Thinking ahead to winter, for insulating my windows do I really nee one of those kits?

Question

You know those kits that have the plastic film, double stick tape and you use a hair dryer to shrink the plastic. Do you really have to buy the kit or would a roll of regular plastic film and double stick tape do just as well? I'm not going to put it up now but I wanna start stocking up on the supplies ahead of time.

Answer 1

I went the roll route it's a pain. Buy the kits they're much easier and more efficient.

Answer 2

Buy the kit. The plastic is different from regular plastic.