VELUXZOZ 085 Telescopic Control Rod Adapter for Operating Roof Window Blinds Out of Reach

Easy to fitSimple addition which should be included with every blind and not as a separate purchase!

This was quite expensive for what it is, and even when fitted, opening and closing the blind was still difficult using the Velux pole. However, it did make opening and closing somewhat easier.

Easy to install. Works very nicely with the Velux own-brand window-opening tool; easy to use to slide a blind up and down out of reach.Lost one star for silly packaging. I ordered two of these. Each one arrived in its own box. Each box was inside its own big envelope. Seriously? Two identical parcels, way bigger than they needed to be for dinky little handles. Lack of joined up thinking there.

This really does work. For out of reach windows which you need to use the extendable pole for, this 'thing' allows you to grip on to push and pull the blind. Attaching it, like all velux fittings, is simple and just works as it's meant to.As with all things velux it has a price tag, but in our case it was cheaper than replacing the wooden frame which was slowly being trashed by hitting it with the pole each time we tried to close the blind.

Velux products are usually excellent but this isn’t. Fiddly to fit unless you have the ideal screwdriver and the interface with the pole is very poor. With duo blinds you need two of these per blind, so expensive for what must cost 10p to manufacture. If you can’t reach your blinds with a stepladder then you’ll probably struggle to open and close the blinds with the pole.

It's OK does its job

Easy to install but required if using a window pole but not advertised as required with a pole.

This is very fiddly to fit. If your Velux is low enough to reach by hand, don't bother buying this, just use the indent on the blind itself. If you need a pole to reach up to close the blind, its almost impossible to get the pole to stay in this adaptor. I'm surprised I haven't damaged the glass with the amount of times the pole has jumped out of the adaptor and bashed against the glass. I've now worked out how to use the pole very slowly in the Velux groove, with no need for this item. Great idea, just doesn't work.