RE: Re[2]: Fw: Relaunch of Autoglide by Silent Gliss

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>I can understand the frustration there Paul but do *MOST* houses have
>bay windows? Most actual *windows* (if you do a count) are simple
>straight windows ...

Well, that's true, - I have more straight windows than bays, but the
important thing is (I think), that where bay windows are present, they are
more often than not in the rooms that you'd be most likely to want to use
electric curtains on... - I.E. the front of the house, visible from the
street and all that, and internally, it's usually the sitting room/master
bedroom etc...


Even in a house with bay windows you'll usually
>only find one or two of the windows in the house are bays. The

True, but like I said above, they'll be the windows most in need of
electric
curtains. (from a security perspective) - I only have two bay windows, and
it just so happens that these are the  only windows in the entire house
that
I want to have electric curtains on....


>complexity and hence cost to manufacture of a system which is suitable
>for bays has to be several times higher than a simple straight rail and
>when faced with much higher unit costs *AND* lower possible numbers of
>sales it's obvious why they get left out.
>

Well, I'm not totally convinced by this argument, - consider the
following...

High quality curtain tracks, complete with a high quality cord pull
mechanism, made of aluminium, which can be bent to any (within reason)
shape, ARE readily available. I have a quote from a local supplier for a
shade over £200 FITTED. A Decent motor to power them can be had for £100,
so
that just leaves a control mechanism required.

At the moment, I am probably going to do it myself, with track from one
supplier, motors from another, and a home-brew controller. This will cost
me
about £450 and will be higher quality than the "old" Autoglide,
(with its
plastic track). It will meet all my design requirements (which are not in
any way unusual). If I can do it for under £500 I refuse to believe that a
company like Silent Gliss, with all it's expertise in the market,
purchasing
clout, and so on, could not also.


>I can see why you're p*ssed but at least there's now a reasonably
priced
>solution still out there which will fit the majority of windows in the
>country ... give Silent Gliss the credit for that!
>

Sorry, Phil, I just can't bring myself to give them credit for being so
short-sighted... - It is a fact that all of Silent Gliss's aluminium tracks
can be bent (it says so on their website), so having taken over the
Autoglide range, and uprated the track to an aluminium one, why have they
not just used one of their own already extensive range of track products?

As always, everyithing IMHO...

Paul G.


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