Zipscreen® outdoor blinds are track-guided outdoor blinds whose fabric zips into a channel down each side, sealing the opening on all four edges. Zipscreen blinds run on the Automate® motorisation platform, so they can be operated by remote, by phone, by voice, or automatically on a schedule.
Also known as: zip screen blinds, zip blinds, channel guided blinds
Most outdoor blinds are held only at the top and bottom, so wind lifts the edges and rain finds its way past. Zipscreen holds the fabric under tension inside side channels, which closes the gap entirely. On a Perth summer afternoon when the sea breeze arrives, that is the difference between an alfresco you can sit in and one you abandon.
An outdoor blind that is only fixed top and bottom behaves like a sail. Wind gets behind the fabric, lifts the edge, and the blind slaps against the post all afternoon — which is how fabric wears out early and how fixings work loose. Sealing the fabric into a channel down each side removes the mechanism entirely: there is no loose edge for wind to get under, so the blind stays flat and quiet in conditions that would have an unguided blind flogging.
Controlling a blind from a phone is a novelty that wears off in a fortnight. What does not wear off is a blind that lowers itself at four o'clock every summer afternoon, before the western sun turns the alfresco into somewhere nobody wants to sit. Because Zipscreen runs on the Automate® platform, that behaviour is a schedule, not a habit somebody has to remember.
| Blind | Pelmet | Max width | Operation | Fabric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zipscreen® Outdoor Blinds | At measure | At measure | Electric remote, Hub and app | Woven mesh, blockout |
| Ziptrak® Outdoor Blinds Both seal all four sides. Zipscreen is the automated one; Ziptrak needs no power at all. | Optional | At measure | Spring balance, Electric remote | Clear PVC, tinted PVC, Woven mesh |
| NSS Galaxy Blinds Galaxy is cheaper and simpler, but its edges are not sealed into tracks. | 100 mm | 4.5 m | Electric remote | Woven mesh |
Maximum spans for the licensed systems are confirmed at the free measure. See all nine side by side.
A Zipscreen blind is a track-guided outdoor blind with a zip welded to each edge of the fabric, running inside a side channel. The zip holds the fabric under tension so wind cannot lift it, and seals the opening against rain, dust and insects.
Both Zipscreen and Ziptrak are track-guided systems that seal an opening on all four sides. Zipscreen is built around the Automate® motorisation platform, so it suits a home where the blinds should run from a phone, a voice assistant or a schedule. Ziptrak uses a spring-balance mechanism that holds at any height with no power at all.
Yes. Zipscreen blinds run on Automate® motors controlled by the Automate Pulse hub, which connects over Wi-Fi or Ethernet. The hub supports Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and can raise or lower blinds automatically based on the position of the sun.
Zipscreen blinds seal on all four sides, which keeps mosquitoes and flies out of an enclosed alfresco far more effectively than a blind that is open along its edges.
Zipscreen blinds use marine-grade aluminium framing and powder-coating, which is the standard specification for coastal Western Australian conditions where salt air attacks untreated metal.
One Automate Pulse hub covers the blinds on a typical house. Very large installations or homes with thick masonry between zones may need a second hub to keep every motor in radio range.
Yes. The motors are controlled by radio, so remotes and wall switches keep working without internet. Only the app, voice control and scheduled automations depend on the network connection.
Yes. Zipscreen blinds are made to measure for the opening, so they are fitted to existing homes as often as new builds. The side channels fix to the existing posts or walls.
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