Moondream DecibelControl™ 3-in-1 Soundproof Curtain | Noise Reduction | Thermal Insulation | 100% Blackout | Patented Technology | Made in Europe | Grommet | 55" W x 63" L | Beige - Eggshell MC634

I bought two panels and absolutely love them. They look great out of the box, no smell and no wrinkles. They are 100% effective at blocking light. I can hold my iPhone's LED light directly behind the curtain and no light will shine through. They are also effective at blocking noise, but you need to have some reasonable expectations. Its clear different people have different expectations, which is why these curtains draw mixed reviews for their noise cancellation. There are some noises that these curtains will NOT block, but then again, I doubt any curtain can block all noises. I live in a busy city so I can give you some examples. The curtains will not block out the sirens from emergency vehicles - no chance! They also cannot block the loud, low frequency sounds such as the rumble of a large truck as it rolls right past my building, or loud bass from a car radio or whatever. What they can do, however, is significantly reduce the mundane droning noises off the street. Typical passenger vehicles are reduced to minor background noise, and the sound of people on the sidewalk is also greatly reduced. You should note that "reduced" does not always mean "entirely eliminated" though. Every now and then some drunk person will be yelling loudly on the sidewalk, and that can still be heard, but at a greatly reduced volume. I am actually interested in soundproof enough to the point where I want to make a YouTube video demonstrating what can and cannot be reduced. For now though, I can tell you that I got about 3-6dB reduction as measured by a professional iPhone app that I use. Just know that the 3-6dB reduction is an average based on the ambient noise at my condo. Noises that are particularly loud, or of a particularly low frequency (think bass) will continue to get into the unit. I gave four stars on the "value for money" because they are a bit pricey, but I am not aware of a comparable alternative that is cheaper, so I guess the price is fair. I also gave only four stars on material quality because the liner is marketed at being aluminum but the contents of the liner are, in fact, only about 0.1% aluminum or something like that. For practical purposes, just think of this as a polyester curtain.

These far exceeded my expectations. I wasn’t sure if they would work for drilling and construction sounds, but they actually work quite well. It took the noise from “sounds like someone is drilling next to in my ear” to just, audible sound outside, soft enough I could sleep through it. Definitely worth the money.

does not soundproof, really nice curtain otherwise

I bought these curtains to use as a temporary door until our glass door was installed in our bedroom. Unfortunately the door was custom designed and the opening an odd size so it’s been a huge pain. The designer is also super old and cranky, he does not like to be rushed and gave me a 4 month timeline 🫣. Also, the glass was hand etched in a design that matches the other glass in. The room. Our house is all wood floors and we don’t have carpets and solid color doors (the original owners decided to have all the doors glass and because of that closing a door does nothing to block noise at all. After a month of living in a home where I could hear my dogs clacking around downstairs (she is 14 lbs and it sounded like we had a 100lb Great Dane living here) it was soooooo bad I could even hear my husband when he got off the couch. At night my cats were going crazy ruining our furniture (I had no idea) I could hear them race around the basement floors and they usually are silent. So I had enough and decided to do something before I went crazy. I did some research and learned fabric absorbs soiunds more effectively than most people realize. So I started with heavy velvet curtains put in the doorway. Unfortunately, they did nothing. So I said to myself I am going to spend the money and buy 4 sets to layer for noise reduction. Did not work either, finally I found Moondream curtains. What I like 1. They insulate the room so well we were able to lower the air conditioning by several degrees which made our bills $100’s of dollars less and our room temperature was kept at a steady temp where before it fluctuated multiple times a day. 2. They are very sturdy (I have washed them over Sox times and (the labels explicitly say they are not to be washed) 3. They are very heavy, weighing so much that I had to purchase a curtain rod with screw because the tension rods could not hold them. The weight is a good sign there are four layers of fabric and the inner fabric is the insulation (I wanted the 4 layer type because I needed as much sound absorbing possibility I could find ) 4. The velvet is thick, and a quality material, it can get marks from pressure like if you grab them with a wet hand but they easily are smoothed out using a fabric steamer 5. They block odors, my husband loves sneak those gross 🤮 cigars when I am out of the house and it would take a few days of open windows just to air it out, the curtains block the majority of the odor and once I had them flush on the ceiling the bedroom smelled just as good as it did on the days he wasn’t smoking cigars 6. If installed properly they look rather nice, and they block all light so that’s also a plus.

YES, these curtains do indeed significantly reduce noise. The noise reduction power is obviously not going to be as good as a wooden door, but the curtain has about 30% the noise reduction power of one. That's not bad considering it's a curtain. I have tested them extensively, because my sister has a loud 2 year old, and these curtains are helping me immensely. I placed two of them about 6 inches apart in the hallway next to my door. I don't hear the 2 year old playing anymore. When the curtains are open, my room door doesn't have enough power to reduce the noise enough. When I close both curtains, there is a huge difference and I rarely hear anything. If you are using only one curtain by itself, don't expect it to completely block sounds. But it does reduce them, and you can easily test this. Put up the curtain in a hallway, and turn your vacuum cleaner on about a few feet away. Then open and close the curtain and you'll hear the drastic difference. And by using two curtains together in that way, you get almost the same noise reduction of one typical wooden door, or very close. This is impressive because all other curtains I have used produce no significant noise reduction at all. So for all the people who claim this doesn't work, they are either blind or they have very unrealistic expectations, thinking this curtain would somehow reduce all noise to zero. Not even a door will do that. As a tip, if you put these curtains in your hallway, place the curtain rod at a slight angle towards one end, and make sure the curtain sits about one inch off the ground. This will allow the curtain to close all by itself after someone pushes it aside when walking by. I did this myself because my sister would never close the curtain. But by slightly angling the curtain rod, gravity pulls it shut. You have to then use some string or something to tie the other side of the curtain to the end of the curtain rod so that it doesn't also being to slide, but that's easy to do. In the end, you have a very effective sound barrier if you place two of these curtains 6 inches apart in a hallway, and they always remained closed if you angle the curtain rod a bit. I also have one of these in front of my door, which also helps. It's a tight squeeze depending on how much room there is for the curtain rod, but you can usually make it work. You can be very creative with these things and where you place them. You can also use a number of pinching clips to shorten the curtain to any length you want.

Expensive investment, it doesn't really work - better off spending your $$$ on VELVET curtains, they look best AND will do a much better job at soundproofing... even cheaper!

These Currentains truly keep the cold out my apartment gets extremely cold because who ever built my apartment neglected to put any insulation in the walls or ceiling & the windows has Ridiculous drafts. When I put plastic on the windows to cover they would bubble up from all the drafts. So these very Thick 3 layer Black out Curtains Really do a phenomenal job well worth the money & the also look Great I purchased the chocolate brown. Apsolutly love them.

I like that this curtain is thick and seems well made, but it’s definitely not soundproof. May cut down sound a little. A little disappointed because I was really looking for significant sound reduction.