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I don't have a garage for my 2003 Toyota Matrix, so it sits out in the sun all summer long -and even in Wisconsin, that can really heat up my car's interior. I purchased one of these sun shades that is custom-made for my year, make and model, unrolled it, and put it in place. We manly types don't read the instructions for use until we can't figure out what to do, and in this case, I didn't even need to read the instructions -it was pretty much self-explanatory. The shade comes with an attached velcro strap to keep the rolled up shade from expanding all over the luggage compartment when not in use, and that strap works well. The shade is lined with some type of shiny, metallic-looking outer layer to reflect the sun's rays and heat, and there's enough heft between the outer and inner layers to make the shade stand up in the windshield and not sag over time; even so, the weight of the shade is almost non-existent -very light weight, but stiff enough to stay in place and do its job hour after hour, day after day. The shape of the shade is a very good, custom fit for my windshield, including the cutout around the windshield mounted rear view mirror. Once you work the shade around the mirror mount and turn the visors down to hold everything in place, you're done -nothing tricky about that, and as I said, it fits well and stays in place. My car is now significantly cooler when I get into it in the summer time.
Only 2 very minor quibbles, and neither of them is worth reducing the 5-star rating I gave this product. (1) It would be nice to have some sort of crease/seam across the corners of the shade where they wrap around the mirror, because the fit is so precise that I have to bend each corner to make it fit around the mirror. So far, that has not caused any problems, but I do worry about the long term wear and tear of bending those corners to get them around the mirror. (2) I wish the shade rolled up so that the inside surface was out when rolled. The reason I say this is that the shade's left and right edges would tend to curl toward the windshield instead of away from it when installed. Not much sunlight gets in at those edges, but every little bit that gets blocked is helpful.
Regardless of those 2 minor quibbles, this is a great shade that does its job very well, and I'm extremely pleased to have it in my car. The quality of the product shows, and I enjoy that quality every time I unroll the shade and put it in the windshield.
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