Have you noticed you sleep better in the dark? Night shift day sleepers, troubled sleepers, toddler & baby sleepers, and the rest of us all benefit from a dark sleep environment. 

Sleepout® is the first portable blackout curtain that installs on windows in seconds and blocks out light bleeds to make any room 100% dark.  The patented Sleepout Curtain is produced with the highest-quality, 100% OEKO-TEX® certified blackout material.  It features locking suction cups and Sleepout Pads for you to adjust the curtain to any window and block any light bleeds – even better than traditional blackout curtains.   

Even better? The Sleepout Curtain is thermally insulating and can pay for itself in home energy savings each year. Sleepout’s 100% blackout fabric keeps your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter, helping you save up to 30% on your energy bill each month. That’s a savings of $400 per year for the average family of four. 

These locking, industrial-grade suction cups feature a unique mechanism that creates a vacuum to hold the curtain in place securely. The suction cups are designed with a sloped shape to eliminate light bleeds from the top of the curtain, and won’t damage or leave any marks on your windows.  

These cups will stay up until you decide to take them down.

Our proprietary Sleepout Pads are created with an exclusive new adhesive technology that is reusable and residue-free. The Sleepout Pads are not tape or sticky-tac, this one-of-a-kind technology uses the newest polymer science and biology to attach and remove easily and effectively. You won’t find this anywhere else!

The Sleepout Pads stick to anything, including wood, drywall, glass, concrete, and even fabric without damaging the surface (unlike residue or glue-like substances). They are also re-useable and heavy load bearing (unlike tape). The Sleepout Pads are the best tool to block out the annoying light bleeds that keep you tossing and turning, creating pitch-black darkness anywhere.

The Sleepout Curtain is lightweight at only 1.5 pounds and folds up to the size of a paperback book. The curtain also comes with a beautiful 100% cotton twill travel bag making it easy to pack and carry whenever you’re on the go.

The Sleepout Curtain completely darkens a room using the highest-quality, OEKO-TEX® 100% blackout material, allowing you to achieve a deeper and more restorative sleep.

Mark Coombs and Hannah Brennen created Sleepout because they slept better in complete darkness. Mark suffered for years from insomnia and needed to have every room he slept in completely dark. Hannah, well, Hannah dealt with towels and even garbage bags being taped to windows until she finally had enough.

They bought all the products available and tried everything — blackout fabric on shower curtain rods that left massive gaps of light, baby products that fell down overnight, and even jeans and duct tape that tore the paint off their walls.

Mark and Hannah knew if they were suffering from this problem, other people were too. They talked to parents, travelers, and shift workers, tested tons of different materials and adhesives, and left their 9-5 jobs in tech and consulting to create something that actually solved the problem. This became the inspiration for the creation of the Sleepout Curtain, a portable blackout curtain that functions better than other blackout curtains, blocks out light bleeds, and is made with high-quality materials.

 We can’t thank you enough for checking out our project and helping us make the Sleepout Curtain a reality.

We know not everyone will be able to support us with a pledge, so even if you can’t give a dollar or pre-order a Sleepout Curtain, if you’re a supporter of Sleepout, you can help us spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Instagram and anywhere else you can think of!

Risks and challenges

There are always certain risks that can arise at any moment during a project like this. That being said, we’re confident in our ability to produce and have taken all the necessary measures. We have a highly qualified team and have partnered with leading manufacturing and fulfillment companies around the world. We just need your help to bring everything to fruition. Don’t worry, we’re completely prepared to bring the Sleepout Curtain to market, and we have the manpower to make it happen, but if anything comes up along the way, you’ll be the first to know.

Environmental commitments

Long-lasting design

The Sleepout Curtain is made from the highest quality 100% blackout material available. We’ve designed Sleepout to be something you only buy once and use forever. In addition to the material’s longevity, we have extensively tested our fasteners, suction cups, and Sleepout Pads to maximize lifespan.

Reusability and recyclability

Sleepout comes packaged in a reusable carrying bag to minimize plastic packaging and waste. The reusable Sleepout Pads replace DIY solutions to block light bleeds that are almost always single use, such as duct tape, painter’s tape, or sticky tack.

Sustainable production

Each Sleepout Curtain – production, freight, shipping, and materials – will be carbon offset.