These Alexa-enabled curtains are one of my favorite recent purchases. I was surprised and impressed by the quality and thickness of the curtains themselves, as they really block out the light well. They are some of the best blackout curtains I’ve seen. The material looks great, and we were happy with the color.
The most fun thing about these curtains though is the ability to control them with our voice via Alexa. You can use simple commands like “Alexa open curtains” which opens them all the way, or be more precise like “Alexa set curtains to 80%”, which opens them 80% of the way open. Remember that when you are using percentages, it always refers to the percentage open; so “Set curtains to 10%” would be just slightly open. We haven’t yet included these curtains in any scheduled Routines, but that would probably be useful for some people that want to start their day with the curtains opening automatically.
There is also a handy little remote that you can use to control the curtains if you don’t want to use Alexa. On the remote there is open and close and pause, so you can easily stop the curtains at whatever spot you want them.
The curtains were fairly easy to install, but certainly two people makes it go much more quickly. We didn’t run into any problems at all. They can either be mounted on the wall or the ceiling, and we ended up going with a ceiling installation because it seemed a little easier and more stable.
We been using these now for about nine months, and so far, they have worked perfectly without any issues. We love these curtains, and we will likely be ordering more in the future.