Serena Remote-Control Shades

I started converting all the blinds in my house to Serena battery powered shades back in 2015, and I'm just finishing up the last one (13 all together). All have worked fine with no issues. The software is relatively easy to use to schedule events. I accidentally ordered a shade in the wrong size, and Serena allowed me to exchange it at no cost (an expensive proposition for them, I'm sure). Wow! :-)

We installed 5 Serena Shades so far. These blinds are great products, but they are not cheap. We would like to do the rest of our house, but might go the Ikea or Hunter-Douglas route unless Lutron has a sale soon. That would definitely be incentive to finish with Serena Shades. The room darkening ones work great and the light filtering are perfect for letting in natural light with great privacy. Overall, I'd purchase again, but only on sale.

I ordered shades and put them up in January. Definitely a 2 person job but very do-able. Six months later I had issues with one out of 5. Serena was amazing with dealing with this and really stood behind their product. Highly recommend

It's been a roller coaster ride. The first shade we received (December 2012) was returned due to a manufacturing defect. The replacement shade has worked for almost exactly 5 years. When it stopped working I figured it was due to the batteries. I just replaced all six D batteries, and am receiving the same fault code (three pairs of alternating red-green flashes). I pulled the batteries and checked both voltage (1.58V on average) and milliamps (178mA on average -- a bit lower than the nominal 200mA, but definitely serviceable). Unfortunately, that leads me to believe the motors have started to fail. Considering the cost of the blind and its location (in the foyer over the front door with the top height of 18 feet), replacing this will be difficult at best. I would expect better lifespan from a Lutron product.

Look and work great new but I question the long term durability (motors, shaft and nylon strings). 5 years is not long for this investment. 5 star shipping packaging, don’t think the could be damages. 1 star made in Mexico, I wouldn’t have purchased knowing they weren’t Made in USA. smooth operation. I’d like to see a top down, bottom up option and an option to order future DIY shade changes. Colors styles change. Overall I’m satisified now. Love bedroom blackouts.

I purchased 4 of these blinds in early June of last year - I had a couple of problems which were quickly addressed and resolved by Rachel. I always knew that customer satisfaction was her priority (and it made a huge difference). She deserves a bonus for being patient and responsive to my requests!

Based on that, I will be buying more blinds in the near term - they are a premium product, but the service makes it worthwhile.

Finally, the blinds themselves are side by side in my office, so operating in sync with each other is important. After 6 months+ of daily use (multiple times a day), they are still working well.

Now that I've ordered a whole house full, I don't like them. Customer service is really not that good either.

The battery operation works well and install was easy enough. BUT, for the expense, they don't look classy at all. They look the same as the previous one that cost 1/10 as much purchased from the local home improvement store which uses cord to open/close. However, I will most likely purchase another one because I need the motorized battery operation since the shade is operated twice daily and the cords can't take that much. I wish there was a motorized plantation blind that was available as they are very nice looking. It is simply too expensive for what it is.

I use these shades all over my house and integrate them with Wink Hub and Alexa. They work flawlessly.

I purchased three shades, mounted them myself, and added them to my Caseta smart home system. Spouse loves them! Everyone's happy.