I live in an apartment complex full of little goblins people call children. They like to run up and down the sidewalk for no discernible reason yelling at the top of their lungs while their parents watch on in mild amusement drinking wine on their patio. Lovely family time, I guess. So, naturally, I put these on every window I could. And now my evenings are much quiter, without sacrificing the look of my apartment. They’re easy to pull back during the day when the goblins are away and easy to cover when they emerge in the evenings. So I can just cover my windows and put on a movie and it’s like they’re not even there! These block out a lot of light and sound from the neighborhood and match my decor nicely. I put sheer white curtains over these to create a softer look in the bedroom and it’s gorgeous! Saves my sanity and creates a nice atmosphere.

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Not 100% blackout, but practically blackout. They're way better than the other "blackout" curtains I purchased from Target. Based on some other reviews, I was hesitant to try these. I'm recovering from Post Concussion Syndrome, and light makes my head hurt. I bought these for one room in my house as a test. They blackout enough light that I purchased more for every room of my house except the kitchen and bathroom. The picture is how the room looks in broad daylight (11:45 AM, bright cloudless day, August in California). I think if I was a night shift worker, needing to sleep during daylight, I would probably supplement these curtains with these liners https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003CHNBV8/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 which I put in my bedroom, and they block all light (except the top, which you could probably block with a towel or blanket or something).

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We needed blackout machine-washable curtains for our west facing sun room. But replacing all of them would be very costly so I first got a cheap pair of Eclipse that was on sale. They blocked the sun okay but the texture was horrible. It was like those sticky-plastic-y-old-and-dirty-motel-bulky curtains.

So I searched a bit more and found those. They are awesome! Sure, they don't look expensive nor fancy at all, but definitely not like that horrible sticky vinyl texture. These are thick, soft and light. For those who want to spend less, these are for ya!

We wanted to block the sun but I hate having dark color curtains. The beige worked out perfectly. It's not 100% blackout but does a good job of blocking about 85% sun and heat, so I bought again for the entire house. I also got white and grayish white.

The white did not block the sun much (maybe 50%, see picture). I was a bit worried how dark the grayish white would look. I was happy to see that it was very light gray. It "almost" looks like white in a shadow. It does a better blocking than white, although not as effective as beige.

I also like the grommet design. It's so easy to open and close the curtains.

I definitely buy again and recommend those!

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I’m a little bit disappointed in this order. The color and the curtains is adorable and the material I like it. But it definitely is not black out curtains at all. I have them up and my babies room and the camera doesn’t even shift tonight mode when I have them up. Here’s a picture of them and that’s with the blinds closed as well behind the curtains. If you’re looking for a black out I do not recommend buying these curtains.

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Keeps the heat down in Phoenix. Every outside wall to our Lab is floor to ceiling glass. We live & work on the top af one of the taller buildings downtown. I put these up in the studio behind computer racks, between the blinds and glass. They knocked down temperatures in the lab by 5-6 degrees immediately.