Edison2@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14
arrow-up1220arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?Edison2@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up64·5 days agoOne way window heat shield. Reflects 85‰ of the UV back out. Sticks to the window using only water. Noticeable difference in temperature for any sun-facing windows
minus-squarewiccan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·edit-25 days agoI did this at my last House and it was fantastic. Just need to remember that once it’s dark outside the reflective side “switches” and everyone can see clearly into the house.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agowait really? and isn’t that always the case with any window?
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoWindow film is so glorious. I have my bedroom windows blacked out with it, easier to sleep, and yes, always cool temperatures in there.
minus-squareLittle8Lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoSomewhere i worked had that. (Edit: but more for privacy) It was so funny seeing passerbys using it as a mirror. Absolutly funny 10/10
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI added these last summer too. Roughly a hundred bucks to cover three patio sliding doors. Huge difference.
minus-squareiknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoProbably you mean 85% of infrared, not 85 parts per thousand (or 8.5%) of ultraviolet?
One way window heat shield. Reflects 85‰ of the UV back out. Sticks to the window using only water.
Noticeable difference in temperature for any sun-facing windows
I did this at my last House and it was fantastic.
Just need to remember that once it’s dark outside the reflective side “switches” and everyone can see clearly into the house.
wait really? and isn’t that always the case with any window?
Window film is so glorious. I have my bedroom windows blacked out with it, easier to sleep, and yes, always cool temperatures in there.
Somewhere i worked had that. (Edit: but more for privacy)
It was so funny seeing passerbys using it as a mirror.
Absolutly funny 10/10
I added these last summer too. Roughly a hundred bucks to cover three patio sliding doors. Huge difference.
Probably you mean 85% of infrared, not 85 parts per thousand (or 8.5%) of ultraviolet?