OmegaTex™ is the hurricane fabric used in every MaxForce™ Hurricane Screen by Fenetex®. Woven in the USA by Twitchell Technical Products, it pairs vinyl-coated polyester yarns with 2000 denier Kevlar® core yarns, blocks up to 91% of UV rays and carries a 15-year limited fabric warranty for hurricane shading applications.*
*Twitchell Technical Products limited warranty. See warranty details.
Most screen fabrics are woven from a single coated polyester yarn. OmegaTex™ is a hybrid. Its lengthwise (warp) yarns are vinyl-coated polyester, and its crosswise (fill) yarns are vinyl-coated Kevlar®, the aramid fiber used in protective gear.
The polyester gives the fabric its shape and flexibility. The Kevlar® gives it strength. Woven together in a tight 22 by 13.5 construction, they spread the force of wind and impact across the whole face of the screen instead of letting it concentrate in one spot.
Twitchell, based in Dothan, Alabama, has woven technical fabrics for more than a century and calls OmegaTex™ the original hurricane screen. The current version replaces earlier aramid yarns with genuine Kevlar®.
Pound for pound, Kevlar® fiber is five times stronger than steel. In a screen, that means a fabric that resists tearing and stretching without becoming heavy or stiff.
Measured to ASTM D3786. The fabric resists pressure pushing through its face.
Measured to ASTM D4833. Sharp, flying debris has to work hard to get through.
Trapezoidal tear, ASTM D1117. Once nicked, the Kevlar® yarns resist a tear spreading.
A hurricane rating belongs to a complete, tested system: fabric, hood, track, anchoring and installation together. Strong fabric in a weak track will not hold.
Twitchell reports that OmegaTex™ has passed the Miami-Dade County projectile test and high velocity test when used in screening systems that are NOA labeled and Miami-Dade tested. In that test, a 2×4 is fired from an air cannon into the center and corner of the screen.
MaxForce™ Hurricane Screens pair OmegaTex™ with a track that uses Quiet Spring Technology™ to keep the fabric tensioned and locked in. The complete system is tested and certified for the 185 mph wind zone (HVHZ)* and approved for use in Miami-Dade County and the HVHZ under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.
Performance depends on installation to the product approval by a trained, authorized dealer. Read what "hurricane rated" really means.
Published by Twitchell Technical Products (January 2025 data sheet). Warp runs the length of the roll; fill runs across it.
| Property | Test method | Warp | Fill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction (yarns per inch) | ASTM D3775 | 22.0 | 13.5 |
| Weight | ASTM D3776 | 19.5 oz/yd² | |
| Tensile strength, grab | ASTM D5034 | 711 lbf | 749 lbf |
| Tensile strength, strip | ASTM D5035 | 417 lbf | 251 lbf |
| Tear strength, trapezoidal | ASTM D1117 | 182 lbf | 285 lbf |
| Elongation | ASTM D5035 | 42.8% | 12.3% |
| Ball burst | ASTM D3787 | 460+ lbf | |
| Bursting strength | ASTM D3786 | 1,250+ psi | |
| Puncture resistance | ASTM D4833 | 364 lbf | |
| Abrasion resistance | ASTM D3884 | No exposure to core yarn | |
| Weatherability, 1,200 hours | ASTM G53 | Trace discoloration | |
| Openness | Calculated | 9% open / 91% cover | |
| UV transmittance (Black) | Twitchell solar data | 8% | |
Results represent data from single test samples supplied by Twitchell. No specification is incorporated. Fabric is supplied in 126" widths.
OmegaTex™ is UV stable, so it is built to stay deployed through Florida sun without the degradation that breaks down ordinary screen fabrics. That is the idea behind MaxForce™ 365: one screen for daily comfort and storm readiness.
From outside in daylight, the tight weave reads almost solid. From inside, you look out. You get privacy from the street and your view of the yard at the same time.
Curious how the screen runs day to day? See how motorized hurricane screens work.
Darker fabrics are usually easier to see through. Lighter fabrics reflect more heat. Your dealer will bring physical samples, because on-screen color is only a guide.
Swatches are approximate. Twitchell notes that cameras and monitors cannot show fabric color exactly.
Twitchell covers OmegaTex™ with a 15-year limited warranty for fixed and operable hurricane shading applications. It covers defects in materials and workmanship, and excessive loss of color or strength from normal exposure to sunlight, rot, mildew or atmospheric chemicals.
Like most fabric warranties, it does not cover damage from storms, accidents, neglect or improper care. Your MaxForce™ system is also backed by the Fenetex® Limited Lifetime Warranty. Your authorized dealer will walk you through what each one covers.
Clean the fabric at least twice a year, and more often near the coast or in high-traffic spaces. Regular cleaning is part of proper care under the fabric warranty.
Treat stains as soon as you see them. Never use abrasive household cleaners.
You may notice light striations across OmegaTex™. They come from the way the Kevlar® yarns sit in the weave. They are a characteristic of the fabric, not a defect and not a sign of wear.
OmegaTex™ is a hurricane screen fabric made by Twitchell Technical Products in Dothan, Alabama. It is woven from vinyl-coated polyester yarns in one direction and vinyl-coated Kevlar® yarns in the other. It is the fabric used in every MaxForce™ Hurricane Screen.
Yes. The current OmegaTex™ uses 2000 denier Kevlar® core yarns in the fill direction. Kevlar® is a trademark of affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
No. StormShield™ 90 and 95 are a separate Twitchell product: a lighter, Kevlar®-reinforced solar shade fabric made for wind abatement. Twitchell states that it does not endorse or warrant StormShield™ as a hurricane screen. MaxForce™ Hurricane Screens use OmegaTex™ hurricane fabric only.
No. Hurricane ratings apply to a complete, tested system installed to its product approval. MaxForce™ is tested and certified for the 185 mph wind zone (HVHZ) and approved under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15 as a full system of fabric, hood, track and anchoring.
Yes, from the inside. With 9% openness, you see out clearly in daylight while people outside see much less. Darker colors usually give the clearest view.
Yes. OmegaTex™ is UV stable and built for year-round exposure, so you can use it for shade, privacy and bug protection every day, not just when a storm is coming.
Light striations come from the Kevlar® yarns in the weave. They are a normal characteristic of OmegaTex™, not a defect or wear.
Sponge it with one cup of mild detergent and one cup of household bleach in three gallons of water, rinse well with clear water and let it air dry. Clean at least twice a year and avoid abrasive cleaners.
Six: White, White/Tan, Granite, Bronze, Black/Tan and Black. Ask your dealer for physical samples before you choose.
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An authorized MaxForce™ dealer will bring fabric samples, measure your openings and show you how the system fits your home.
Talk to an authorized dealer nowStill comparing options? Read what is the best hurricane screen or compare shutters, screens and impact glass.
MaxForce™ gives you approved hurricane protection you can use every day. Shutters are stored until a storm and close off your view; MaxForce™ is motorized, deploys in under a minute at the push of a button, and lets you see out while it's down. Between storms, the same screen blocks sun and keeps insects out.
Proven means tested. MaxForce™ Hurricane Screens are engineered for use in High Velocity Hurricane Zones and approved for Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15, rated for the 185 MPH wind zone. But. A hurricane screen that only comes down a few days a year is hard to justify.
MaxForce™ earns its place 365 days a year, blocking the sun, keeping bugs off your lanai, and giving you daytime patio privacy, all at the push of a button.
The self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track keeps it taut, quiet, and smooth every time it runs, minimizing costly service calls.
That is the MaxForce™ difference. One screen. Every season. Every storm. That's MaxForce™ 365.
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Blocks up to 91% of UV rays
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Every MaxForce™ hurricane screen is built around three parts that work together: calibrated spring tension, a self-adjusting track, and a keder edge that holds the fabric in that track. The result is protection that's comfortable to use every day and ready for the day it matters most.
Calibrated spring tension delivers continuous, fine-tuned adjustment as the screen deploys and retracts — quieter and smoother than the fixed-track system it replaces.
The track adjusts on its own as temperatures change and as wind pushes on the screen, so you never have to adjust it.
An engineered fabric-to-track sealing system maintains hurricane-grade edge retention while keeping the visible surface smooth and architectural in every condition.
Anyone can print "hurricane rated" on a box. Approval is harder. A product first has to pass lab tests for flying debris and wind pressure, and then the state has to accept those results as meeting the building code. MaxForce™ passed the Miami-Dade TAS and ASTM impact and pressure tests and is approved for use in Miami-Dade County and the High Velocity Hurricane Zone under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.
Here are the tests MaxForce™ passed and the approval they earned:
FL8637-R15 is listed in Florida's Building Code Information System (BCIS), so your building official can look up the approval for themselves.
The spring-tensioned track holds the screen's edge in place when wind pushes on the fabric.
Built for High Velocity Hurricane Zones and rated for the 185 MPH wind zone. On ordinary days it keeps out sun, rain, bugs and dust.
A hurricane screen is only as strong as its fabric. MaxForce™ uses OmegaTex hurricane fabric, made with Kevlar® fiber. The system was impact-tested to Miami-Dade TAS 201 and ASTM E1886 and E1996 as part of MaxForce Hurricane Screens earning Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15. Around the fabric, a powder-coated aluminum frame, high-strength nylon corners, and a weighted bottom bar keep every screen square and in its track.
Powder-coated aluminum frames, high-strength nylon corners and OmegaTex hurricane fabric, chosen to stand up to Florida sun, rain and humidity.
Powder-coated aluminum protects your investment from weather and corrosion.
Lifetime coverage on the aluminum and proprietary components. 10 years on the hurricane fabric, 5 years on the motor, and 5 or 3 years on the paint. Original owner.
Shutters mean panels, hardware and a ladder, usually in the heat and usually the day before a storm. MaxForce™ screens are motorized: press a button and each screen lowers in under a minute. Motors are available from Fenetex, Somfy, Gaposa and Simu, and every one has obstacle detection that stops the screen if something is in its path. Add a Bond Bridge Pro hub and you can run your screens from your phone, even when you're away.
Run MaxForce™ screens by remote, by phone app with a Bond Bridge Pro hub, by voice with Alexa or Google Assistant, or through Control4, Crestron or Savant.
The self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track keeps the screen taut on its own. No track adjustments, no zippers to break, no cables to fray.
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Between storms, the same hurricane fabric does the work of a sun screen. Lower it on a hot afternoon and it blocks 91% of UV, cutting glare and heat on the lanai and slowing fading on furniture and flooring. Because the shade is on the outside, the sun is stopped before it reaches the glass. During the day you can still see out, while it's hard for anyone outside to see in.
Exterior shade can cut heat on your patio and help with cooling. Ask your insurance agent whether approved opening protection qualifies for a wind-mitigation discount.
A self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track keeps your screen quiet, taut and storm-ready year-round.
Lower your screens and the fabric keeps mosquitoes and other insects off the lanai. The edges stay in their side tracks from top to bottom, with no zippers to wear out, and the weighted bottom bar rests on the floor to close the opening. Raise them and the view is wide open again, with nothing permanent in the way.
Every screen is built to your openings. Choose from six fabric colors and four frame colors, or have the frame custom painted to match your home.
Slim profiles and clean lines suit any architecture. Raised, the screen rolls up out of sight. Lowered, it's one clean panel of fabric.
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It depends on what you need the system to do. Impact glass protects against direct hurricane impact but doesn't retract — it's permanent architecture. Shutters protect well but require manual deployment or storage. MaxForce™ screens deploy in under sixty seconds, retract completely out of sight when not needed, and provide year-round UV and insect protection that the other two systems don't. For homeowners who use their patio or lanai throughout the year, the retractability often justifies the choice.
Earlier MaxForce systems used a fixed-track design — strong, but without the continuous adjustment the new system provides. Today's MaxForce™ uses a self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track that keeps the screen under steady tension as it opens, closes and takes wind load. The result is quiet, smooth, everyday operation that the fixed-track generation couldn't deliver, with the same approval for use in Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.
Price reflects what goes into each screen: a self-adjusting, spring-tensioned track, OmegaTex hurricane fabric, a heavy weight bar with reinforced nylon corners, a motor, and a screen custom-built to each opening and installed by an authorized dealer. It also reflects the testing behind Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15. Your dealer can walk you through the quote line by line.
MaxForce screens carry a limited manufacturer's warranty from Fenetex against manufacturing defects, with coverage that varies by component. Aluminum, proprietary components, and welded seams are covered for the life of the system — for as long as the system or compatible systems remain in production and parts are available. Motors and operators are covered for 5 years. Hurricane fabric carries a 10-year UV-stability warranty. Paint finishes are covered for 5 years when installed more than a mile from the coast, and 3 years within a mile of the coast. The warranty applies to the original owner and is not transferable. When you compare warranties, look at what each part is covered for, for how long, and whether coverage transfers if you sell the home.
MaxForce™ was tested to the lab protocols that Florida uses to simulate a major storm: Miami-Dade TAS 201 (impact), TAS 202 (static pressure) and TAS 203 (cyclic pressure), and ASTM E1886, E1996 and E330. Passing those tests is what earned approval for use in Miami-Dade County and the High Velocity Hurricane Zone under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15.
No product can promise how it will perform in a particular storm, because every storm and every home is different. Here is what we can say: MaxForce™ hurricane screens are engineered for use in High Velocity Hurricane Zones and approved for Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15, rated for the 185 MPH wind zone. To earn that approval, the system passed the TAS 201 large- and small-missile impact tests and the TAS 202 and TAS 203 pressure tests. A wind zone rating describes the design wind speed the building code uses for an area; it is not a promise about a particular hurricane category. In any major hurricane, follow your local evacuation orders.
Yes. Most owners use MaxForce™ every day for shade, insect and privacy control, and lower it for storms. It's installed on homes across the country, not only in coastal Florida. Building codes outside Florida set their own wind requirements, so your dealer checks what applies where you live.
Both. MaxForce™ screens can be added to existing homes as well as new construction. Your dealer checks that the framing around each opening can carry the track, measures every opening, and the screens are built to those numbers. Most residential installations take one to two days once the screens are made.
Protecting a patio or lanai from hurricane-force winds isn't a single decision — it's a sequence of them. A hurricane screen has to be tested for wind pressure, flying debris and the pressure difference that builds when a storm surrounds a structure, and then approved for use where you live. The right system depends on your home's exposure, the size and orientation of the opening, local building code requirements, and whether you want passive or motorized protection. MaxForce™ motorized hurricane screens are engineered for use in High Velocity Hurricane Zones and approved for Miami-Dade County under Florida Product Approval FL8637-R15 — among the most demanding hurricane standards in the United States — and deploy in under a minute at the press of a button. Understanding what separates a code-compliant installation from a cosmetic one is the difference between protection and exposure.
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