We have them in the living room, only problem, it's a two story tall room, changing the batteries is a pain!

Thanks for your answer. I asked this somewhere else and the one reply said the same thing although she said her batteries lasted 18 months. My windows aren't tall.......just average.

We have had them in our family room for over 10 years. I was not going to get them to avoid the expense, but DH wanted them. I am glad we got them. Our family room faces west, so we use them a lot. They do need to have batteries replaced, which I do not know how to do but DH does. We have had to call the repair service a few times when there was a problem, and they do a nice job of fixing them. I like sunny rooms and DH likes dark rooms, so you can imagine the use they get every day. I do recommend them.

Thanks so much Sheilajoyce. It's good to know people are happy with them.

I don't really know very much about them but my SIL just had them installed in her weekend house and they are quite pretty, we were there last night and tonight (clamming). Hers are a slatted blind style that look like fabric, almost like silk (but I'm sure a synthetic that would be sun fast). My SIL doesn't appear to know much about them either, she told her contractor what she wanted, came back from her winter vacation and found them installed ;0) I asked her the brand, and she didn't know. The remote though says Somfy below the controls. Attractive and they appear to work well but she's spent exactly two nights there since the installation....