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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Crystal clear plastic sheet that shrinks tight and wrinkle free with an ordinary hand held hair dryer. Easily installed on metal, painted or varnished, wood or vinyl clad frames with double faced tape. Increases R value of single pane windows up to 90%. Includes 1 plastic sheet 62'' x 210'' and double faced tape 1/2'' x 84'. Insulates 1 large window up to 5' x 17' or 5 standard windows up to 3' x 5'. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 9.0 inches | | Product Width: | 8.5 inches | | Product Height: | 1.62 inches | | Package Length: | 8.9 inches | | Package Width: | 7.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 34 reviews |
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| | Features | For indoor useFits one extra large window or 5 standard size windowsEasy to installTape includedSeals out drafts and dust
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 34 customer reviews )
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13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 SO worth the money Sep 30, 2010
By Tara
I'll tell you the bottom line early: This is a cheap, year-long fix to an otherwise very expensive problem, and I can't rave enough about how effective this stuff is for old windows (don't know about how much a difference it would make for newer, double-pane windows). Scroll to the bottom of this review for instructions on effective installation technique.
I bought this kit last winter for $10ish a piece at Home Depot to help with the shoddy, VERY old windows in my 2-bedroom St. Louis, MO, apartment. I actually think the $10 kit was a 2-pack (says "Extra Large 2Pak," "2 Extra Large Windows or 10 Standard Windows," "2 Sheets"). Anyway, my bedroom windows don't even close all the way, and they are single-pane (only one layer of glass), probably from the 1940s or 1950s at the latest. As a renter, it was not worth the rent-bump to get new windows out of my landlord, when this kit outfitted my apartment for a whole year for ~$40. And it probably saved me a couple hundred dollars on utilities. In fact, I wish I had done it sooner last year; we have terrible, and terribly unpredictable, winters that last from Oct/Nov until April or May, sometimes. I am ordering this kit in early fall this year, to get the most out of it this year.
At first, installing this kit seems a little bit of a pain because, well, installation is involved - but it is WELL-worth the money. You just need this kit and a hair blow-dryer. It took the chill out of my bedroom, which is consistently 10 degrees colder than the rest of my apartment. I have odd-sized windows, so this large-sized kit did the trick. Really, once you get the technique down, installation is not much of a hassle. Having done it last winter, I have no hesitations about doing it this winter. I had to spend a few hours to do the 6 big, douple-wide windows in my apartment (including the time it took to learn the technique), but the effect lasted all winter and spring. It would probably take veterans only <20 minutes per window. So, this is a good use of one Saturday morning out of your year.
Once St. Louis summer heat/humidity hit, the shrink wrap and tape began to loosen/disintegrate - but I bought this stuff for the winter, and it did its job. I don't know how it would hold up somewhere that's cold all year round - maybe fine, since I think it was the temperature change that caused them to loosen up anyway.
This insulation works by essentially creating a double-pane window effect, trapping a pocket of air in between your room and the glass of your window to the outside. So upon installation, you just have to make sure that you capture that air buffer between the shrink wrap and the window. Easy. Also, this product poorly installed looks AWFUL - like you plan on murdering someone in your home, Dexter-style - but correctly installed (i.e. thoroughly blow-dried), this kit looks glassy-clear fine and certainly good enough to peak through from behind insulative curtains. The clear plastic should be really taut, like the skin of a drum. Having both this kit and curtains has turned my completely leaky windows into air-tight, insulative ones.
As for the lower reviews, it seems like people are complaining about the size and the stickiness of the tape.
1) Obviously, measure your windows...??? It says how much you're getting right on the front of the package, and regardless of sizing, it's worth it to buy more than one if you need to.
2) I press down the tape and the shrink wrap really hard at first, like rubbing them with the butt-end of a pen to make sure they both gets thoroughly pushed into the grain of the will/tape. Let it sit for the 15 minutes it says on the instructions, then proceed with the installation. 'Hasn't failed me yet!
THE TECHNIQUE: Leaving on the backing, lay down the double-sided tape within your window sill 2-6 inches from the glass (whatever your sill allows). Press it into your sill very firmly - I use the butt-end of a pen to really get it on there. Then unpeel the film and stick the shrink wrap to it (pressing with the pen again), starting from one corner, moving outward, and leaving the opposite corner untaped (maybe for about a third of the window). Blow-dry the taped part tight; then lightly stretch and adhere the remainder of the shrink wrap along the edges working your way toward the last corner, but leave maybe an inch opening at the last corner. Blow-dry the rest of the way until you only have to stretch/adhere the last little corner of the window. I even blow a little warm air into behind the shrink wrap at this point. Press down the last corner of the shrink wrap onto the tape, and blow-dry the whole thing once more, until the whole window is air-tight and glassy. If there are any awkwardly tugged/pinched parts of the shrink wrap, just keep blow-drying it until the flaw smoothes out. It will - that's the best part.
Okay, now enjoy.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 There's a better product Jan 26, 2008
By Toby Winter
"tobywinter"
Having just used both the Frost King and the 3M product in the same week, I feel qualified to tell you the difference. Frost King is cheaper and probably insulates as well as 3M but here is the difference. The Frost King had hard folds in the plastic sheeting and lots of them. Those fold lines did not come out when heated. The view is therefore not as clear through the window. The 3M product was folded with soft folds not hard creases. After heating with the hair dryer that window looks so clear it's hard to believe there is a plastic sheet covering it. Not so with the Frost King. If you are just covering basement or garage or attic windows go for it. Otherwise, spend the extra bucks for 3M.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Tape Doesn't Stick to Plastic Dec 03, 2010
By Jen
I've been putting plastic window insulation up every winter for years using Frost King Kits and have never had an issue until this year. In the past, the tape rolls were more than enough and I always had left-over tape. When I started covering windows this year, I started out with last year's tape and those windows are holding up fine. However, ALL of the window insulation I've put up using the new tape has fallen off by the next day. It is VERY frustrating and I feel that I've completely wasted both time and money. I'm going to try and finish my windows with 3M insulation and hope it works better.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Tape does not hold! Nov 16, 2008
By NashvilleTN26
I spent an afternoon installing the Frost King for large windows, and initially was very happy with the results. I cleaned the edges of the windows, waited for them to dry, applied the tape, used a hairdryer to increase the stick factor, and waited 15 minutes before applying the sheeting. I only applied the tape on the metal window casing as it says to not apply on painted plaster and that's all I have around my windows.
However, within a few hours, the doublesided tape was pulling away from the casement in several areas on all three of the windows. I had to try to tuck it around and stretch it to the nearest surface that it would reach, as once you shrink it, it isn't unshrinking. Now at least 1/3 of the sheeting has pulled away from the frame and my money and time are down the toilet. I'm going with 3M next time, buyer beware.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Works as advertised. Nov 10, 2007
By Soxnut
Puchased this and put up a couple of weeks ago. My house is about 24 years old. I have a family room with 2 sliders next to one another with a 2 sky lights and a vaulted ceiling. The room is tough enough to keep warm and now that sliders have seen better days it was time to do something. I was told about these by a friend who used them on his old single payne windows so I thought I would try the patio door sized one.
I can tell you they work like a charm. The film is clear as day and tougher than I thought. The doublesided tape was a chore to put on and we'll see how it comes off in the spring but I have to say I am VERY pleased with the product. It really does a great job of stopping the drafts and increasing the R value.
3M also makes a version of this. It's a bit more expensive but this was on sale and I thought I would give it a shot. I was not disappointed.
The only drawback is keeping your animals away from the product as pawing at it will surely not be good. I have 2 dogs and so far with the blinds shut they have not gone near the doors.
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