Clean Modern Look
I bought these for two large sliding glass doors (8 ft. tall & 10 ft. wide) to replace vertical blinds from the 1990s. I did an outside mount, with five panels, light gray blackout, and ordered them 12 inches wider for a six inch overlap on each side, which works out great. For this size and with blackout fabric, the price was awesome. The railing feels very sturdy and the fabric is very modern and attractive (definitely order the samples first so you can pick your color / transparency unambiguously).If you have to do an outside mount on a large door, the side with the wand does let some light in because that's the 5th panel that stacks furthest from the wall. Their track systems keeps the panels as close together as you could have, so that's not a knock on this item, just the nature of panel track blinds. It's still 99% effective on a third floor (above trees) facing East getting the full morning sun + reflection off the water. Regardless, the light control + privacy flexibility of the sliders is fantastic .... well worth that very minor drawback IMHO. Oh, and unlike vertical blinds, you can easily move the non-wand side over by gently grabbing the panel, which is great for peeking out that side or easily cleaning the area.The written instructions aren't so great; just toss those and watch the video on this product page and it's no problem. For one room, I used plastic toggles for ceiling mount (no studs in the mounting area); those feel much more secure to me than the included anchors. The ceiling mount took a little finesse to get the rail into the mounting brackets, but to be fair I was going Han Solo on an eleven footer, so I recommend enlisting a friend if you're doing that on a large opening. And I had to put the valance hardware (the full length clear plastic / acrylic piece with channels) up before putting the fabric into it, because you can't really tilt it in when you're up against the ceiling, and I needed to see through to squeeze the mounting clips in. Little annoying to work the fabric in on a ladder, but worth it in the end.The wall mount was super easy to pop in to the brackets and add the valance, though. I got lucky and had a header all the way across, so no drywall anchoring / toggles needed on that one, either.My only design gripe is you do feel a little bump when the panel moves across the seam in the "joinable" solution (>98"). They send you two identical tracks that you butt up against each other, and there's a flat metal plate with set screws that fits into the top (hidden when installed) channel to lock the two halves together. If they could somehow make that mitered or interlocking or something, that would be ideal. But maybe that's not feasible for the metal work, I don't know. You don't actually see a seam if you buy the valance (and you want to buy the valance for sure, anyway). Overall it's not a big deal and I'd still highly recommend it, just take your time to get the pieces aligned and the plate in tight. *** And you'll need to have a 2.5 mm Allen key handy ... it's not included. ***