Optik Ceramic Film Vs 3M Prestige

No Tampa Labor Day Home Show 2020 Window Tinting

Advanced Film Solutions won’t be doing the Labor Day Weekend Home Show this year and we all know why!

Most of us are spending way more time inside our homes than ever before. Safety from COVID is a sad reality and while we can’t stand at our home show booth we are still getting the word out about our incredible window film solutions.

We had been doing home shows at the Fairgrounds every year since 2007 demonstrating the incomparable portfolio designed and manufactured by Eastman Chemical the world leader in window film sales and technology.

No other coating can match the annual energy savings and insulating capability of this award winning film.

Solar secure films that hold glass in their frames against impact and forced entry.

 
Huper Optik Ceramic films that meet HOA rules and deed restriction.


 

Stop by and visit with our team!


Or call Advanced Film Solutions for a free in-home estimate:

813-949-3456

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Heat Lamp Trick Window Tinting Illusion Vs. NFRC Fact

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
configurations.
 
 
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

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
 

Home Depot 3M Window Film Compared Vs. Advanced Film Solutions Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota

Nothing motivates me more than a confused consumer who has has received  aquote from 3M via Home Depot for their window film.


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They were in a Home Depot  or perhaps they had their windows washed by one of their reseller agents and an appointment was set to consider window film.  

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Not just any window film mind you; rather the 3M window film that is “clear but rejects nearly all of the heat.

They have a price quote and it seems out of whack!

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They watched a demo with a Heat Lamp that “showed” how the 3M- Home Depot Film knocked that BTU number down to practically nothing!

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 The 3M guy/gal added that this clear film blocked more heat than a dark silver film.

 

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It seemed too good to be true. .
 
so. .
 

They called Advanced Film Solutions

We represent NFRC rated films like Huper Optik , VISTA Films and EnerLogic Low E Film that provide accurate measurements of window film performance on specific glass configurations.

This level playing field is one of the key factors that will enable window film to an Energy Star status in the future.

Why?

Advanced Film Solutions installs coatings that block more heat! Plus our EnerLogic Series of Low E film insulates your home during the winter!

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We NEVER exaggerate the performance of our window film portfolio, or play misleading tricks with narrow wavelength IR lamps.

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And we will never spout nonsense about films working better at angles. (After all even glass works better at rejecting heat at an angle.)

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Read INDUSTRY white papers discussing misleading IR numbers and consumer awareness of these issues. 

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IWFA – IR Ratings of Window Film

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(By the way a 20% light transmission silver film completely destroys prestige in solar heat rejected – it’s not even close!)

That heat lamp demo is fixed. 
 
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That lamp focuses heat at a very narrow and specific wavelength that the BTU meter just so happens to be calibrated to read.  

Think presto-hocus pocus

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Think Chris Angel, David Blaine or Harry Houdini!
 
 
  Facts help consumers make those educated choices.
 

Call Toll free 877-575-3456

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Tampa’s Unbeatable Window Film Solutions Makes Staying Home Cool

“Not Them!!”


“Don’t Tell Me That!”

We hear it from clients every day. 

Our competition is sick of us beating them on nearly every project; large or small!

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We win because we listen to our customer’s, and always provide better value solutions.

 
 
  • We match against their 3M with our stronger superior strength films that pass impact tests they fail.  Puncture strength is the key factor.
  • Our films have a much clearer adhesive.
  • Huper Optik Ceramic meets deed restrictions and qualify for rebates that their nano film can not meet.

 
 

Advanced Film Solutions is window film.

877-575-3456
 
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