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“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.

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Can’t Fight City Hall? Tint It Instead With Tampa Window Film

The City Of Dunedin selected Advanced Film Solutions for our installation of LLumar Magnum 8 ML solar security window film for their City Hall Building.

The LLumar shatter film protects the facility from intrusion.  The thicker optically clear film delays, deters and denies entry while providing an invisible barrier against impact and intrusion.
 

They selected a lightly tinted 50% version that reduces glare and provides a modest energy saving benefit while eliminating 99.9% of the UV.

The dual benefit of energy cost reduction combined with the increased security made this a perfect choice!

Advanced Film Solutions is the leader in window film solutions in Tampa, Clearwater, St. Pete, Lakeland and Orlando and Sarasota-Bradenton.
 


We have completed 19,000 projects since we launched our company in early 2007.

Experience, wider variety of selections and unparalleled customer satisfaction is our commitment to our clients.

So you may not be able to fight City Hall; but there’s no doubt we could tint it!
 

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Window Film USA Taking On 3M Window Film

Relentless competition defines our continued success at Advanced Film Solutions and Window Film USA.

We created a unique film portfolio composed of the industry’s leading window films to take on the “Big Name” 3M Challenge.

We Win On Glass!
 


Fortunately for us we are not battling performance or aesthetics. 

We aren’t arguing which film does a better job at reducing your electric bill or protecting your home from break-in.

This is a consumer education battle between the “perception” that 3M makes a better window film and the reality of the product their numerous agents, home depot, window genies, budget blind agents and others selling as 3M film.

This is the critical battle for the consumer’s trust based upon brand recognition or their halo of goodwill from unrelated products!


The real battle should be on the glass and that is where we win every day.

Consumers who appreciate that the reality is on their glass and that companies that incorporate DuPont polyesters, clear adhesives and patented thin film technologies certainly understand how to innovate incredibly effective solar and solar security window films.

Consumers trust the Department of Energy and their support of the NFRC.

Window Film USA represents a suite of films that have had their performance certified on specific glass configurations.

It’s on the glass where performance counts!

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NFRC rated window films like Huper Optik and VISTA demonstrated superiority in shading coefficient and total solar energy rejection.

 

Perception doesn’t mean beans unless it works. . .

ON THE GLASS!

Ceramic Films That Win ON THE GLASS!
 
 

Huper Optik Ceramic films are patented multi-layered dye free films that have lower interior and exterior reflection than glass. 

3M recently launched a re-boxed single ply ceramic film marketing it with the somewhat coy wording that this is the only ceramic film “worthy of the 3M name?”

It is evidently worthy of the Johnson, Madico, Geoshield and some private label names like that window film depot clear vue film!

 

ON THE GLASS – “their ceramic film” is reflective from the exterior view and only comes in a 60 inch width.



Perception won’t reduce your electric bill or qualify for window film rebates. 


Perception
doesn’t allow a ceramic film to meet your deed restriction where a reflective exterior view is against the HOA rules and

Perception won’t keep the thinner 3M ultra films with solar properties from failing independent impact and cycling tests.

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Advanced Film Solutions and Window Film USA Win ON THE GLASS!

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ON YOUR GLASS

Compare 3M Window Film Vs. Eastman Films Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota

Cooler temperatures will become a distant memory in the coming weeks here in Florida.


90 degree plus temps and the tropical humidity we experience from March until October is just around the corner.

That’s why it’s critically important that the window film you select to improve comfort, lower your monthly electric bills and protect your furnishings from heat and fade will be the best value.

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Advanced Film Solutions is uniquely qualified to provide your Florida window film solutions.


Our superb installation and customer service team has earned Angie’s List Super Service Award for the 8th straight year.

We are fully insured and have an A Plus rating on the Better Business Bureau website. 

You can always anticipate 100% customer satisfaction in all aspects of your window film experience with Advanced Film Solutions.

We compete against 3M Window Film dealers and their home depot agents.
 
 

Our experience with 3M includes the fact that our founder spent 33 years before retiring from 3M and was formerly the National Sales Manager of 3M Window Film.

 

Advanced Film Solutions is unique by offering the world leading window film brands manufactured by Eastman Chemical’s LLumar SelectPro (Vista, LLumar and Huper Optik.)

Our product portfolio was specifically designed to out perform 3M window film in performance, durability, warranty and optical clarity.

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Our films are NFRC certified for performance so guesswork is eliminated. We deal with documented facts like total solar energy rejected and shading coefficients rather than misleading claims about infrared rejection or angles of incidence.

Our films are manufactured by Eastman Chemical and unlike our 3M friends; they are not repackaged.

Our NFRC certified films offer more choices in light transmissions, bronze and dual reflective, security and anti-graffiti and internal and external reflectivity by an order of 10 X as compared to 3M’s limited film line

So go ahead and call any number of 3M window film dealers and get their price estimate.

Then call Advanced Film for a side-by side comparison and let our window film experts show you the better way to lower energy costs without altering the aesthetic appeal of your home or office.

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


 

Comparison Huper Optik Ceramic Vs. 3M Home Depot Window Tinting

I happened by a local Home Depot store the other day since I needed to grab some safe release tape and paper towels for an installation.

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I forced myself to pass by the 3M Window Film display and a chatted with their representative.
 
 
Here’s what I heard:
 
  • 3M Prestige Film is a new product that blocks 97% of the heat.
  • It is clear and unlike any other film won’t corrode.
  • Unlike other films you can use Windex to clean the film. The other companies window film turns purple or eat through their film
  • They have a thicker version that works like invisible bars on a window. No other window film is as strong.
  • I was shown a Heat Lamp Demo and a BTU meter that demonstrated the enormous heat rejection of this incredible film.
  • 533225_378036512229826_526310225_nNo pricing was offered; I’d have to have an outside rep visit my home when both the husband and wife were available.

I smiled and walked away, which is exactly what every consumer would do if the actual facts were communicated.

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I have no doubt that this in store rep believed what he was telling me.

 
Let’s focus on the points above:
 
 
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IWFA – IR Ratings of Window Film
 
 
  • The Prestige films were launched in 2005.
    I know because I was at 3M when they were launched.  Obviously “new” is a relative concept but this new baby is heading off into 6th grade and is well out of diapers by now.

The prestige 70 blocks slightly more than 50% of the total solar energy which is a far cry from 97% (to say the very least) In point of fact their darkest version the prestige 40 does not meet the TECO rebate requirement while we have two Huper Optik versions that do!

So much for the French fry lamp!

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  • The Prestige 70 filters 30% of the visible light. A clear film would block 8%. If by clear they mean non reflective that would be correct.I will point out that Prestige has an adhesive system that is hazy and has a blue shift.

    These films present an iridescence under certain lighting conditions. 

    Concerning the corrosion issue the statement they offer is misleading.Huper cardThere are silver based films that can corrode under humid conditions. Huper Optik and Vista Films do not corrode. Further the Huper Optik and Vista Films have NO DYES .Dyes fade or migrate the color during its life cycle. No dyed films hold their color and maintain the same visible light transmission.

  • Interestingly 3M’s Prestige film has no advantage over the Huper Optik or Vista Films in regard to the use of Windex. Allow me to throw in LLumar, Solar Gard, Hanita and SunTek while I’m at it.
  • In fact the hard coat on the 3M prestige series is suspect. They have had issues with scratching and color coming off the film.
  • Concerning the strength of their ultra prestige series in independent testing (FM Global, DoD, GSA) there is no advantage over Vista, LLumar, Armorcoat, SunTek, Sun Gard or Madico.

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  • That heat lamp demo and nonsense about their film working better at angles has been a sore spot for me since 2005. 

    Every window film , as does glass, works better when the Sun hits glass at an angle rather than the industry standard perpendicular. 
    Making their claim that their film is superior is similar to bragging that their bicycle is faster when rolling down a hill.
    The BTU meter is only reading a very narrow IR wavelength and coincidentally matches the narrow wavelength that the film works its best.
     In other words you are being tricked by an  illusion of performance rather than the actual real world reality.  

    Now this isn’t just me making noise about this misrepresentation, it’s the entire industry.

  • The reaction to these IR statements has been swift and direct but you wouldn’t know that after discussing this demo at that Home Depot store would you?12442770973_e269b5ef01_z
  • I couldn’t care less about their pricing.What gets my goat is that caveat that both husband and wife have to be home for their estimate. It made me think I was watching a 1960″s sitcom.

     

    REALLY?? I have to be home so my wife can get my approval??

SERIOUSLY?

Here’s my suggestion:
 

Call Advanced Film Solutions for a comparison quotation with NFRC rated films from Vista and Huper Optik.


Toll Free 877-575-3456

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