Mirage Retractable Screen Feature Details

Pow­der Coated (5 step, certified)

Mirage Retractable Screens for­mu­lates their retractable screens’ fin­ish to exceed one of the tough­est paint stan­dards in the indus­try for UV and salt spray resis­tance, the AAMA 2604. Fur­ther, Mirage Retractable Screens are the only retractable screen prod­ucts with an exter­nally cer­ti­fied fin­ish: Q-Base Cer­ti­fied.

Be wary of our com­peti­tors’ non-powder-coated fin­ishes, as they will show exces­sive wear and fad­ing over the life of the product.

Super mag­net (3x stronger)

Mirage Retractable Screens come stan­dard with a latch­ing mag­net that is 3 times stronger than our com­pe­ti­tion. This ensures that the screen does not acci­den­tally open in high winds or other unex­pected circumstances.

The Mirage Retractable Screen super mag­net is also corrosion-resistant. Find­ing rusty mag­nets on our com­peti­tors’ year-old doors is not uncom­mon. Your Mirage Retractable Screen Door will fare better.

Mirage San Diego has tested many phys­i­cal latch­ing mech­a­nisms. We found that the Mirage Retractable Screen super mag­net is easy to use, per­forms well, and is reli­able (as it has no mov­ing parts). It is the best latch­ing sys­tem we have found.

Inter­nal Brass Bushings

The cen­tral shaft of Mirage Retractable Screens rotates in a sil­i­con brass bush­ing allow­ing it to with­stand hun­dreds of thou­sands of cycles with­out wear­ing of cru­cial parts. Our com­peti­tors use plas­tic bush­ings that do not endure pro­longed usage. Mirage Retractable Screens reg­u­larly tests screens through 250,000 cycles. Yes, you read cor­rectly… a quarter-million cycles!

Mirage Retractable Screens treats all inter­nal mov­ing parts with a long-lasting, tem­per­a­ture resis­tant lubri­cant to allow smooth move­ment while pre­vent­ing cor­ro­sion and annoy­ing squeaks.

Slow closer

Some of our com­peti­tors posi­tion their “slow-close” tech­nol­ogy as an advan­tage over Mirage Retractable Screen Doors. Indeed, it makes for an impres­sive demo. They allow a non-slow-closing retractable screen door to slam closed on a plas­tic pen cap. The pen cap breaks.

Mirage San Diego has tested and refuse to include the slow-close tech­nol­ogy, for two reasons:

1. Slow closers are the direct cause of sig­nif­i­cant main­te­nance issues
2. Slow closers are unnecessary

Slow clos­ing retractable screen doors func­tion well imme­di­ately after a proper install. But we have found a dif­fer­ent expe­ri­ence 6 – 9 months later. While the slow-closer is typ­i­cally prop­erly bal­anced ini­tially, over time, the slow closer falls out of bal­ance. This pulls the clos­ing rail out of square with the guid­ing track, pre­vent­ing the clos­ing of the screen. The “slow-close” becomes a “no-close”.

Slow closers are unnec­es­sary. You will find the proper oper­a­tion of Mirage Retractable Screens — keep­ing your hand on it through its full range of motion — to be quite natural.

In short, we refuse to add slow clos­ing tech­nol­ogy to our screen door instal­la­tions because your long-term sat­is­fac­tion is impor­tant. We believe Mirage Retractable Screens are a supe­rior prod­uct with­out a slow closer.

Deep Track

The Mirage deep track helps to stops screen blow-out. It holds the screen in place dur­ing windy conditions.

Teflon guides & handles

Mirage Retractable Screens man­u­fac­tures it’s guides using Teflon, which nat­u­rally pro­vides a long-lasting low-friction oper­a­tion of our retractable screens. Our com­pe­ti­tion requires monthly appli­ca­tion of a sil­i­cone spray. Invari­ably, such main­te­nance is neglected and their prod­ucts wear prematurely.