Best Home Tint Window Films - Editor's Picks

Our Spring 2012 Best Home Tint guide helps you decide between the over 20 domestic and global window film manufacturers, and combined total of over 200 film lines of all different colors and types. We try to cover a broad spectrum of home tint categories for all types of tinting situations.

Each quarter we do a re-evaluation of all the home tint films. New film lines may have been introduced in the market, changes in pricing, and other factors contribute to our scoring process and the picks will change. So check back occasionally for updates.

The biggest impact to our Spring 2012 Editor’s Pick lineup is the introduction of many new lines of ASWF residential films in the latter part of 2011. ASWF films blend specialty high-performance films with aggressive pricing. This made their products easy to recommend for some categories.

Best Overall Home Tint

SolarGard TrueVue Dual Reflective

You cannot go wrong with this film. TrueVue offers strong performance in solar performance and pricing. Dual-reflective construction to enhance privacy, while offering a crystal clear clarity, and a SolarGard Lifetime Warranty for home installation.

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Best Budget Home Tint

TintCenter Dual Reflective

Best for a tight budget, our house-branded Dual Reflective film does not sacrifice quality or performance. For the 15% VLT, total solar rejection is 74% compared to 80% for SolarGard TrueVue.

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Best Winter Energy Saving Film

SolarGard Silver AG Low-E Film

Winter AND Summer performance in a single film. Solargard Low-E Silver combines up to 77% solar rejection with a .75 U Value which is 2X better than single-pane windows.

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Best Solar Performance Film

ASWF Reflection Home Tint

Maximum solar protection at an affordable price. This newly introduced ASWF Reflection film tops out at a whopping 82% in solar rejection while being half the cost of other equivalent films.

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Best Ceramic Nano Home Tint

ASWF Firewall

Nano/Ceramic films are very light in color. They focus on blocking infrared rays rather than visible light. This is premium technology at very high cost. ASWF Firewall offers excellent performance at half the price of similar films.

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Best Black Non-Reflective Privacy Film

ASWF Moonlight

When privacy is the ultimate concern. This pure black film still allows a view from the inside, while maximizing privacy from the outside. Unfortunately it is not safe on dual pane windows.

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Best Reflective Privacy Film