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IWFA Reports Florida Homeowners Best ROI, Window Tinting Upgrades

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The IWFA released an objective report that highlights the return on investment for Florida homeowners with a retrofit application of aftermarket solar control window film.

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IWFA Florida Report
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This report is particularly relevant for Tampa Bay and Orlando homes that typically have single pane clear glass windows.

Given our tropical temperatures and the cost to cool your home our coatings outperform any other energy savings home improvement you might consider.

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Advanced Film Solutions provides these energy savings coatings throughout western and central Florida.

 
Advanced Film Solutions has a wide selection of choices that range from coatings that filter out 84% of the total solar energy and 99.9% of the UV (see skin cancer, fading awareness)
 
Call our office toll free for an estimate and discover the benefits of solar film today!
 
 
Tampa Bay: 813-949-3456
Pinellas:      727-944-3456
Toll Free:     877-575-3456
Orlando:     407 843-9350

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Winter Haven Cultural Center Window Film, Advanced Film Solutions

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When municipalities contract for a window film project they typically post bid notices that create a competitive process for the best value and pricing.

Frequently the low bid wins.

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There are situations, however when the low bid can not meet the proper requirements for insurance coverage, workers comp or product specified. Fortunately for Advanced Film Solutions the low ball bidder was unable to meet the specified requirements.

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In the case of the City Of Winter Haven Cultural Center Advanced Film Solutions was awarded the bid because we provided the proper credentials coupled with the best price.

Our team of installers tackled this project which was allotted an entire week.

Thanks to the efficiency and number of our crew we are able to meet all requirements and complete several thousand square feet of removal and replacement in less than two days.

Advanced Film Solutions has grown into one of the highest volume window film installation companies in the country.

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Our unmatched selections include the entire Eastman portfolio of films along with Madico. Solar Gard, Hanita, Johnson and Geoshield.

Our flagship product solutions boast Vista Film, LLumar and of course Huper Optik ceramic films.

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Our team has earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 8 consecutive years, The Best Of Home Advisor Award and of course an A Plus Rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Value, pricing, performance and meeting all requirements is our continued goal.

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Residential, commercial or government projects; your window film company is Advanced Film Solutions.

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

 

 

Sarasota, Tampa Bay, Orlando Eastman Window Tinting Comparisons 3M Home Depot

One of the laments we hear in the window film industry is that  homeowners only have a limited awareness about window film.

They have no idea about the multiple benefits they might enjoy with these energy savings coatings.

This has everything to do with advertising and communications.

The cost to grab consumer awareness is extremely high and the return problematic. 

Small wonder that a retail store like Home Depot would join up with our 3M window film competition to offer in home installations.

Advanced Film Solutions competes against 3M Window Film and their Home Depot agents and we are very familiar with their “pitch ” and even more familiar with their limitations.

Advanced Film Solutions provides a suite of solar and solar security window films manufactured by Eastman Chemical, the world leader in window film technology and market share.

Our winning brands include Vista Film, LLumar and non-reflective ceramic film: Huper Optik.

All of our window films are NFRC certified . This takes the sales-speak out of your decision making process.

You may have seen a sleight of hand demo at the Depot store that seemed to show a clear film blocking incredible amounts of heat.

What you didn’t know was that the heat lamp and meter are tuned to a very narrow and specific wavelength which does not represent the solar spectrum of our Sun.

In plain words- -it’s a gimmick, an illusion, a trick!

That clear prestige film has average total heat rejection in the 50%’s. That’s quite a difference from the 97% you may have been lead to believe!

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And if someone told you that their film somehow works better at an angle, you should read this post.

Check their NFRC rating as well as their own website!

Advanced Film Solutions prefers to conduct business with documented performance and results.

  • Our films qualify for rebates from our local power companies. Prestige does not.
  • Our warranty is a lifetime. Many are automatically transferable!

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  • You can clean our film with Windex
  • We offer non metallic-optically clear films that block the heat.
  • Our shatter control versions designed for maximum security and safety.
  • Our films are certified by the Skin Cancer Society
  • Our installed prices will provide a superior return on investment.
  • You won’t be paying for mark-ups by several parties like you would with their Home Depot program.

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Be smart and call Advanced Film Solutions for a free cost and feature comparison.

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Compare the warranty and our optical clarity!

Toll Free 877-575-3456

 

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

Fall season in the Tampa or Orlando area is simply the most fun Advanced Film Solutions can have.

You see; we have the unique opportunity to take on our local 3M Window Film competition head to head, mano a mano. . .

That’s the direct challenge we founded this company upon.

Every aspect of Advanced Film Solutions , the superior films we offer, the unmatched warranties and optical clarity, the superior level of tests our films have passed and our installation capabilities are all critically designed winning advantages. 

It certainly doesn’t hurt our cause that we know more about their films than the folks who represent them in these markets.

Let’s review the balance sheet.
 

Consumers have heard of 3M.  They have been around more than 100 years. They make lots of innovative products and they have earned their place in the consumer’s mind share.

If their window film was an industry leading product. 

If their films were superior in performance, durability or unique in some fashion that had applicability in your home, they would be a worthy adversary.

They are not.


Our hurdle is to demonstrate to our clients that  our VISTA and Huper Optik films are
factually superior.

 

That these facts are documented with NFRC ratings and independent testing.

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That our choices are deeper and wider and that our estimates are exact and based on realistic cost parameters. 

That we are offering fact over perception, reality over overpriced hype.

 
Here’s a short list of our advantages :
 


  • Our Vista films offer dual reflective films in more light transmissions including 14, 18, 28, 38 and 40%
  • Our LLumar dual reflective films in a 7, 15, 25, 35, 45
  • Our ceramic film is patented. It’s a dual layer while theirs is a re-boxed single layer.
    Their ceramic is only available in a maximum 5 ft width and has a greater exterior and interior reflectivity with less heat rejection.
  • Our Vista security films have passed the ASTM medium large missile test and small missile on residential applications.  Their tear resistant films (with the exception of a 6 ML clear films) can not pass these independent levels of performance.
  • Our Vista residential warranty is transferable-theirs is not.
  • Optical clarity? See for yourself but we’d be happy to do a side by side mock-up.1457705_667075529992588_888455922_n
  • Our films can be cleaned with Windex. That canard by our local competition hasn’t been true since the 1970’s and for God sakes I would know since I was at 3M in the 1970’s.  There is absolutely no advantage in the 3M hard coat versus our films. NONE. In fact we would love to show you the hard coat on their prestige films. .really.
  • All films work better at an angle . Not just theirs, and no- -they did not invent a unique test to prove the obvious.  On that note, their prestige film does not block 97% of the entire infrared spectrum. Read their small print.

So our challenge when we meet with our prospective clients, is to determine their needs and identify exactly why Advanced Film Solutions has the better value for our clients.

Call it busting myths!
 


The result:

We win.
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Call Advanced Film Solutions
Toll Free 877-575-3456

Go ahead; call them first.

Then call us!

 

Advanced Film Solutions Vs. Home Depot 3M Window Film

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

We provide superb installations focusing our efforts in Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland and Sarasota-Bradenton. 

We have completed thousands of installations since leaving 3M (after 33 years) back in 2007.

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Advanced Film Solutions is A Plus rated with the Better Business Bureau and we have earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for the last 8 consecutive years!

3M and their agents have a furnish and install window film program at Home Depot stores throughout the state.

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If you have received one of their estimates and are doing research on superior alternatives in terms of window film performance and cost; you have come to the right place!

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Performance comparisons between 3M prestige and Advanced Film Solutions.


Heat rejection:

The 3M prestige films are non-reflective which is great for a deed restricted home or for any consumer who prefers a non metal appearance for their glass.

 
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Of course our Huper Optik is also non reflective and meet all deed restrictions.

Advanced Film Solutions represents the Huper Optik Films. 

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  • These patented German engineered films are available in darker light transmissions (all non-reflective and non interfering)
  • Our Huper Optik 40, 50 and 70% are more than equal to prestige.  Huper Optik 30 stops more glare, heat and provides more protection against fade than Prestige!
  • Our 20% Ceramic Films and our 35% Drei Films meet the TECO rebate requirements. No prestige film can meet this standard.

Certainly you’d think that a Tampa consumer would want a $2.00 sq ft rebate for all east and west facing glass?

Huper Optik Films are NFRC certified as are the 3M prestige films.

This fact is critically important because that demo  previously mentioned utilizes a heat lamp that transmits a narrow wavelength of IR and a meter that reads this wavelength gives an illusion that their film blocks more heat than darker reflective films.

It’s a trick, Gimmick or you might say deceptive!

In actuality the documented solar heat gain rejection of the 3M prestige films is nowhere as impressive as that demo suggests.

Consumers have to be vigilant when conducting these comparisons which is the main reason we promote the NFRC ratings.

IWFA – IR Ratings of Window Film

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Additionally all window films perform better when the Sun is at an angle to the glass. Any suggestion that 3M has some advantage in this respect is equally false.

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Advanced Film Solutions portfolio of superior solutions doesn’t end there.

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  • We never charge for estimates and we have no minimum charges.
  • Our films have absolutely no dyes. Their film?
  • Our films are durable and can stand up to daily use. Our scratch resistant coatings compare more than favorably to the 3M Prestige films. 

Call Advanced Film Solutions.
Toll Free 877-575-3456

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