The front of our house faces South, and we needed something to block the sunlight. These arrived, and are thicker than we thought they would be. The weights in the bottom of the panels help them hang nice and straight. We appreciated the variety of options for hanging them. We may switch to pleats at some point. Only light steaming was required to remove some creases from packaging, but you wouldn't have to steam them at all and they'd still look great. The only reason for 4 stars is despite our curtain rod being level, we have one panel out of 4 that is shorter than the rest.  It equates to less than an inch, and not worth pursuing a return/exchange. But otherwise, we're very happy with how they look in our dining room.