Should You Go Cordless? What to Know About Cordless Blinds

Standard blinds are what you probably have in your house.

They have cords you have to pull and move from side to side to raise and lower the blinds.

Seems simple enough, but think for a minute and we bet there have been several times a cord has gotten stuck or twisted around something.

Or worse yet, you’ve pulled and nothing happens or only one side raises up. 

We’ve all been there — but you don’t have to be there anymore. 

What are cordless blinds?

Cordless blinds don’t have hanging cords to pull, get tangled, or cause safety hazards. They look like your normal blinds, minus having hanging cords over them, but they don’t operate like them.

Instead of pulling on a cord, a free-stop mechanism will help move the blind up or down and lock in place.

And while they do still have cords, they only go through the blind slats so you can smoothly move the blinds up and down.

Why would you want cordless blinds?

Cordless blinds are becoming a popular choice for many homes, and for good reason. Besides their sleek style, cordless blinds are also simple to use and safe.

1) Streamlined Design

You don’t want your house guests to walk into a room and see a tangled mess hanging over your windows.

You want your room to look neat and tidy. And while we can’t help with that pile of laundry or children’s toys, cordless blinds give your room a clean, minimalistic look.

2) Simple to Use

Their innovative design also makes cordless window treatments easy to operate. Most can be handled using one hand, made with a simple lift and lower mechanism. 

3) Safe for Every Room in Every Home

Children and coloring books go together, but children and cords don’t. Between 2012-17, there were 50 cord strangulation fatalities among infants and young children.

Corded window treatments are a serious safety hazard to children and household pets.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says cordless window coverings are the safer style and smarter selection, and so do we. That’s why we offer child-safe blinds and shades that have been certified by the Window Covering Manufacturers Association.

4) Affordable

So say goodbye to those old corded, cluttered-looking choking hazards, and hello to aesthetically-pleasing, easy-to-use window coverings.

How do you use cordless blinds and shades?

There are a few ways to operate cordless window coverings, all of which are simple.

The most common way is a hidden control system that lets you easily lift and lower the cordless blinds or shades with one hand.

You push a button and then push the bottom rail or you just gently push or pull on the bottom rail to raise and lower it.

You then tilt a blind slat to open and close the blinds. More expensive options have motorized lifters.

With Chicology Cordless Roman Shades, you simply lift and pull using our free-stop mechanism. There’s no tugging and no fussing over cords. You can open and close the shade to your preferred light and privacy height, and it will stop exactly where you want it.

We also have Cordless Magnetic Roman Shades designed with magnets at fixed intervals for that same near-effortless movement and height control.