NOT sound-reducing or wrinkle-free

The reasons I am knocking these pretty curtains down to 3 stars: 1) They are NOT noise reducing in ANY way, as falsely claimed in the description and Q&A. I bought two sets for that specific purpose, and they don't do squat to reduce noise. We have them used behind glass French doors for an office that was turned into a guest room, and at the base of a staircase that leads to a pseudo bedroom (bonus room without full walls or a door), to try to reduce the noise going up the stairs. It has perhaps reduced the echo, but any curtain would do that. 2) They are NOT wrinkle-free out of the package, nor after a wash and dry. All four panels that we bought have fold marks. Since you can't use a hot iron to get the wrinkles out, they're there to stay (a cooler iron did nada). 3) They cannot be washed on warm, which would probably help get the wrinkles out. The instructions say not to wash them above 185 degrees. I had to look that up to see what temp that would be on a normal washing machine. It's cool. Warm is too warm and would likely damage the slight sheen to the curtains. Hot would probably melt the metal rings. So while they're quite nice, they stay wrinkled and they don't block out sound. They do a good job blocking light and they're a good value. But they didn't do what I bought them for, so I am not impressed.

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