Yoolax Motorized Blinds with Remote, Blackout Smart Blinds for Windows Motorized Roller Shades, Automatic Window Shades Work with Alexa Custom Size (Blackout-Linen Beige)

first I will say that ordering these custom blinds from amazon was something I was a little worried about, and the interface is a little clunky putting in all your measurements, the seller has gone to great lengths to make sure absolute precision and accuracy is made during the order, even emailing back as part of their workflow to make sure you re-confirm before they custom cut everything in their factory and mail to you. I live in NYC, it took about 10 days from order to delivery, which was faster than I expected. the blinds are cut exactly to what you tell them. they look great, and the motors are silent and very precise. I purchased this set of blinds with the zigbee motor and another set of yoolax blinds for another room with the bluetooth hub and motor, after using both, I suggest the bluetooth. as an engineer, I was attracted to the idea of not needing a dedicated hub, and having it go directly to an amazon echo, one less device we need to keep running on the network was my thinking. What I noticed was that the current version of the amazon echo devices seem to be eliminating support for zigbee direct, they appear to be moving to favoring bluetooth or connectivity through a smart hub, so I had to procure an older, yet still available amazon echo 4 to connect to the zigbee motor. In the process of linking the zigbee motor was a little odd. the Amazon Echo 4 sees the zigbee device, and will add it, however until you also download the yoolax app, and connect it to the echo and link the yoolax app to the amazon echo, it will not operate reliably. I also had to make routines in the alexa to make the blinds go up and down with keywords, im not sure if that is user error or not, but its working very reliably now. Ill contrast this with the other set I bought for my other room with bluetooth motor and the bluetooth hub, I plugged in the hub to usb power, opened the yoolax app. it found the hub in 2 seconds without prompting, found the new blinds that I had just installed and turned on, downloaded firmware update automatically, then my alexa app on my android automatically said "we have found your new blinds!" and boom, they were running without me even doing anything! I also have a free google home display that google gave me for being a Fi cellular customer, I dont use it much but it is in the same room as the new bluetooth blinds, so another benefit of the bluetooth hub is that I was able to link them to my google home display in that room, and control those blinds via voice, so the bluetooth is also nice in this regard also since it works with a variety of voice assistants. given the reality that you need the yoolax app no matter which motor you use (zigbee or bluetooth) I think the overall experience with the bluetooth hub and motor was way more accommodating, and since zigbee usese 2.4ghz just like bluetooth, I guess there isnt much of an advantage to zigbee anyway.

This is yet another product that I did a lot of research on based on reviews mostly. We use motorized blinds at work a lot, so I had a lot of history concerning features and what's important to choose. Having said that, you are just blindly (pardon the pun) buying these blinds without even touching them or seeing how they operate. In the case of these particular blinds, they have turned out to be extremely well-valued, well-made, durable, and attractive. So far, no disappointments! Sort of... They claim it integrates easily with Alexa, but I have not been able to get this part fully integrated. I think it's mostly I haven't spent that much time trying. With all of my other smart devices in my home that integrate with Alexa, this one has not been easy to figure out. Again, don't let this influence your decision because the blinds themselves are extremely nice! I did not do the installation, but I watched them being installed by my brother-in-law and sister and they had them done in probably an hour and a half. The key, as always, is to get your order Dimensions perfect when you're ordering. I chose a blind that will go over my window instead of trying to fit within the window frame. I just felt like that would be a safer way to make sure this thing fits right. I really enjoyed the ordering process that this particular seller uses. It was very easy to follow! Again, when you're buying things unseen, it feels very daunting to make sure you got all of your measurements perfect. If I can get all of the measurements perfect, you can too! Measure a lot! Get others to help confirm your measurements. It pays off to receive these custom blinds and have them fit exactly as you want to! THE REMOTE: The blinds come with a funky little round remote and I find that it never seems to do what you want on the first attempt when pushing the little symbols on the round dial. Instead of it having actual buttons, the remote uses little symbols like the sun, the Moon, a heart, a pause... Sounds kind of weird, but it's kind of a cool layout and Design. The problem is, let's say that your blind is fully closed and you want to open it. Logic says you would just click on the Sun and it would just open the blind. Well, this part is true except for the fact that I usually have to hit the sun symbol as many as three to four times before it finally engages. Just so you know, this is literally the only negative that would justify any mention. BACK TO ALEXA INTEGRATION: I know I said that the Alexa integration is not smooth and logical, but again, that might just be my lack of effort. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. THE MOTOR/CHARGING: The other thing about these blinds that I like is that the battery for the motor seems to last a really long time. I think they claim one charge can last up to 6 months. I have not had been long enough to test that, but I believe it. These blinds have a motor at the top Under the balance... If you choose to have a balance, that is. Regardless, it's either right at the top on the left or on the right. Mine is on the very top left so that I could charge the motor from my desk below my window. You can simply charge this blind motor with one cable from the motor itself down to a USB port on a laptop for instance or a powered USB hub. The blind does not come with the cable, but you can easily just buy one. Depending on the distance from the motor to wherever you're going to charge from, you just have to take that into account. My distance is probably 6 ft and I have plenty of USB cables to accommodate. I want to say that the cable is a USB-C (motor) to a regular USB 3.0 (charge source). I hope this helps as I have yet to see anyone going to this much detail about charging the motor. Overall, I could not recommend this blind more!

I am very satisfied with how these blinds turned out, they look fantastic and operate seamlessly. Installation was an easy process, although I do recommend upgrading the screws and anchors to something larger depending on the size of your blinds. I was not satisfied with the screws and anchors that came with the blinds so I used ones that were slightly heavier duty. However make sure that the screws have a flat head or else the round screw head will interfere with the blinds when mating them to the bracket. I chose fabric white blinds with a fabric white valence, pro-tip if you are installing these yourself and went with a lighter color of blinds, absolutely wear gloves when installing these as the fabric valence is incredibly easy to stain. I took my gloves off when adjusting the blinds on the bracket and ended up staining an area on the valence simply from having sweaty hands. Save yourself the stress and wear rubber gloves when installing these. Once they were up and adjusted I had a hard time finding the USB-C charge port, but it was hiding behind an orange plug that is applied before shipping, once that orange plug was pulled from the port a couple lights flashed, the remote paired automatically, and the blinds were good to go. Overall these blinds turned out perfectly, they look great, operate smoothly, and are very quiet. I also have to mention the extra gifts this company throws in, I had a good laugh when I opened the box to find a duck sleep mask, refrigerator magnet, tote bag, and stickers. These are the last things I would expect to find in a box of blinds but when I saw them they definitely made me laugh, I appreciate the thought of throwing that stuff in there!

Product was great. Installation procedure was clear and easily followed. Lost a star on the set up in the smart shade manual. Mine came with the Lightwirl remote control. Page 2 shows how to install the battery which is fine. Then after pages on how to pair with Alexa, the Yoolax app, voice control, how to change up/down direction, adjust running speed, setting top and bottom limits, reset the motor (?), re-pair the motor (?) and adding another remote, it finally gets to how to use the remote on the page 22! After getting how the remote works in moving the shade, the setting mode is most inportant and you can play with the other procedures. Mine works the up and down but have not mastered pairing with Alexa or the Yoolax app.

I really wanted to love these, and for the first nine months I did. We installed eight of these smart blinds throughout our home and initially they worked reliably: automation was convenient, and Alexa integration made daily use easy. Unfortunately, after about the nine-month mark, the reliability started to fall apart — and then it became a full-blown failure. What went wrong: • Blinds began intermittently failing: not responding to commands and sometimes not moving up/down. • Alexa integration became unreliable and eventually stopped working entirely. • After a power outage a few weeks ago, all eight blinds became non-functional. None will integrate with Alexa and none will raise/lower properly. At this point they’re basically just stuck window coverings. Customer support experience: I’ve been going back and forth with customer support for months trying to troubleshoot. I followed the steps, kept testing, re-trying, and sending updates. The problem is: when you have eight blinds and they all fail, this isn’t a “user setup” issue — it’s a product reliability issue. And the amount of time and effort required to keep these running is not acceptable for something that’s supposed to be “smart” and convenient. Bottom line: If you only need something that might work short-term, maybe you’ll get lucky. But based on my experience, these were reliable for about nine months, and then the system became unstable and ultimately unusable. I’m now pursuing a full refund because I don’t want to keep spending time trying to fix blinds that shouldn’t be breaking in the first place. I can’t recommend these, especially if you’re outfitting multiple windows and need dependable performance.

I had to give a review! I needed to replace my original window blinds and wanted one that was easy to install and blocked out the sun and heat. My room gets the hot afternoon sun in Florida and my old blinds would just make my room hot and stuffy (at the point they were just blinds because of the name). This new blind now keeps my room a bit cooler and MUCH darker. The window size is not standard so i had to find blinds that can be made to size. Came across these motorized ones and the process of choosing and customizing was fun - i didnt realize you could really customize blinds to your liking, for example, I got mines with a magnetic charge so when its time to charge its just an easy pop in pop out. You can choose which side you want your charging location to be (left or right) you can choose which side the blinds roll down (reversed or forward, mines reversed) it has a "valance" option, mines is with "no valance." I highly suggest you guys put it as it covers the roller. It was my mistake in not adding it. (Not sure if its something i can buy separately from the same seller? Maybe not since its all one piece...) all these options give you an example or reference image so you know which piece is what and how it will look. Im sure it has more options but I got this blind a while back and its still at 100% battery. After purchasing, the seller contacts you to "confirm" all the details, definitely review just incase, you never know or maybe add new items? After confirming, shipping and delivery was quick. Dad installed it and it was super quick! We used the manual it came with to install and to setup the app. The app itself was pretty quick to setup as my blind is just Bluetooth connection. The blinds do come with a control already programmed. Overall, highly suggest these blinds. They're thick, feel like it will last 30+ years, and best of all keeps that afternoon hot Florida sun at bay. Oh! I get migraines often and these blinds are absolutely part of my bestie group which includes medicine, an ice bag, and now darkeness. Absolute bliss. Peep the pics and video!

I don't write many reviews but I noticed a lot of confusion around the Alexa functionality in the reviews here, so I thought I'd clarify a few points so others didn't need to spend as much time as I had spent linking to Alexa. First, the shade itself is fantastic. It definitely is black-out. Some light of course escapes from the sides but they tell you to allow for this in your measurements if you go with the outside mount like I did. The motor is not loud at all, in fact I think it's slightly quieter than some of the bigger name brands friends of mine have. It does at a couple points make what I can only describe as a slight grinding noise when raising or lowering the shade but not a huge bother. Installation is not complicated, but if you have a wide blind like mine, you will probably want a second set of hands to help hold it in place while you level it and mark your drill holes, since a level mount is critical. As for Alexa, I ordered the P440 smart motor, which supports the ZigBee protocol. What this means is that you either will need a separate ZigBee hub to connect it to your Wi-Fi, or one of the Amazon Echo models that has a ZigBee hub embedded in it. So, some of the older descriptions say the shade is only supported by three Alexa models, but there are I believe five or more now. I for example purchased the Amazon Echo 4 (not on the older descriptions as supported). Just ensure that whatever model you buy includes a ZigBee hub. Pairing the motor is then as simple as pressing the small reset button on the end of the shade four times, followed one long 3-second press, which will pulse the shade once, and then it's in pairing mode. (This is shown in the instruction manual, but it's a little confusing to decipher.) At this point, ask Alexa to "find new devices" and she'll find it after a few seconds via her built-in ZigBee Hub. One note: The commands to "Open the shade" (or whatever name you give it), or "close the shade," do not work. Rather you have to say to what length specifically, so "close the shade to 100%" will put it all the way down, and "open the shade to 0%" will open it all the way. It cannot support fractions of percentages, so if you set a custom open or close point, it won't be able to stop at that spot with the voice command unless it's on a round number percentage. For example, my custom close point is about 97.5% of the length, but I have to choose 97% or 98% with this feature. However, the capability to establish a routine is extremely helpful. Now when I wake up and ask Alexa to "start my day," this includes opening the shade. I also set it to close the shade about 20 minutes after sunset each day, which it will compute and activate automatically. Don't let the other reviews and questions confuse you. As of at least November 2020, the Yoolax shades with the P440 smart motor DO support Alexa models that have a built-in Zigbee hub, with easy setup. All in all, very happy with this purchase.

First, these were very expensive 433 each. I ordered two large custom shades for large windows in a corner of my bathroom that’s hard to physically reach. I specifically looked for shades I could use Alexa with so I could set up smart routines. The quality appears good and the arrived in a decent time and packaged well. Both shades fit my windows perfectly. I also ordered solar panels to power each shade and it is working as needed. I do find it annoying that they sent thick black cabling for white shades. I have no idea how to hide them, right now they look tacky sticking out. One of the shades has the wiring tangled within the shade and can not get it out. It causes the shade to roll crooked and am concerned for the longevity of that specific shade. Each shade came with a remote though you can use a single remote to operate each shade by switching the channel. I’ve spent the last two hours trying to trouble shoot why Alexa is not locating either shade and have been unsuccessful. I would give it higher stars if the solar panel cords weren’t black, the wiring wasn’t tangled and I could get it to actually be a smart shade vs just a remote operated shade. I have many more windows in my home and don’t think I’ll purchase Yoolax for those.