Replacing a blind which has given us great service in a study for almost 40years! Not because it was broken, although it has darkened with age, it still looked ok and worked perfectly. Complete change of decor and use of the room to a bedroom once again meant a change of colour and upgrade to the better black out products of today. Lots of cheaper alternatives are available locally and online which say they will do the same job BUT I'll stick with the original which has more than proved it's worth in my opinion.