Telling a genuine curtain from a copy

Counterfeit slat is sold as the real section at close to the real price. Three checks separate them, and only one of them needs a phone.

Roller shutter slat is copied, and the copy is not sold cheap — it is sold as the original at close to the original price. The difference shows up two years later as a curtain that has faded, or a slat end that has worn through.

Three checks. The label carries a code that resolves against the manufacturer’s record, which is the only check that is conclusive on its own. By eye: a genuine section has clean edges with no flash at the extrusion line, consistent wall thickness along the slat, and end caps that sit flush rather than proud. And the paperwork — a genuine curtain is sold with its warranty registered against the installation, not handed over as a generic slip.

For a distributor the practical rule is simpler: buy the curtain, the guides and the operator as one order from one source. A copied slat reaches a site because someone bought the parts separately and the cheapest slat won.