- Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1867
- Cecil John Rhodes, 1896 as well
There's probably more than one around, but I don't get how it's supposed to work if I'm being honest
I think i have one of those. You're supposed to put one over the other. I you lay them down flat and line up the holes the rod goes inside both easily.
It almost looks like the one on the right is almost blackout but the one on the left isn’t. Did these come together or do you think someone packaged up the wrong curtain and returned it and you are the unlucky person who bought it?
Looked the exact same out of the package. The left side is where a big street lamp is so it’s getting ass blasted by light on that side
How close are you to that streetlight?
That blows, I am so sorry! If you don’t might a bit of a tacky look, you can get some foam board or whatever that stuff was called that we commonly used for grade school projects and tape it so it can fold in a z-shape fold for storage and put magnets on the edge to cover the windows during the day but take them off and store them when you want sunlight or if you alternate days and nights like I do.
I’m so doing this, I don’t care how tacky it is, I’m hot lol
I don't think blackout means what you think it means.
There are light filtering, room darkening, and blackout curtains. Blackout curtains should let no light pass through them. They're usually lined with an extra layer or two of fabric that also acts as an insulative and noise dampening barrier.
The OP said the one on the left was nearly blackout. It clearly isn't even close.
I remember when I was a kid my dad (who worked nights) had the windows in their bedroom covered with tin foil to keep the light out. That room was always pitch black.
It looks like the factory forgot to put the blackout lining on the left curtain.
Someone above mentioned that you are supposed to layer these, and I think they may be right. It's just supposed to be one curtain/panel, not two.
Maybe, but these grommet style curtains don’t layer normally (on a single rod at least). And they look real goofy layered on a double rod. My bet is a missing blackout liner on one of them.
Most pre-made blackout curtains here simply have no blackout lining. They're merely a sales tactic. I will always advice to check with a flashlight before buying. And don't buy online if you can help it.
We buy the ones at our Costco. Totally blocks out the light.
Yeah I have a Costco set but we’re in school and there’s not a Costco within 3 hours of us
Amazon is the next best thing. Get the ones with the highest reviews.
These were from Amazon 😂 ill go back and find some new ones or wait till we’re in Costco territory
I have Miulee curtains from Amazon and they are genuine blackout curtains. I highly recommend them. I even bought throw pillows covers from the same brand, the texture is lovely
Show the packaging? I find it hard to believe that these curtains were advertised as 100% blackout. They would be getting returns non stop.
That’s crazy. I would send them back then and leave a one star review.
I bought some similar on Amazon and was equally disappointed. However, 2 pairs together actually work, total black out. Mine are black in color too.
Roll the blinders down.
Blackout curtains are just curtains with thick liners. Although odd that they are separate it looks like she’s hung the curtain on the left and the liner on the right.
I put a black shower curtain behind mines, works great.
Did she get the earth friendly blackout curtains…lol
Maybe it's a victim of shrinkflation too and became thinner. I have light blue ones in my living room that I bought 8yrs. ago (sunavabitch) and they are thick and blocks out light when it's too sunny outside.
Scimpflation: Worsening of materials or ingredients. More plastic instead of real wool for example
Shrinkflation: the curtain is shorter now
TIL. Thanks!
I've seen side by sides that show exactly this. Over the last couple years they've made them significantly thinner.
I think I got some old ones in a garbage bag from when I was third shift, I got that fix if anyone is in need. $74.99 a panel....
This is why I don’t trust white colored black out curtains
Who thinks white colour curtains would block out all light?
I got white ones and it's thick so it does a pretty good job.
Curtains sold as “blackout” typically use a blackout liner. This includes white blackout curtains with white blackout liner.
Regular white curtains alone will not block light. That isn’t what OP purchased.
We have no idea what OP purchased because we can't see the packaging...
They literally say it in the title. But maybe they’re lying - guess we’ll never know.
Not lying, just ignorant
However we can deduce that OP didn’t buy blackout lined curtains
Why would the color of the curtain matter at all?
The color doesn't matter, it's the thickness of the material that blocks out the light.
Darker curtains make it, wait for it, darker
What does it look like with the blind shut …. You may need a dark brown blackout curtain.
Blackout the SUN RAYS not the sun, it’s good for your skin
Nah, blackout curtains are supposed to make a room dark during the day, they're most often used by people who work night shifts and thus sleep during the day.
Even then, unless you go to extremes, the room isn't going to be completely dark. Dark enough to sleep, though.
So my GF bought white blackout curtains and that’s what our room looked like, it wasn’t until we bought a darker colour that we got our room to be completely dark. In any case it seems like false advertisement
Yeah, "white blackout curtains" feels like an oxymoron - black ones are going to block a lot more light with a lot less material.
Yep, complete rip-off. I recently bought "black out" curtains for my room.....absolute disappointment. False advertisement...I just hang an extra sheet/blanket over them.
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Definitely keeping out the black.