Exterior blinds for shading in summer

Hello everyone,
who of you has exterior blinds and what is your experience with them? Our living room will face south and accordingly, the heat protection in summer is naturally a concern for me. We are now considering using exterior blinds instead of roller shutters as a shading measure.

I can recommend [Raffstore] that is exterior blinds, although of course there are many other opinions on this and it also depends on personal perception. For every aspect, you will hear and read pros and cons.
On the south side, I would absolutely insist on installing [Raffstore]. In our old house, we also had large window fronts and consciously installed nothing during construction, kind of like in Holland, everything open and visible. We liked it but in summer both the heat and the glaring light are an issue. Furniture can fade, etc.
Because of the stepless adjustment option, you can set it accordingly each time, which I found very pleasant.

How sensitive are these to wind on windows one meter wide?

At a width of 1m, that is probably never a problem. Of course, any installed element can cause problems at some point/somehow but [Raffstore] are installed millions of times, so you should worry less about that.

What about burglary protection?

Of course, they do not offer classic burglary protection for someone who really wants to get into YOUR house. However, such a person will also overcome other obstacles if they specifically targeted you or your house.
In my opinion, this still offers protection against ordinary burglars because most of these burglaries are committed by people who only have a screwdriver in their pocket. Additionally, it means a time effort and/or noise, which burglars do not like.

Do they help much more than roller shutters regarding sun protection and at the same time a free view into the garden?

Both keep the sun out; with roller shutters you can completely darken (possibly bedroom), but with [Raffstore] you can adjust the amount of light and view as you like.

We also have venetian blinds on the ground floor in the south and west and think they are great. With us, even on a frosty and sunny day in January, you quickly have 26-27 degrees in the living room without shading.

However, the windows are responsible for burglary protection and not blinds, venetian blinds, etc.

I bet that and can help you with that.

nope... lol... we have roller shutters that nowadays even stay up in the evening/night. They are used more in the south bedroom.

We have installed venetian blinds throughout the house except in the bedroom and both children's rooms. In the bedrooms, we wanted roller shutters. We would do it the same way again. Everything else has already been said.

Everything has its pros and cons. Blinds can be really annoying, they are endlessly slow and therefore always down in all the ones I see in the neighborhood. Also, they rattle like crazy when it gets a bit windy. The appearance is not great either. Hard to keep clean is another issue.

But the alternatives are rare. Roller blinds are not so great either, it would be too dark for me in the summer. Shutters are great, but don't fit the look of modern houses.

The very best is if you manage to do without these shadings through the architecture and the garden. :)

Hi,

we have had everything with all our moves.

[*]Nothing at all, which is not an option. No sun protection, no darkening. Installed indoor blinds and/or indoor clip-on blinds, annoying. [*]Roller shutters, somehow digital, either open or closed, if closed very good darkening, good heat protection - no visibility. [*]Outdoor blinds, perfect for us, not quite as dark, but good visibility and sun protection depending on the setting.

For our current construction project on the beautiful Baltic Sea coast, our builder advised against it due to possible wind issues. He doesn’t want to offer them himself either. But we still want some; in our current rental apartment on the 3rd floor with partially extremely strong wind, there have been no problems so far, nothing rattles either. In our previous apartment, we had roller shutters that rattled extremely. I think it depends on quality here. In my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, plus it looks nicer.

Regards Olli