The Many Benefits Of Motorized Blinds

Cordless and motorized blinds aren’t just for looks; they come with countless benefits that help keep your home safe, energy-efficient, and stylish. At Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix, our motorized options fuse practicality and style. With our whisper-quiet motors and unmatched blend of convenience and natural lighting, you’ll be wondering why you didn’t make the switch years ago. 

To help you decide if motorized blinds are right for you, we put together a shortlist of our favorite benefits. Let’s get right into it. 

Maximum Safety for Children and Pets

When it comes to children’s safety, motorized window blinds give parents (and pet parents) peace of mind. They are 100% cordless, which means you don’t have to worry about anything or anyone getting tangled, or anything getting destroyed. 

Think of it this way: as parents, we secure electrical outlets, install locks on cabinets and toilet seats, and secure furniture to the wall so our avid little climbers don’t hurt themselves. The same level of care should be put into your window treatments. While rare, children can hurt themselves — sometimes fatally — on blind cords. 

Cords pose a suffocation hazard when children become entangled in them, particularly corded systems featuring a loop. Pets are also at risk of injury from corded window blinds in similar ways to young children. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, an average of about eight children, age 12 years and younger, die every year by strangling in a window covering cord. 

Motorized window blinds are a cordless system which makes them one of the safest window treatments options for parents and pet owners. This makes them perfect for bedrooms, playrooms, living rooms, and any room where your child or pet may be left unsupervised. 

Boosts Your Home's Energy-Efficiency 

Along with a boost in safety, motorized blinds also increase your home’s energy efficiency through insulation and light control. Because they’re motorized, they offer incredible light control at the push of a button. You can choose to flood your room with natural light (and turn off all of your lamps and overhead lighting) or block out the sun when it’s started to get too warm. 

To increase your energy efficiency, you can connect your motorized shades to a smart home hub or a smart sun sensor to help to minimize the amount of energy your HVAC system uses by allowing the shades to act automatically independently to reading from the sun sensor or weather forecast report. When perfectly programmed, the blinds will close during the hottest part of the day in the summer and open during a sunny day in the winter to both cool down and heat the house, respectively. These factors work together to help you to lower your monthly utility bills! 

Additionally, they can help you wake up better! Setting your motorized window blinds to gradually open in the morning will wake you up slowly and naturally rather than abruptly. Everyone can benefit from waking up peacefully, including children, which really makes motorized window blinds an excellent choice for bedrooms.

Protect Your Interior From Sun Bleaching

Motorized roller shades can preserve your belongings and decor. Excessive exposure to the sun can damage your furniture, carpeting, and other decorations if it's allowed to come in through the windows all the time. Unless you want to replace all these interiors from time to time, you should invest in motorized shades to protect and preserve your home. 

You may be thinking: how can the sun hurt my home? Well, it causes a great deal of fading over time. Your whites will turn yellow, your wood floors will lose their vibrant tones, and any art on the wall will begin to lose its color as well. This effect is known as sun bleaching. It happens because the sun’s UV rays cause a chemical reaction that opens up a material's molecular structure. The same thing happens to your hair with natural highlights! 

You can minimize the risk of sun bleaching and prolong the life of your home’s interior by investing in window treatments. Motorized blinds, paired with sun sensors, are one of the best ways to do this. To get started, give us a call! Our design experts will be happy to help you figure out what you need during a free consultation. Schedule yours today! 

Motorized Blinds are Available in Most Styles

At Budget Blinds of Tempe and Central Phoenix, we don’t believe in limiting your choices. We have hundreds of styles, colors, materials, sizes, prints, and options that are ready to be custom-made for your home. So if you’re looking for wood blinds, aluminum blinds, vertical blinds, or more, we’ll have options (and motorized options) for you. No matter what style of window treatment you’re looking for, we can help you choose one that can be motorized. Give us a call today!