YoolaxMotorized Solar Shade Romote Control Light Filtering Roller Blinds Transparent Sight Auto Window Blinds (Black)

For the past several months, I have been struggling to find an effective, affordable, high quality and stylish shade for our kitchen windows. After finding Yoolax, I can say that I am very happy. The product is fantastic and the support is really amazing as well. It’s easy to install and comes pre-programmed. As long as you have a basic level of handling a drill, there should be a breeze. I can’t recommend enough.

I rarely (if ever) write reviews, but this one deserves it. After having some expensive Lutron shades installed in some rooms, I explored alternative options and came across Yoolax. I was extremely worried about going with a company with no website based far away from the US, but thought I shall try for one of my rooms, and if it works order for the other rooms where I didn't have Lutron installed.The buying experience off Amazon was great. Once the order was placed, Yoolax reached out to me to confirm the dimensions. I had an existing valance so to be extra sure they had me post photos of the valance to confirm that the shades and the dimensions would work. They guided me on the right dimension to choose, shared photos of the fabric so I can be sure of what I am getting without being able to physically see them (I had personally selected and inspected the Lutron shades). Once confirmed, they sent me the shades well packed and delivered sooner than expected.When I received it, I couldn't find the mounting brackets, so I sent them an email with a photo of the parts that I received and within hours they responded with an email and photo indicating where I will find the brackets (embedded in one of the styrofoam blocks to prevent scratches). So it was just a miss on my part in not finding it.Install was super easy. I installed it with a Broadlink hub and have Alexa and Homekit (via Homebridge) working like a charm.Great company to work with, and excellent shades. The motor is noisier than the Lutron motors, but not noticeable. If I knew of Yoolax earlier, I would've had more Yoolax shades than Lutron.Now to place my order for my remaining 2 rooms.

I bought 3 grey solar shades to install side by side over a large double sliding door. Once confirmed, the seller shipped it out within 3 days. The shipping took another 2 weeks which is not bad considering we are under global shipment blockage.The shade fabric, the hardware, the valance and the remote are of good quality. The Installation was really straight forward. Took maybe 10 mins per shade. The programming took a bit longer because I was trying to follow the video. DON'T watch the video. Once I find the instruction booklet, the programming is straight forward. I programmed all 3 shades on to the same remote and it was MAGICAL to open and close with a single click. I charged up all 3 shades and plan to charge them about once a month. The USB extension cord is a must buy. But I think any usb extension cord should do.If you butt more than 1 shade together, if both ends have no motors, the gap between the shades is about 0.5 inch. If one end has a motor, the gap increases to ~ 1.5 inch. Make sure you only order and install with the non motor sides together.I checked some other so called US based window treatment stores. They are either Mexican or Chinese made anyway. Why not go straight to the source and save more?Now I feel bougie everyday looking at my beautiful shades and impressing my guests knowing that I didn't spend much at all. I will definitely buy more for the rest of my house.

I would like to thank one of the other customers for posting some of these directions especially dealing with resetting the motor and setting the up and down limits of the blinds. Without them, I would not have been able to program these blinds since the vendor does not have reliable troubleshooting information online and their programming instructions are lacking clear direction (to be nice!). Love the blinds now that they are working correctly. 5 star rating for the final product, 4 star overall due the difficulty in getting the blinds configured due to less than stellar instructions. I have the following components: 1 - z561 remote control, 4 - z425 motorized blinds, 1 - Amazon Echo Gen 4, 1 - Amazon Alexa App w/Yoolax Smart skill on an iPhone 11. See step by step instructions below to help with your install.How to program the z561 remote for Motorized Yoolax Shades (Z425 Motor)===========================================================Get into setting mode - Page 14 of Smart Shades manual 58613 v1.0, 6, July, 20231. Select channel - I used channel 012. If programming multiple shades on the same channel like I did since the Group functionality was so convoluted, use the signal blocker usb-c device to block the motors of the other blinds and do each blind one at a time.3. Hold P1 button on remote for 5-6 seconds until “nn” flashes4. Display will go back to channel selected “01” and “nn”Reset the Zigbee Z425 Motor (Start from scratch approach - My blinds were messed up and this is what I did to get the remote control working)==============================================1. Get into setting mode first (see steps above)2. Reset the motor by holding the motor pair button until it jogs 4 times - around 14-16 seconds3. Unlock the motor by hitting the motor pair button for 1 jog - around 2 seconds4. Pair the motor to the remote channel by pressing the P2 button on the back of the remote (if this doesn’t work, try step 3 again)5. Test the shade up or down button. If the shade direction is reversed, reverse the up/down setting direction by clicking Down Arrow and right half circle together at once - jogs x 16. Set open height by manually choosing open height with remote, then store setting by using Up arrow and Love buttons together - jogs x 17. Set closed height by manually choosing close height with remote, then store setting by using Down arrow and Love buttons together - jogs x 18. To finish the process, Hold P1 for 5-6 seconds or wait 3 minutes without remote use to get the remote out of settings mode.9. Use channel 00 or 01 to open and close all shades at the same time. I currently have 4 blinds working together on Channel 00 (universal channel) or Channel 01Make sure the the above steps are taken prior to zigbee pairing - The limits and shade direction must be set prior to zigbee programming. I used the Amazon Echo Gen 4 as my zigbee built in hub and I did get automation working using Amazon Alexa Routines for closing 4 blinds at Sunrise and opening 4 blinds 100% at Noon. I could not get the “Zoolax Home” app working using the Amazon Echo Gen 4 as a zigbee gateway or zigbee hub. Since the Amazon Alexa automation is working using “Routines”, I do not need the Yoolax Home app to automate routines for coordinated blind opening and closing.Zigbee Pairing of motorized Z425 Yoolax Blinds between the blinds and Amazon Echo Gen 4 (See page 7-9 of the Smart Shades manual 58613)===================================================================1. Make sure you search for the “Yoolax Smart” Skill from within your Amazon Alexa App, select and enable it.2. Press and hold the pairing button on the motorized blind (z425 motor on my setup) for around 6 seconds or until the motor jogs 2x, blue pairing light starts flashing3. Using the voice command on your amazon echo Gen 4 device, “Alexa, discover my devices. It takes a while, but Amazon Echo Gen 4 will find the new device. I believe Zigbee pairing requires the zigbee device to be within 30 feet or less of the blinds. I was only 5 feet away so I’m not sure how far away you can perform this step.4. The Amazon Alexa App gives the blind a generic name “Blind 1”, “Blind 2”, “Blind 3” and “Blind 4” in my case. It takes a little time for it to show up in the “All devices” list within the Amazon Alexa app even after Amazon Echo says it found the device. I added each blind one at a time.5. The instructions on pages 7-9 of the Smart Shades manual are mostly accurate so I will not repeat all the steps but instead offer other guidance that I encountered pairing and then programming the blinds using Amazon Alexa app on my iPhone.6. The Yoolax Smart skill has an open function for the Z425 motorized blind called “Opening”. It has a slider bar for 0-100%. In the Alexa Routines that I created, Opening of 0% actually fully opened my blinds. Opening 100% actually closes my blinds. It may be counter intuitive but it does work. It could be reversed for your setup so try both ..7. My automation has all blinds closing automatically at Sunrise and opening all blinds automatically at 12 Noon.8. See photos for exact Amazon Alexa Routine settings.Hope this helps!!