Re: Silent Gliss curtain tracks

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

In reply Paul,

> >Hi,
> >
> >I've been down this road regarding curtain motors very recently. 
Silent
> >Gliss are just t   expensive, although they are bringing out a
new,
cheaper
> >model in the near future - but this will still be around £400.
>
>
> THAT I could just about stomach - not vastly much more than I pad for
the
> Autoglide stuff, but I expect it will be vastly better quality...
>
Silent Gliss is excellent quality but I feel it is still overpriced for
what
it is.  I needed 10 tracks and motors, and some are over 3m long.  The
final
cost would have been over £7,000 just t  open/close the curtains!!!!
I'd sooner get something cheaper and put what I save t wards a Plasma and
other gadgets.


> >Swish are still available - I bought some recently but I'm not too
> >impressed
> >with them for the money.
>
> Hmm.. only very limited quantities and parts are still available -
basically
> what you can find lurking at the back of B&Q that hasn't sold yet.
As I
> understand it, Swish discontinued the bay fitting kit a couple of
years
ago,
> s  there is not a rats' chance of getting one now, and as you can't
bend
the
> Swish track, that makes it t tally useless t  me...
> I've never been particularly impressed with them either - you can't
reverse
> bend them, and the track is not especially smooth or quiet..

Grace Brown Interiors, Cheshire still had stock recently - 30+ motors and
good stock of track.

> >I eventually went for the Butler Add-a-Motor (approx £50).  With a
decent
>
> I was hoping t  avoid this scenario, as it seems t  me t  be a bit of
a
> "bodge", and nothing loses WAF more quickly than HA stuff
which is
anything
> less than 100% reliable...
>
> I guess I'll hang on in the hope of the reasonably priced range from
> Gliss... do you know anything more about this? - it's news t  me...
>

Yeah, I felt it was a bit of a bodge too.  I was very disappointed when I
got the 2 Swish kits and realised that I didn't want to use them.  The
Add-a-Motor seems t  be the most popular motor in the US - I got mine from
Worthington Distribution.
But asking for something t  be 100% reliable in home automation??? What
about X10 then? he he

> I guess I'll hang on in the hope of the reasonably priced range from
> Gliss... do you know anything more about this? - it's news t  me...

I spoke t  their technical dept recently.  They are aware that there's a
demand for cheaper automated curtain tracks and are in the process of
making
a product similar t  the 5100 range (v.good) but at a price more like the
5050 range.  The guy als  said that they sell alot of 5100s and in the UK -
mainly going into homes where the owners don't care how much they cost!!!
When I mentioned that I'd have to spend over £7,000 he said "that's
nothing"
(ehh???????)  more like Silent Piss.

Simon


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 31 July 2001 22:17
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Silent Gliss curtain tracks


> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've been down this road regarding curtain motors very recently. 
Silent
> >Gliss are just t   expensive, although they are bringing out a
new,
cheaper
> >model in the near future - but this will still be around £400.
>
>
> THAT I could just about stomach - not vastly much more than I pad for
the
> Autoglide stuff, but I expect it will be vastly better quality...
>
>
> >Swish are still available - I bought some recently but I'm not too
> >impressed
> >with them for the money.
>
> Hmm.. only very limited quantities and parts are still available -
basically
> what you can find lurking at the back of B&Q that hasn't sold yet.
As I
> understand it, Swish discontinued the bay fitting kit a couple of
years
ago,
> s  there is not a rats' chance of getting one now, and as you can't
bend
the
> Swish track, that makes it t tally useless t  me...
> I've never been particularly impressed with them either - you can't
reverse
> bend them, and the track is not especially smooth or quiet..
>
> >I eventually went for the Butler Add-a-Motor (approx £50).  With a
decent
>
> I was hoping t  avoid this scenario, as it seems t  me t  be a bit of
a
> "bodge", and nothing loses WAF more quickly than HA stuff
which is
anything
> less than 100% reliable...
>
> I guess I'll hang on in the hope of the reasonably priced range from
> Gliss... do you know anything more about this? - it's news t  me...
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul G.
>
>
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