Getting It Straight
Leveling of rails for honeycomb shades is easier than ever with pockets & ferrules.  This approach to leveling has previously been available only for upgraded products like UltraGlide and PowerRise.  Now it is used on all standard cordlock operation shades as well.  The pocket adjustment has some advantages over the previously used stopball equalizer approach to leveling the bottom rail: 

• With pockets & ferrules, the adjustment is made at the rail itself, where it is easier to see the change that needs to be made. 

• On shades with three or more routs, leveling with pockets can save a considerable amount of time.  With the old method keeping the cords straight on wider shades can be quite a challenge. 

• The pocket leveling provides an ample amount of adjustment even for wider shades.  With the old method, there were limits to the amount of cord that could be wrapped inside an equalizer cover, so on wider shades, the length of cord provided was insufficient to easily make adjustments.

Don't Leave Them Hanging
Adjustments are needed occasionally to account for out-of square windows.  One great advantage to having this adjustability is that there is enough flexibility to fix minor measuring mistakes.  After the rail has been leveled, the cord should be cut flush with the ferrule.  Leaving the cords dangling from the bottom rail is unsightly and unnecessary.  Once the shade has been leveled is is unlikely to need further adjustment.  If it does, the good news is that the old way, the stopball equalizer, is still there and can be used for minor adjustments.

Making The Adjustment
Any necessary adjustments are made by sliding the ferrule up or down on the cord to change the height and level of the bottom rail.

• Locate the ferrule seated in a pocket on the bottom rail.

• Pull on the excess cord to remove the ferrule from the pocket. The cord will be wrapped once around the ferrule.

• Unthread one loop of the cord by pulling it through the ferrule to move the position of the ferrule.

• Slide the ferrule along the cord to change the length of the shade and to level the bottom rail.

• After adjusting, lock the ferrule in place by threading the cord through the top of the ferrule to create a loop that wraps around the ferrule.

• Make sure that the loop fits in the groove on the side of the ferrule.

• Place the ferrule back into the pocket on the bottom rail. 
  Make sure it is seated fully.

• Trim the cord to be flush with the ferrule and bottom rail once you are certain of the final adjustment.