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Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout vs NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.5 vs 4.4). The gap is mostly about Shoppers who want strong blackout performance plus decorative range, colors, styles, and sheer-lace overlays, rather than a plain utilitarian panel. — read the strengths below before deciding.

Higher ratedRanked #2 in Best Blackout Curtains

Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout

4.5

1 source$28.99as of Aug 1

The Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout is the style-forward pick, named Bob Vila's 'Best Style' for its dual-layer and sheer-lace design options. Triple-weave panels block up to 99% of light and 100% of UV, hang from smooth stainless-steel nickel grommets, and come in the widest range of colors and styles here. It costs a bit more than the budget leaders and tops out just below true-blackout territory. For blackout performance with real decorative range, nothing else here compares.

Strengths

— Blocks up to 99% of light and 100% of UV rays via triple-weave construction
— Bob Vila named the Best Home Fashion line 'Best Style' for its dual-layer sheer-lace design options
— Stainless steel nickel grommets (1.6-inch inner diameter, eight per panel) slide smoothly

Watch-outs

— Pricier than the top-ranked Amazon Basics and NICETOWN panels
— Light blocking tops out around 99%, a hair behind the true-blackout leaders, and varies by color
— Some decorative lace-overlay versions trade a little blackout for style

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Ranked #3 in Best Blackout Curtains

NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout

4.4

3 sources1 derived$17.95as of Aug 1

The NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout takes the top spot on CNN Underscored's flashlight test, where it was the only panel that let no light through. The lined triple-weave build also adds thermal insulation and some sound damping, and the panels cost very little. Consumer Reports is cooler on it, flagging glare from the pure-white colourway, so the colour you pick matters.

Strengths

— The only curtain to pass CNN Underscored's flashlight test with no light visible through the fabric
— Lined triple-weave construction rated at 85 to 99 percent light blocking
— Silver grommets with a 1.6-inch inner diameter slide easily onto a standard rod

Watch-outs

— Consumer Reports found the pure-white colourway produces noticeable glare
— Lighter colours sit at the bottom of the 85 to 99 percent blocking range
— The lining makes the panels heavy and somewhat stiff to drape

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How they stack up

Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout

Matches the Eclipse Fresno's roughly 99% light blocking and uses grommets like the Amazon Basics Room Darkening Blackout and NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout, but offers far more decorative range, including lace-overlay styles. It costs more than the Amazon Basics Room Darkening Blackout and NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout, and blocks far more light than the Sun Zero Barrow.

NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout

It blocked light more completely than the Amazon Basics Room Darkening Blackout, Eclipse Fresno, Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout and Sun Zero Barrow in CNN's flashlight test, the only panel to pass it. It shares the triple-weave approach of the Amazon Basics panels, but the extra lining is what pushes it ahead on true blackout.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Best Home Fashion Premium Blackout	NICETOWN Contemporary Lined Blackout
Fabric	100% polyester, triple-weave	Triple-weave polyester (lined)
Light Blocking	Up to 99% (100% UV)	85-99%
Header	Stainless steel nickel grommet (8 per panel, 1.6 in)	Silver grommet (1.6 in inner dia.)
Sizes	52 x 84 in (and many sizes), 2 panels	52 x 84 in (and other sizes), 2 panels
Thermal	Insulating	Insulating
Styles	Solid, lace overlay, flame-retardant options	—
Reversible	Same color front and back	Same color both sides
Care	Machine washable	Machine washable
Material	Polyester, Polyester Blend	Fabric
Dimensions	84"L x 52"W	63"L x 52"W
Noise	—	Sound-reducing

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