The Splash (Blackout) roller blind is a made-to-measure blackout roller offered by 247 Blinds in a single grey colourway. With 3 finish and a starting price of £8.93, it sits at the entry end of 247 Blinds' roller range - straightforward in scope and honest in price. If you need a no-fuss blackout blind and the colour works for your room, it is worth a look.
Who it suits
A blackout roller is at its most useful in bedrooms. The Splash grey is a neutral mid-tone - not an aggressive charcoal, not an off-white - so it sits comfortably with most bedroom colour schemes without demanding attention. Early risers and shift workers who sleep during daylight will get the most from it, as will parents fitting out a young child's room. For a child's bedroom, it is worth confirming the operation method and checking cord compliance with the retailer before ordering, since UK cord-safety regulations (BS EN 13120) require domestic blinds to be sold with cord-safe features or appropriate cord-management equipment.
As with any blackout fabric, the blind blocks light through the material itself, but light will still enter around the edges unless you add side channels or opt for a perfect-fit frame. 247 Blinds describes this range as blackout, which is the retailer's claim; confirm with them if complete darkness is critical to your decision.
The Splash is less well matched to living rooms and kitchens. In those spaces, most people prefer a light-filtering or dimout fabric that keeps some daytime brightness when the blind is lowered. A grey blackout roller in a living room can feel oppressive on a dull winter afternoon. If you want darkness on demand alongside daytime light, a different blind type or a dimout fabric in the same room would serve you better.
It is also not the right fit for bathrooms, where moisture-resistant PVC fabrics or aluminium venetian blinds are better suited to a humid environment. Standard polyester roller fabrics are not designed for wet rooms.
The colours
3 colours available
The Splash range is offered in one finish: Splash (Blackout) Grey. It is a cool-neutral grey - functional and broadly compatible rather than designed as a decorative statement. There are no warm-toned, patterned, or premium-priced variants in this range; the choice is simply whether this grey works in your room or it does not. If you need a wider palette or want a print, you would need to look at a different range from 247 Blinds or another retailer.
Price by your dimensions
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Starting below £9, the Splash sits at the budget end of made-to-measure blackout rollers. Price rises with width and drop in the standard made-to-measure way, so a large bay-window blind will cost considerably more than a small bathroom window. The price grid above covers common sizes and gives you a realistic picture of what to budget before you measure up.
Made-to-measure means you specify your exact window dimensions within the range's minimum and maximum limits. UK convention quotes blinds as width times drop - width is the horizontal measurement, drop is the vertical. If you are fitting inside the recess, measure the recess width; if fitting outside, measure the width you want the blind to cover including any overlap onto the wall.
How it compares
Against other blackout rollers at a similar price point, the Splash's main constraint is its single colourway. Competing ranges at this price often offer a small palette of neutrals - stone, cream, and white alongside grey - which gives more flexibility if the grey does not suit your room. If the grey does work, the from-price is competitive for a made-to-measure blind.
For a bedroom where thermal performance matters as well as blackout, a cellular or honeycomb blind would outperform a roller on insulation, since the sealed air pocket between layers reduces heat loss more effectively than a single fabric layer. That said, cellular blinds cost more and the blackout-fabric options within that category are narrower. For a straightforward blackout bedroom blind where price matters and one grey finish is sufficient, the Splash is a reasonable, no-frills option.
A note on care
Polyester roller fabrics like the Splash are best maintained with a vacuum and brush attachment to lift dust from the surface. Spot-clean any marks with a damp cloth and a small amount of mild soap. Avoid soaking the fabric or using harsh cleaning products, which can damage the blackout coating that sits behind the face fabric.
Likely the same fabric, at other retailers
Splash roller blinds are sold under the same name by more than one UK retailer, and the price scales identically across window sizes - a strong sign it is the same fabric from the same supplier:
- Swift Direct Blinds from £8.36
- 247 Blinds this page from £8.93
- Blinds 2go from £16.16
- Blinds By Post from £24.00
- So Easy Blinds from £52.42
We match these on the shared name and an identical price curve, not an independent inspection, so treat it as likely the same fabric rather than confirmed - and check the specification and colour at each retailer before buying.