TIL miniblinds with pull cords to raise and lower them are now illegal to sell in the United States - eviltoast

Replacing a broken set of blinds in my house and apparently no one sells the old standard kind where you pull the cord to raise them, I guess because kids and/or pets could tangle in the cord? Bit of an education in miniblinds today.

  • growsomethinggood ()@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    They can! They look identical to the old blinds, just without the string. I had to ask if the installers forgot the strings when we got new ones a few years ago!

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      1 month ago

      Wait, I meant like in between the glass of the windows. If you have to pull and push the blinds themselves that would not work… right?

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        1 month ago

        Are you saying that they’d be in between 2 stationary panes of glass? That sounds like a nightmare to deal with anyway.

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          1 month ago

          Stationary for usual operations, at least. There is usually a mechanism to open it up so you can mend them if necessary.