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A Summary Of Lift & Control Systems 
For Hunter Douglas Blinds, Shadings, 
Sheers & Shades

It can be a frustrating thing to try to remember everything about all of the different operating systems available for Hunter Douglas products.  Here's a summary of available operating systems with just a quick description of each and a list of which products may be used with each system.  Keep in mind that this can be confusing for your customers, too.  By helping them determine which product and system best suits their needs you can be sure they'll seek your help when they are ready to buy again.

Combination Wand/Cord
A single control to traverse the fabric and rotate the vanes. Operates vertical blinds with a simple twist; A cord tethered to the wand traverses vanes across the window. Eliminates the chain and cord. Available on Luminette® Privacy Sheers.

Continuous Cord Loop 
Loop and clutch system to raise, lower or traverse window coverings.  Available on Designer Roller & Screen shades, Provenance woven woods and all vertical blinds. (Also available as EasyRise on some products) see below

Cordlock
Original lifting system with quiet and reliable operation.  Available on all Duette® and Applause™ honeycomb shades, Brilliance pleated shades, Jubilance Roman shades, Provenance woven wood shades and all horizontal blinds.

Duette Duolite® 
maximizes light control

Duolite™
Two fabric panels are used – one between the top rail and center rail and one between the center rail and bottom rail. Each panel has its own set of lift cords so either fabric panel, or portion of a fabric panel, may be used to cover a window.  Available on Duette honeycomb shades. 
See Privacy/View for pleated shades.

EasyGlide®
Continuous cord loop and clutch system to easily raise or lower large shades.  Available on Brilliance pleated shades.

EasyRise™
Continuous cord loop and clutch system to easily raise or lower large shades.  Available on Duette and Applause honeycomb shades, Silhouette® window shadings, Nantucket window shadings and Vignette window shadings.

EasyView® Arch
Sliding handle smoothly raises and lowers arch-shaped honeycomb shades.  Available only with Duette honeycomb shades for arched windows.

Hard-Wired" Motorization 
“Hard-wired” switch-control and remote-control systems.  Available for Duette honeycomb shades, Silhouette window shadings, Vignette® window shadings, vertical blinds, Provenance™ woven woods, designer screen shades, Remembrance™ window shades and Jubilance roman shades.  

LiteRise®
Eliminates operating cords and allows blinds to raise or lower with the touch of a finger. Available in Modern Precious Metal blinds, Country Woods® wood blinds, Brilliance pleated shades and Duette honeycomb shades.

LiteRise® Top-down/Bottom-Up
Eliminates operating cords and allows blinds to raise or lower with the touch of a finger. Shades can be operated top down, bottom up or in combination.  Available exclusively in Duette honeycomb shades. 

LiteRise® Duolite™
Eliminates operating cords and allows blinds to raise or lower with the touch of a finger. Two fabric panels are used – one between the top rail and center rail and one between the center rail and bottom rail. Each panel has its own set of lift cords so either fabric panel, or portion of a fabric panel, may be used to cover a window.  Available exclusively in Duette honeycomb shades. 

PermAssure® Safety Wand
A single control to traverse the fabric and rotate the vanes. Operates vertical blinds with a simple twist; A cord tethered to the wand traverses vanes across the window. Eliminates the chain and cord. Available on vertical blinds made with the Paramount™ track system.

PermaTilt®Wand Control System
Wand used to pull vertical blinds vanes from side to side. Provides traverse and rotation control in one single unit.  Available on vertical blinds made with the PermAlign track system.

PowerGlide®
Low-voltage plug and play motor that both traverses sheers and rotates vanes using a battery operated remote control. Available on Luminette Privacy Sheers.

PowerRise®
Wireless operation motorized system.  Battery powered shades and shadings are controlled by a battery powered remote control to raise and lower shades with the touch of a button. Available for Duette honeycomb shades, Brilliance pleated shades, Vignette window shadings and Silhouette® window shadings.  (Also provides tilt control for Silhouette vanes.)

PowerRise® Skylight
Wireless operation motorized system for skylight windows.  Battery powered framed shades are controlled by a battery-powered remote control to raise and lower shades with the touch of a button.  Features a long-life lithium battery.  Available only with Duette honeycomb shades.

PowerTilt™
Wireless operation motorized system. Battery operated remote control easily tilts slats open and closed on blinds that also are powered by batteries.  Available on Country Woods, EverWood®, and Modern Precious Metal blinds.

Prvacy/View 
Two fabric panels are used – one between the top rail and center rail and one between the center rail and bottom rail. Each panel has its own set of lift cords so either fabric panel, or portion of a fabric panel, may be used to cover a window.  Available on Brilliance™ pleated shades.

Simplicity™ 
Hardware system to cover skylights, windows on sloped walls or hard-to-reach windows.  Operates by lifting a handle either by hand or with an extension pole.  Available for Duette honeycomb shades and Brilliance pleated shades.

Skyrise® (Manual operation)
Heavy-duty Hardware system to cover skylights, windows on sloped walls or hard-to-reach windows.  Operates by lifting a handle either by hand or with an extension pole.  Covers larger windows than Simplicity.

Skyrise® (Motor operation)
Hard-wired, Heavy-duty Hardware system to cover skylights, windows on sloped walls or hard-to-reach windows.  Covers larger windows than PowerRise Skylight.

SoftGlide®
Continuous cord loop system to easily lift or lower large Roman shades. Available with Jubilance Roman Shades.

SoftRise®
Spring-like clutch lifting system with decorative pulls to raise or lower window shades.  Available with Remembrance window shades.

Ultraglide Top-down/Bottom-up 
keeps cords out of the way.

Top-Down/Bottom-Up
Shades can be operated top down, bottom up or in any combination of partially up and partially down.  Available on Duette and Applause honeycomb shades, Brilliance pleated shades and Jubilance roman shades. 

Top-Down/Bottom-Up with TiltAnywhere™
Shadings can be operated top down, bottom up or in combination of partially up and partially down. The TiltAnywhere feature allows vanes to function in any position.  Available

UltraGlide®
Retractable pull-cord system that keeps the cord at a constant length, whether the shade is raised or lowered. Available with Duette honeycomb shades or Silhouette window shadings.  On Silhouette shadings the same cord also controls tilting of the vanes.

UltraGlide® Top-Down/Bottom-Up
Retractable pull-cord system that keeps the cord at a constant length, whether the shade is raised or lowered.
Shades can be operated top down, bottom up or in any combination of partially up and partially down. Available with Duette honeycomb shades.

UltraGlide® DuoLite®
Retractable pull-cord system that keeps the cord at a constant length, whether the shade is raised or lowered.
Shades can be operated top down, bottom up or in any combination of partially up and partially down. Two fabric panels are used – one between the top rail and center rail and one between the center rail and bottom rail. Each panel has its own set of lift cords so either fabric panel, or portion of a fabric panel, may be used to cover a window.  Available on Duette honeycomb shades. 

Vertiglide™
Hardware system to move vertically oriented honeycomb shades from side to side on a track.  Available for Duette or Applause honeycomb shades.

 


 

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