Ultimate Blackout Shade
100% blackout, guaranteed. Better sleep, style and comfort.
- Custom-made, built in Texas
- Easy to install, no experience required
- High-quality, 5-year warranty
- Love it, or send it back
FrameFrame color
FabricFabric color
- 100% Blackout
- Thermal regulation
- Aluminum frame
- Patented system
- Easy to install
- Interchangeable fabric
- Upgradeable
- Safe for kids and pets
- 5-year warranty
- 30-night free trial
- Fit Guaranteed
Choose your control
Your shade comes manual. Add a motor now, or make it ready for one later.
Would you like to upgrade to motorization later?
For a $15 setup fee, your shade has a PowerQ™ chip pre-installed, so you can switch to motorized anytime.
Choose your mount
Choose your orientation
Shown: an inside mount in white. Outside mount also available.
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- 100% blackout guarantee
- Manual, motorized or smart
- Patented tension system
- High quality American Aluminum
- Interchangeable fabric
- Thermal regulation
- Cordless & safe for kids
- Bottom-up or top-down closure
Sleep in 100% darkness
Stay cooler in summer
Total privacy day or night
Acoustic noise reduction
Everything arrives cut to your window, in parts that click together. Here is what you are holding.
American aluminum frame
Premium aluminum, finished in white or black and engineered for decades of daily use — not the plastic you find on cheaper shades.
Sealed channel system
The fabric runs inside a channel on both sides and seals at the frame, so no light gets around the edge. Patented, and the reason it is 100%.
Certified blackout fabric
OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certified: tested for harmful substances and safe for prolonged contact with skin. Five colors, and it swaps in minutes.
Everything to fit it
Mounting hardware, the tools, a quick-start card and a QR code to your own step-by-step video guide. Ten simple steps, no contractor.
In the box
Mounting hardware and assembly tools
Quick-start card and a QR code to your custom video guide
- Premium American aluminum frame
- Patented sealed channel system
- OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certified fabric
- Interchangeable fabric, five colors
- Windows we support
- Rectangular windows
- Square windows
- Arched windows
- Bay windows
- Sliding doors
- Tilted windows
- Skylights
Our shades are sized between 8" - 98" width and 16" - 100" height.
Surfaces you can install
Timber
Drywall
Metal
Masonry
Discover if UBlockout is suitable for your window
Six easy steps
Accurate measurements are key to a perfect fit. Follow these steps carefully and if you need help, our team is a video call away.
Step 1: Check your available space
Inside mount needs 1" recess depth. Outside mount needs 3" of flat surface.
Step 2: Measure your width
Use a metal tape measure to find the shortest width at three points across your window.
Step 3: Measure your height
Measure the shortest height at three points down your window.
Step 4: Check your window is within ¼″ square
Inside mount only. Compare diagonal measurements to catch any issues before ordering.
Check your window opening
Inside mount: check for obstructions inside the window recess. Outside mount: confirm you have enough flat surface around the window.
Step 6: Record your measurements
Write down your final width and height, rounded down to the nearest 1/16th.
How to measure
Our user-friendly guides and videos make measuring your windows a breeze. We guide you step-by-step for accurate measurements.
Ten easy steps
Installation is easy. Your MyUBlockout app includes video instructions custom-built for your exact order and our support team is always a video call away.
Step 1: Remove Side Frame Covers
Take off the side covers from the side frames.
Step 2: Assemble Top Frame
Connect the top frame to the corners of each side frame.
Step 3: Assemble Bottom Frame
Slide the bottom frame to the base of each side frame and fix it securely.
Step 4: Transfer, level and fix frame
Mount the frame in your window recess, ensure its level and fix it securely with a drill.
Step 5: Install Fabric Roll
Place the fabric roll into the top frame and side frame corners.
Step 6: Attach pulley string
Loop the cords that control your shade onto the handrail of the fabric roll.
Step 7: Attach Side Frame Covers
Clip the side covers back onto the each side frame.
Step 8: Release rotation locks
Unlock the shade fabric so it can move freely.
Step 9: Install Roller Cover
Clip the cover onto the top of the frame.
Step 10: Experience complete blackout
Lower your shade and experience total darkness.
Tools you need
Phillips Head screwdriver
Power drill
Step ladder
Another person
What's in the box
6 parts for 100% blackout
QR code to video instructions
Assembly kits
- 35,000+ successful DIY installs
- 10 simple steps
- 100% money back guarantee
- After-sales support and service
Our journey began in 2017 when our first-generation blackout solution became a runaway success in Australia.
With the rest of the world knocking on our door and the need for a better blackout solution ever increasing, we continued to innovate to deliver a more accessible, more effective, and more user-friendly solution.
UBlockout is the Ultimate Blackout Shade for better sleep, style and comfort.
We're based in Dallas, on a mission to provide exceptional experiences for our customers.
Great care is taken with every product we make and every interaction we have with our customers.
Transform your sleep and home
Light when you want it, dark when you need it. Blackout on demand, for better sleep and everything else your day holds.
Blackout on demand
City light. Streetlights, headlights, the city glow. None of it gets in.
Sleep soundly after a night shift
Shift work. Nurses, first responders, night owls: total darkness at noon, so day sleep counts.
Naps that actually happen
Family. A dark room at 2pm, and a toddler who sleeps past sunrise.
No more sleep mask
Comfort. The room goes fully dark, so nothing has to sit on your face.
“Literally changed my life”
Real impact. See how Jaelah can turn her room into a twilight zone at any time of day.
“My 3-month-old sleeps 12 hours”
Real parents. Ericka, a UBlockout customer, on what a pitch-black nursery changed.
Instant Home Cinema
Movie night. Movie night at noon. Total darkness turns any room into a theater.
Set the mood
Play. Star projectors, space lights, movie nights. Full light control is what makes them work.
Bottom up control
Bottom to top. Let light stream in from the top and keep private below.
Complete privacy
Privacy. No more nosy neighbors. From outside, no silhouettes and no glow.
A dark room for light-sensitive days
Light sensitivity. Migraine or light sensitivity? Get a pitch-black room on demand, even at midday.
Cooler summers, warmer winters
Temperature control. The fabric is an insulating barrier at the window, so you lean less on heating and cooling.
Simply beautiful
Master bedroom
Modern bedroom
Cozy retreat
Clean finish
Daylight blocked
Fitted shade
Minimal lookBlackout re-defined.
Zero light is just the start.
Upgradeable
Buy once, keep it for life. Add a motor or upgrade and swap the fabric later.
Stylish and powerful
Premium American aluminum. Engineered for decades of daily use.
Slim Profile
You only need 1" of unobstructed recess space to install (inside mount). Ultra-low-profile headbox and side channels sit flush against your window frame.
Patented tension system
Concealed tension: 100% light control with no external cords, no dangling strings and no safety hazards.
Quiet Operation
Meet PowerQ™ by UBlockout, our super quiet motor. Starting manual? Choose to prepare for a future upgrade and your shade gets a PowerQ chip we designed in-house, unique to UBlockout shades, so you can add PowerQ later.
Interchangeable Fabric
Swap your fabric color in minutes — no tools, no reinstallation. Buy a new fabric panel and click it into your existing frame. Refresh your room’s look or replace worn fabric without starting over.
Universal Mounting
Inside mount: fixed through the sides of the frame into your window recess. Compatible with timber, drywall, metal and masonry. Fits rectangular, square, arched, bay windows and sliding doors.*
Buy once, keep it for life. Add a motor or upgrade and swap the fabric later.
Premium American aluminum. Engineered for decades of daily use.
You only need 1" of unobstructed recess space to install (inside mount). Ultra-low-profile headbox and side channels sit flush against your window frame.
Concealed tension: 100% light control with no external cords, no dangling strings and no safety hazards.
Meet PowerQ™ by UBlockout, our super quiet motor. Starting manual? Choose to prepare for a future upgrade and your shade gets a PowerQ chip we designed in-house, unique to UBlockout shades, so you can add PowerQ later.
Run every motorized shade from the UBlockout app: schedules, scenes and room control, and Alexa, Google Home or Siri.
Swap your fabric color in minutes — no tools, no reinstallation. Buy a new fabric panel and click it into your existing frame. Refresh your room’s look or replace worn fabric without starting over.
Inside mount: fixed through the sides of the frame into your window recess. Compatible with timber, drywall, metal and masonry. Fits rectangular, square, arched, bay windows and sliding doors.*
Why settle for less than 100%?
Most blackout shades stop light at the fabric. UBlockout stops it at the frame — sealed channels on both sides, so nothing gets around the edge.
Not All Blackout Is Blackout.
Here's how UBlockout compares with the DIY blackout shades you'll find online.
- 100%dark at noon, guaranteed
- 7yrsResearch & Development
- 5yrlimited warranty
- Zero light leak
- Better sleep. Every night.
- Sealed at the frame, not just the fabric, so nothing gets around the edge
- A solution for life
- Upgradeable.
- Add a motor or swap the fabric later, no new shade
- Control
- Hand, remote, voice.
- Start manual; add PowerQ™ for remote, app, Alexa, Google Home and Siri
- Install
- Easy.
- Follow our simple video instructions via our install app
- Warranty
- 5 years.
- Premium American aluminum, built to last
- Support
- 7 days a week.
- USA-based support
- Darkness at noon
- 100% dark.
- Sealed channels on both sides, guaranteed
Reflects what these categories commonly offer. Specifications vary by brand and change over time.
Chase puts UBlockout to the test
Measuring, installing and his first night in true darkness. Watch the full review on YouTube.
Hear from 10,000+ happy sleepers
4.9
Reviews from people like you
Shades for my room
Just installed! Fairly simple anyone can install it. Haven’t tested it out in the day yet but looks great
Worked inside slated window trims!
Even though i had a bar in the center that was not remivable i was able to assemble and install shade inside window. Blocks out all light! Great for movie theater room!
The Best Shades Ever
We ordered 6-bedroom shades and love them! 3 are manual from the top down and the other 3 are remote controlled and are from the bottom up orientation. We are so thankful for them!
Amazing!! Don’t overthink, just buy!!
Absolutely love these Ublockout shades! My wife works night shifts, and these have been a total game changer for her sleep. They do an amazing job blocking out the sunlight and making the room feel dark even in the middle of the day. She can finally get some quality sleep without the daylight bothering her. She seriously can’t stop raving about them to everyone! There was a small miscommunication with the remote not arriving pre-programmed but an email was sent out just in time as I was installing the shades. In addition Josh followed up with me to ensure quality was up to standards and to follow up on the issue. Still…wish we had gotten them sooner. Highly recommend! Excellent customer service and they really stand by their product.
Phenomenal Blackout Shades
These blackout shades are fantastic, literally no light comes in, they have helped me sleep so much better by blocking out all light. The setup was not as easy as it seemed, but part of that was probably because it’s a bigger window and I installed it myself without any help. Overall these have increased my sleep quality a ton and I am able to function at a much higher level. 5 star product, 2-3 star installation.
Best thing since sliced bread!
The real deal! This is a true blackout solution.
Invest in you
Hear from people who have made the switch to sleeping in complete darkness
Kenna
“It’ll be one of the best investments you add to your house.”
Jimmy & Phoebe
“A complete game-changer for our family.”
Rizzo
“The install was so easy and the blackout is unreal.”
Jonathan
“Absolutely zero light comes through.”
Carmelisse
Let’s do this
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Hesitating about measuring? Let us help.
Book a quick video call and we’ll walk the window with you — what to measure, where to measure it, and how to check it before you order.
Quality from start to finish
Proudly built in Texas.
Nothing here comes off a shelf. The mission has not changed since that first shade: a 100% blackout shade for the ideal sleep environment, complete darkness.
2017
Our first blackout shade takes off in Australia
2023
Manufacturing plant set up in Dallas, Texas
Today
Every shade custom-made right here just for you
2017
Our first blackout shade takes off in Australia
2023
Manufacturing plant set up in Dallas, Texas
Today
Every shade custom-made right here just for you
Quote your whole home
Add every window, room by room. Prices update as you go, with the 3+ window discount applied.
What's in the box
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
- Aluminum frame components
- Blackout fabric (pre-cut)
- Mounting hardware
- Assembly tools
- QR code → custom video guide
- Quick-start card
Specifications
Every detail, on the record
The numbers behind the shade. If something you need is not here, our team has it.
- Style options
- Inside mount or outside mount
- Operation
- Manual (cordless) or motorized
- Shade orientation
- Top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top
- Smart home
- Alexa & Google Home via SmartHub (optional)
- Frame material
- American aluminum
- Frame colors
- White or Black
- Fabric
- OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certified blackout, tested for harmful substances and certified safe for prolonged contact with skin.About the standard
- Fabric colors
- Winter White, Ivory Cream, Silver Gray, Slate Charcoal, Midnight Black
Sizes are the maximum ranges we manufacture; your own window decides which apply.
Download the full spec sheet(PDF, 3.1 MB)(opens in a new tab)Frequently asked questions
If your question isn’t here, our team is available seven days a week.
Ordering
Windows come in all shapes and sizes.
They can have a ledge at the bottom (a ‘sill’) or a solid casing around the window opening (a ‘trim’). Some might have both a sill and trim. Other windows have no features at all (‘bare’). These window features may impact the most suitable mount type for you, or in some rare cases make your window unsuitable for a UBlockout shade. You'll be alerted to these limiting features during the order process.
Your window size may also impact your suitability for manual or motorized shades, as well as top to bottom or bottom to top orientation selection. Our order process will highlight these issues if they occur.
Read more about window suitability.
If you're still unsure, please reach out to our support at support@ublockout.com and we'll help you out.
Measuring
Installing
Payment + returns
Manufacturing + shipping
Better sleep guaranteed
“I was on the fence on how effective these would be - but let me tell you, it’s literally life changing.” — Adam