Snowcity

What to know about shopping at Snowcity

Snowcity sells outdoor curtains and soft furnishings for covered outdoor spaces, which is a narrower brief than it first sounds. The catalog is built around curtain panels for patios, pergolas and gazebos, and the useful distinction between them is not color but the heading - grommet top, grommet top and bottom, or tab top. The grommet top and bottom style is the one to look at if wind is your problem, because threading the bottom edge as well as the top is what stops a panel billowing, and the brand pairs that with weighted hems for the same reason.

Beyond the opaque panels sit sheer versions for shade without full privacy, an insulated range using a cotton interlayer aimed at winter, and then outdoor furniture covers, waterproof pillows and cushions, outdoor shades and a patio decor line. The company develops its own fabrics under the WPS, WPF and PENGI names and makes a number of performance claims for them, including blackout, UV protection and waterproofing - those are its own descriptions of its materials rather than anything independently tested, so treat them as the manufacturer speaking.

Seasonality is straightforward here. Demand and pricing follow the outdoor season, so the deepest reductions land in fall as the patio season closes and again in winter clearance, while spring is when the range is fullest but least discounted.

Two practical tips. Measure the drop from the actual mounting rail rather than from the roof edge, because a covered patio usually has a beam that eats several inches and panels are sold in fixed lengths. And buy panels as a matched set in one order - color batches vary between production runs on outdoor fabric, and a replacement bought six months later is the one that will not match.

— MoneySaverCodes Team