Review on WONTEX Royal Blue Blackout Curtains: Insulating, Noise Reducing & Sun Blocking For Bedroom And Living Room, 42X84 Inches, 2 Panels by Matthew Nunez

I have been looking for a great blackout to place in one of my bedrooms triple sliding glass doors that has an intense South Florida South, East and West view directly on the water and 9 stories up. This means from around 3pm till sunset, the sun blasts into the room and it is intense, I have to keep a fan circulating even with the air conditioning on to keep it cool. I have a double curtain rod, sheers in the back and lovely gold front/white lined silk "sun reducing" curtains in front on the sheers. But if a guest is staying in the room it is full blown sun from sun up to sun down.I've only had them up for a day, but these white front/black lined "blackouts" are incredible. I placed them on the outer portion of the back rod where the sheers are so that I can let sun in when desired but black the room out when wanted by simply increasing the sheers and schruncing black out all the way tonthe outer still giving an airy look and feel.I've lived in this home for over 24 years and have never been able to achieve this level of darkness (even with different shade styles) which is thrilling. Cannot wait to save on my costly electrical bill and give guests a restful sleep too.Some have indicated that these were packaged wrong, smell or are rough. Mine are none of these. They are a thick soft white (almost like a mat polished cotton) front and the back is lined in black up till the seem of the grommets on top and base at the bottom where they are white on both sides. I will say that the only "complaint" I have is that they seem just a tad to long compared to all my 95" curtains.