PoE motorized roller shades from PowerShades Review

Motorized blinds are taking the home automation world by storm. The latest advancements in smart shades technology makes life a little bit easier. And while you might already have some cool technology in your home, nothing will charm your guests as much as automated, motorized shades. Nothing grabs their attention like shades being lowered as soon as the sun sets. 

If you’re like most people, you have shades, blinds, or curtains covering your windows. Literally every home has a good number of shades and over time, these traditional window treatments become a hassle to use throughout the day. To have to walk around furniture to raise them in the morning, lower them when the sun is too hot, and close them at night, all becomes a chore. 

That’s why most homeowners have their windows covered most of the time. But in the ideal world, you want window treatments that will bring in the right about sunlight, have beautiful outdoor views, while maintaining privacy when necessary. 

Having designed and installed more electronic shades over the past two decades than anyone else in the state of New Jersey, TD Smart Homes has come to love what electronic shades does for homeowners. 

Buying Smart Blinds

Motorized blinds are window shades that can be opened or closed with the touch of a button, voice command or an app on a compatible smart device. They come in a variety of styles, such as roller, slat, accordion, honeycomb, and light filtering. An important feature to consider is the type of power source - solar, battery or electrical cord. 

You might be familiar with battery operated or wireless smart shades. We’re here to introduce to you the award winning PoE motorized roller shades from PowerShades. 

It’s the world’s first PoE-enabled smart shades that are low voltage, eliminate the need for batteries and bulky wiring for wall decor. 

The PoE (power over ethernet) shade uses a single ethernet cable to deliver both electrical power and command control data to the shade. Its hardwired access to power allows the motor to move twice as fast as battery operated models in the market. It only uses about 5 watts of power and is controlled using voice command, a smart device like Amazon Alexa, or PowerShade’s cloud based portal. It also has the ability to schedule your shades to automatically open and close at chosen times. 

Benefits of PoE motorized roller shades from PowerShades

• Reduce Energy Consumption: Opening and closing your shades on a custom schedule will give you effortless and passive energy savings of up to 30%. 
• Light Control: You can finally have the perfect lighting you’ve always wanted. Have your slumber with light-block shades or cast a glow and create an ambience with light filtering shades. Elevate the experience with custom pre-set scenes. 
• Unmatched Convenience: Automate the repetitive task of manually opening and closing your shades. This is especially true for hard to reach window treatments and the large number of shades around the house. 
• Safety: Keep your loved ones safe from the dangers of pull strings and dangling pieces.
• Security & Privacy: Set a schedule to automate your motorized blinds to make it appear that you’re home and it’s actually vacant.  
• Compatibility: PowerShades easily pairs with Amazon Alex, Google Home, and other smart home systems you already use. 

Advantages of power-over ethernet

With PoE motorized roller shades, you’ll never have to worry about charging or replacing its batteries. The speed of this electric blind is unmatched and operates more than twice as fast than the popular Lutron Serena. 

It does not come with a DIY option because the product is distributed through trusted dealers that assist with installation and maintenance. Thankfully, it costs less than installing other AC- powered motorized blinds due to it’s use of PoE technology. Our professional installers will create a schedule to control your blinds using the PowerShades Dashboard. You’ll have the option to automate your shades depending on a defined percentage based on triggers or events from your smart home devices, or simply based on time of day, week, or month. You won’t have to worry about ever seeing the Powershades online dashboard, as your installer will program the controlled routines for you. Installation can’t get any simpler than that. 

PowerShades offers two options for their PoE roller shades: single and day/night. The latter has two shades stacked together where one shade operates during the day and the second is lowered down at night for advanced light blocking and privacy. 

You have three styles to choose from: Affinity, which reveals the electric dowel that moves the shade up and down; Concord, which conceals the motor inside a metal or plastic fascia; and Pinnacle, which works the same as the Concord with the shade brackets mounted to the fabric front instead of the window frame. 

PowerShades comes in three types of fabric: Solar, which is a sheer type that allows light to pass through, while providing some privacy; Light Filtering, which is a more dense fabric that has less light passing and more privacy offered; and Light Blocking, which is essentially used to darken the room as much as possible and offers the most privacy. 



Our installers can guide you through the choices and help you become familiar with the use of voice commands to control your motorized blinds. You can rely on sunrise/sunset routines or control them using voice commands such as “open,” “close,” or “set to” a percentage of open such as 25% open, etc. 

The PoE motorized roller shades from PowerShades makes sense for homeowners or businesses who are looking for high quality motorized blinds that come at an affordable price. They are eco friendly and convenient to use. They are the perfect addition to your home decor and will surely wow your guests. Call us today for a free consultation and we can dive into exactly what these electric blinds have to offer your home.