9 Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Consider other smart shades

We have tested a few other smart shades and retrofit devices. There are a few that have been narrowly missed somewhere in the above.

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Rice Smartcarten at $ 150: Another retrofit device for your window covering, the AYSE smartCartine is very easy to fit. It works finely with the rod rail screen and is properly quiet in about 36 decibels, if you have a pair of curtains you will need two and it is relatively expensive. Also consider what you need Rice Smartbridge ($ 50) In order to schedule the hub, attach smart home devices for voice control, or control multiple devices. Except for the hub, you can only connect to a screen via Bluetooth at once. The two rechargeable 18,650 Li battery is expected to run for eight months. There is no charger in the box, though you can clearly make a free request. Although it is a decent product, it is more expensive, less versatile and generally inferior to switchboat cartain 3.

Akhara Curtain Driver E1 for $ 90: With a separate model for the rod or track screen, it is much like the above switchbot carten 3, but it is not quite good. This is even bigger, which leaves more space for greater batteries, so you can expect battery life up to a year. Unfortunately, it requires an Ak hub to unlock more loudly (more than 50 decibels), more expensive and voice commands and smart home automation.

IKEA Drivens from $ 160: Tredensen is very similar to the motorized shades that are closed. It comes with all fittings, with a removable battery and has eight shapes. A connection is a Direct hub ($ 70) And you can use the IKEA Home app to control, schedule and group your blinds. You get a pre-pair remote, but annoyingly, you need to plug the signal repeat included for wireless functions (it may depend on how far your devices are from your hub, because some people have been successful without repeater). They do not look nice or feel as durable as a fartur and I had some problems with the patched connections.

Don’t bother

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Rice Smartshed for $ 200: This is a retrofit gadget to convert a roller shed into a smart shade into a bead chain. It is easy to fit, but you will need a roller shed with a uninterrupted chain because a chain that joins the two ends of a chain can cause a plastic spacer problem (my chain was separated), and it effectively noisy. The removable battery pack is a smart idea, but if you want to control the shadow from your phone, you must be in the Bluetooth range. To get the schedule and voice control you will buy it Rice Smartbridge ($ 50)And my connection was excluded and the problem of going out. After checking these few retrofit designs for the beaded chain roller Blinds (I tested the Aura A1) and I can’t recommend them because there are problems with both time. It is also very expensive.

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