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Less glare.

Keep screens readable and the room bright.

Can window film reduce glare without making the room dark?

Usually, yes. Glare is a problem of direct light rather than of brightness, and how much visible light a film lets through is a choice we make when specifying it. The aim is a room you can use all afternoon, not a room with the lights on.

Solar film

Glare is direct light arriving at an angle your eye cannot ignore, washing out a screen or a page. Film reduces how much of that direct light reaches you while daylight still fills the room. Darkening the glass is one way to do it, and it is rarely the best one.

  • Film is applied to the inside face of the glass you already have.
  • The outward view is kept.
  • Solar film reduces glare on screens and in living spaces.
  • Glare and heat are related problems, and the film that best solves one is not always the film that best solves the other.
  • How much visible light a film lets through is a specification choice, not a fixed property of window film.
  • Film reduces glare. No film removes it, and none of them move the sun.
What changes

What you notice.

Film goes on the inside face of the glass you already have. Nothing is replaced and nothing structural changes.

  • Screens and televisions stay readable through the afternoon
  • Blinds stay open, so the view you paid for stays visible
  • The desk beside the window stops being the worst seat in the room
  • The room stays bright rather than dim
Real-world applications

At home and at work.

  • A home office desk beside a bright window, the laptop screen legible against the daylight behind itResidential
    Home offices and living rooms where a screen sits beside the window.
  • An office desk beside full height glazing onto a Melbourne street, the monitor screen legible against the daylight behind itCommercial
    Open-plan floors and meeting rooms, with the blinds left open and the outlook kept.
Where it goes

Typical glazing.

  • West and north facing living rooms
  • Home offices and study desks
  • Open plan floors with western exposure
  • Meeting rooms and boardrooms
  • Reception and atrium glazing
  • Retail windows and display glazing
Things to know

What it will not do.

Reduced, not removed

No film removes glare, and none of them move the sun. Where it sits low and looks straight down a room, film helps and a blind may still earn its place.

Darker is not automatically better

A heavily tinted film cuts glare and costs you daylight. The right specification is usually the lightest one that solves the problem.

It depends where you sit

Glare is a question of angle. Two desks in the same room can have completely different experiences of the same window.

Worth knowing.

Will it make the room dark?+
Not necessarily. Films range from nearly clear to heavily tinted, and the right one depends on the room, the aspect and how much you want the look to change. Your quotation sets out what is being specified.
Will film fix glare on our screens?+
It will reduce it. Glare is direct light arriving at an unhelpful angle, and film reduces how much of it gets through the glass, which is usually enough to make the desks by the window usable again. It will not remove glare entirely, and where the sun sits low and straight down a room, no film alone will.
Will I still see out?+
Yes. Solar film treats heat, glare and ultraviolet light and leaves the outward view intact.
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