Tradechoice is a blackout roller blind range sold by Blinds By Post, with 33 colour options and a from-price of £5.88 that sits at the lower end of the made-to-measure market. The range covers both standard neutrals and a set of bolder solid colours - including blues, teal, green, red, and yellow - that are uncommon at this price point and make it worth considering for accent uses or rooms where a plain white or grey would look flat.
Who it suits
The blackout specification, as described by the retailer, makes this range most relevant for bedrooms - particularly where early morning light is an issue, which is a significant concern during British spring and summer months when dawn arrives well before most people need to be awake. Bear in mind that a blackout fabric alone does not eliminate all light from a room; light still enters around the edges unless you also use side channels or a face-fit mounting that overlaps the window reveal.
Children's bedrooms are a natural fit: blackout fabric helps maintain sleep routines when outdoor light is strong, and the low from-price keeps the cost manageable. UK regulations require blinds sold for domestic use to be cord-safe by design, so check the operating mechanism when ordering for a child's room - cordless or wand-operated versions remove the cord risk entirely.
For living rooms and home offices, blackout is often more than you need; it will give you privacy, but on a dull day it makes the room feel dark when the blind is down. A dimout or light-filtering roller would be a better match for daytime working or sitting areas.
The colours
33 colours available
Most of the fifteen variants carry explicit "Blackout" labelling in their names, confirming the opacity specification. Three variants - Ivory, Charcoal, and White - are listed at a premium uplift over the base from-price, so if those specific colours are what you need, expect to pay slightly more than the headline figure suggests.
The colour spread is genuinely broad for a blackout range: Denim, Light Blue, Royal Blue, and Teal give four distinct blue options; there is also a standalone Green, a Red, and a Yellow. Most blackout ranges concentrate on whites, greys, and blacks where the opacity backing is easiest to hide; the presence of these bolder solid colours here is the range's most distinctive characteristic. That said, the colours are described in plain terms rather than designed-sounding names, and the opacity backing on bright colours can sometimes be visible as a pale outline from outside the window; worth bearing in mind for ground-floor rooms facing a public street.
Price by your dimensions
Made to measure from £5.88. Check Blinds By Post for the price at your exact window size.
With a from-price of £5.88, this range has a particularly low entry point for a made-to-measure blackout blind. Price will increase with width and drop, as with all made-to-measure products. The three premium variants - Ivory, Charcoal, and White - cost more than the rest, so if you are trying to keep to the headline from-price, the non-premium colours are the ones to consider. The widget above gives you size-specific indicative pricing.
How it compares
At this price level, Tradechoice competes primarily on colour choice and the blackout specification rather than on fabric weight or finish quality. If you need a very heavy, opaque blackout fabric that hangs crisply and resists edge-flutter in a draughty room, a heavier-grade blackout roller would be more appropriate. If you want decorative patterning, prints, or textures, this plain-solid range won't provide that.
Where it offers something less common is the combination of genuine colour variety and a low from-price in a blackout product. If you are fitting multiple windows in a rental property, a nursery, or anywhere that needs functional blackout across different rooms where the exact colour matters, the range of solid options here gives you flexibility that many cheaper blackout ranges don't provide.
Fittings for this fabric
The same fabric and blind type is sold in more than one fitting:
- Standard from £5.88 fixed with drilled brackets
- No-drill (twist-fit) from £14.28 clips onto a UPVC frame, no screws
- Perfect Fit from £22.27 a clip-in frame for UPVC windows and doors
- Motorised from £58.25 remote or app control
No-drill and clip-in fittings suit UPVC windows and renters, but they cap out at the largest window sizes - check the maximum drop before ordering for a tall window.