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Let In Light, Keep Out The Heat, Tampa, Clearwater, Orlando, Bradenton Ceramic Window Film

Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s leading window film installation company.

We have accomplished this by gearing our entire portfolio of prestige window film solutions to meet and exceed our client’s requirements.

CHOICES!
 

Communities like Windermere Cheval and Waterchase have strict limitations that prohibit the use of shiny reflective (metal) window films.


Homeowners still require energy savings and protection from smash and grab crime and flying debris.

Advanced Film Solutions offers a suite of films that will match our customer’s specific requirements.

 
Choices begin with Vista Film LLumar Select and our  NFRC certified Huper Optik.


These films meet all Deed Restrictions since they maintain the aesthetics of your glass actually reducing the reflectivity of your windows from an interior and exterior view.

 
How does Advanced Film Solutions match against their nano-layered optical film?

  • Our Huper Optik ceramic films have a neutral hue while their nano film has a decidedly BLUE Light that alters your interior color scheme.

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  • Our adhesives are optically clear.  Their film has a haze issue that is easily observable. Yes, I know this may seem hard to believe, but we can demonstrate this for you before you make any buying decision! Take the side by side challenge! 993059_600872276612914_1704008341_nLet us install our film right alongside theirs. We guaranty that you will see the difference in clarity for yourself!

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  • Our films work better at an angle, and so do theirs! There is no superiority in their angle claims.
  • Our scratch resistant coatings out-perform their nano films.  Our color is consistent and can not be scratched from the surface of the film. Try scratching their film. PLEASE!
  • Warranty- Vista and Huper Optik have a manufacturer’s issued lifetime warranty.        

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Advanced Film Solutions has installed our film solutions in over 30,000 prestige homes since May 2007.

We offer a full line of metallic and low reflective films for consumers who do not have to deal with Home Owners Associations or Deed Restrictions!

Call and compare!

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Toll Free: 877-575-3456

 

Advanced Film Solutions Tampa Bay, Orlando, Sarasota, 2024

The installation of Vista, LLumar, Huper Optik high-performance  window film to the inside of your windows decreases energy use; improves insulation performance; lowers year-round AC loads; and shortens AC equipment run times, while reducing dependence on artificial lighting, and increasing comfort levels.

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These NFRC rated coatings can lower the monthly electric costs by 30% a month!

Window film will also provide nearly 100% UV protection, superior  safety and security, privacy, decoration, and graffiti protection.

Uncontrolled daylight coming in through windows can cause glare discomfort, warm temperatures, hot/cold spots, and HVAC systems to run excessively to try to keep up.

Since windows in your home or building face different orientations with several receiving  more light and associated heat.

Window Film serves to balance the amount of light and heat reducing hot spots and allowing your AC system to be more productive.

Low-e window film has been proven to offer significant savings on both heating and cooling costs with metered measurement and verification of cooling and heating savings.

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  • No special maintenance is required for window film and you’ll receive a lifetime warranty.
  • Window film is the most cost-effective energy-saving choice for home or building energy retrofit.
  • Advancements in window film have led to lighter nano-ceramic options that aren’t overly dark. These coatings meet all deed restrictions and HOA rules
  • Thicker security iterations provide a strong crime prevention glass hardening that will delay, deter and deny entry.

Advanced Film Solutions team of dedicated installers has earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 9 straight years.

More choices, leading brands and always economically priced solutions differentiate Advanced Film Solutions.

Call today for a free estimate.

Toll free: 877-575-3456

Selecting Best Value Window Tinting For Florida’s Prestige Homes

We love the question: “How does Vista or Huper Optik compare to 3M film?”

Typically get this question from a consumer who has been quoted a high cost from the home depot 3M install program.

Prices so inflated that we were wondering if platinum was being added into the deal? 

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The remaining panels have Huper 30 ceramic film.

This haze is a crucial difference between the Vista and Huper ceramic films and 3M’s nano line.

Seeing is believing. If you have any doubt at all; we’ll do a side by side comparison.

If you prefer an invisible coating that will maintain the aesthetic appearance of your glass; you should consider our Huper Optik ceramic film.

  • Vista Films were the first NFRC Certified window films. Huper Optik has also been certified.The reason this is important for consumers is the documented performance you will enjoy when the installation is completed. It separates fact from fantasy when you might hear spurious claims about 97% heat rejection or better heat rejection at angles.

  • This is a key issue for gated communities as well as deed restricted neighborhood where a shiny film is forbidden.

  • Our 8 ML Vista and Llumar Magnum Films  have greater puncture resistance thanks to the thicker multi-layered composition.  Their ultra film is thinner and less secure than our 8 ML or thicker coatings.

  • Their hard coat is no stronger than Vista’s. Any implication that their film withstands scratches better; or is Windex safer than ours is false.
  • The optical clarity of our VISTA films is unsurpassed.  We’ll take that match up film to film any day!
  • VISTA manufactures all of their window films and does not “private label” outside manufacturer’s film. PERIOD!  The list of films sold by 3M that are actually made by other lesser known companies is too long to list here.
  • Vista offers dual reflective films in a 5, 7,14, 15, 18, 25, 28, 38, 45, and 48 % visible light transmissions. 3M in a 15, 25, 35 only!
  • We offer a full line of bronze films.  3M has none.
  • VISTA & LLumar Magnum Security Films are available in a 20 neutral, 20 silver, 28, 38, 40, 50 and clear. 3M in a  25, 35, and clear 4ML and clear 6 ML and their 50 and 70 prestige.  The re-package another manufacturer’s 14 ML film and brag about how strong it is. Obviously that same film is available directly from the OEM at a fairer price.

That’s our top ten reasons consumers select our VISTA Films!

Call Advanced Film Solutions today!

877-575-3456

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Window Tinting Gone Bad, Tampa’s Advanced Film Solutions

Unfortunately most of the window tinting that was done in Florida in the 1970’s and 1980’s has gone bad.

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Many films were dyed polyester films that you would expect in a low cost car tinting. 

These films looked terrific for awhile but the UV inhibitors degraded and the dyes migrated to purple or created optical distortion.
Some competitive films started off hazy and after years of being blistered by the SUN they are now impossible to see through!

 

No matter what cased the problem Advanced Film Solutions can remove this junk from your windows.

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We would be happy to replace this mess with VISTA or Huper Optik Window Films that are warranted for a lifetime of enjoyment and energy savings usage.

Removing film yourself requires a ton of work and time.

You don’t want to try using toxic chemicals in your home for obvious reasons.

Call Advanced Film Solutions for a free estimate.

Toll Free 877-575-3456

That’s what we do for a living . . .

The Truth Prestige Film IR Rejection Huper Optik Vs. 3M Comparisons

I’ve written about this before (as have some others!) but the 3M Prestige Film has always been interesting to me for a variety of reasons.

Let’s just say that I was once a True Believer (Yeah I wrote that!) having swallowed the RED PILL entirely. 

It was only after I left 3M that my faith was shaken by:
 
 
THE TRUTH
 
 

No Prestige did not work better at an angle compared to other window films.

No Prestige did not reject 97% of the IR

No Prestige did not reject more heat than a dark silver reflective film.

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Now this may seem like an esoteric argument with little to no impact on the larger world outside of window film; but (stick with me here) there is a crucial perception and a credibility issue at stake. (Mostly my own!)

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I don’t like being fibbed to (there are stronger words!) and I can’t abide losing any business to a competitor that is either intentionally or through ignorance, misrepresenting their product’s performance. 

Now as the competitor against 3M Prestige that has become much more important.

Eastman Chemical the world leader in window film (by any measurement or standard) had tackled these issues with a series of technical reports and white papers almost immediately upon the launch of Prestige and the 3M marketing and supporting literature that their dealers utilize to support their selling efforts.

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IWFA – IR Ratings of Window Film

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Read these slowly. Go ahead. . I’ll wait. . .
 
 

Or simply call us at 877-575-3456


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