The Excel light-filtering vertical from So Easy Blinds is a vertical blind with an exceptionally broad palette - 124 colourways from £29.59. Vertical blinds hang fabric vanes from a top track that rotate for light control and slide aside to open, suiting windows and doors wider than they are tall. Excel's light-filtering fabrics soften daylight rather than blocking it, and the sheer breadth of colour is its standout feature.
Who it suits
Patio doors, bays and wide windows in living rooms, dining rooms, conservatories and offices. The light-filtering fabric is the defining choice: it diffuses daylight and gives daytime privacy while keeping the room bright, rather than darkening it. That suits living spaces you occupy in daylight far better than a blackout would - you get softened light and privacy without gloom.
It is not the choice for a bedroom that needs to go dark; light-filtering fabric passes daylight by design. For darkness on a wide window, a blackout vertical is the better answer.
The very wide palette - over eighty colourways - is the range's headline, and means you can match almost any scheme across a broad span of glazing. So Easy Blinds positions Excel above budget verticals, so the entry price is higher, reflecting the fabric and the choice.
The colours
124 colours available
With more than eighty colourways, the palette covers far more ground than a typical vertical: extensive beiges and creams (Amaris, Cleo, Cameo, Carlo, Java, Monarch), a large Splash family spanning many tones, and a wide spread beyond. The neutrals dominate and are the natural choices for a wide window that should stay calm, but the breadth means genuinely specific colour matches are possible in a way most ranges can't offer. All are light-filtering, so the choice here is purely colour.
Price by your dimensions
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At £29.59 to start, Excel is priced above budget verticals, reflecting the fabric quality and the enormous palette. A wide patio door will, as always, sit well above the entry figure. Enter your width and drop for the price at your size; it rounds up to the next standard size as So Easy Blinds quotes it.
How it compares
Against budget verticals (such as Blinds 2go's Sevilla), Excel's draw is palette depth and a consistent light-filtering fabric, at a higher price. If you need a precise colour match across wide glazing, the breadth is worth it; for a simple neutral, a cheaper range suffices.
Against a blackout vertical (such as 247's Trinity), Excel is the wrong tool for darkness - it filters light by design. Choose Excel for living spaces where softened daylight and privacy are the aim; choose a blackout vertical where a wide window needs to go dark.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Splash vertical blinds are sold under the same name by more than one UK retailer, and the price scales identically across window sizes - a strong sign it is the same fabric from the same supplier:
- Make My Blinds from £5.04
- Blinds By Post from £5.88
- Swift Direct Blinds from £6.08
- Blinds 2go from £10.75
- Blinds4You from £11.50
- 247 Blinds from £12.30
- Blinds Direct from £14.96
- Order Blinds from £18.90
- Vertical Blinds Direct from £20.94
- Shade & Story from £24.30
- Wilsons Blinds from £24.64
- So Easy Blinds this page from £29.59
We match these on the shared name and an identical price curve, not an independent inspection, so treat it as likely the same fabric rather than confirmed - and check the specification and colour at each retailer before buying.