| Every year around this time there is a steady | | | | homes and dramatically limit the flying glass and |
| drumbeat heard throughout the state of Florida. | | | | maintain the structural integrity of the windows |
| Hurricanes are coming for sure! Each year we | | | | These same films reduce high energy costs since |
| consider he alternatives that might give us some | | | | they reduce the heat gain by 75% if you select a |
| protection against the powerful winds. Our collective | | | | darker or more reflective film type. These fims |
| memory isn't so short that we've forgotten Hurricane | | | | reduce the UV by 99.9% . UV is a key factor in Skin |
| Charlie, Frances, Wilma or Katrina. The Tampa Bay | | | | Cancer and an obvious destroyer of home furnishings |
| area was fortunate in missing the brunt of these | | | | . Window Films slow down an intruder, providing |
| storms, but the small taste of the howling winds left | | | | covert 24/7 protection against smash and grab or |
| us shaking our heads and thanking God for the hard | | | | simply an errant golf ball. Yet the careful window film |
| right hand turn of Charlie. The Bottom line: We all | | | | provider must always be clear that no matter the |
| know we need to do something , but just what? | | | | benefit, despite the most stringent and exact |
| The Window Film business has generally been | | | | installation properly following the manufacturers |
| circumspect when it comes down o overstatements | | | | guidelines or the International Window Film |
| of benefits. The best security films like Vista and | | | | Associations guidelines, these films are not hurricane |
| LLumar Magnum films have been strenuously been | | | | proof! The shutter companies that meet the larger |
| tested at independent labs. These tests indicate that | | | | missile test criteria of 9 LBS decry any benefit for |
| the 8 ML thick films properly installed with a wet | | | | window film installations. I wonder at the % of |
| silicone sealant around the perimeter can withstand | | | | homeowners that can afford their product? As a |
| very high winds and an impact from a 4.5 missile shot | | | | strong believer in window film and the features |
| from a cannon gun. The key is the 8 ML thickness of | | | | advantages and benefits I advise consumers that if |
| the film since no window film less than that thickness | | | | they can afford to get these expensive shutters |
| can pass the test threshold of impact and cycling. | | | | they should buy them. The other 364 days of the |
| Window films , I repeat, WINDOW FILMS like Vista | | | | year my Vta Window Films and LLumar Magnum |
| and LLumar Magnum properly installed can protect | | | | Films will still be working. |