I am very happy with these, they look great and do a good job of blocking the sunlight.  Couple of things to note...I had a few hesitations after reading reviews, mostly with the stripes lining up.  I had no problems but did notice that there is a "top" and "bottom" even though you can hang them from either end because there is an opening that a rod could slide through. However, you need to make sure that you are hanging them from the same end or the stripes won't line up.  Also, they do have a plastic-y type backing and are pretty thick, but I'm pretty sure they need that in order to block the light.  I would buy these again.