SelectBlinds Click2Fit Cordless Total Blackout Cellular Shades Review: No Drill, Side Tracks, Three Hard Requirements

What is the SelectBlinds Click2Fit Cordless Total Blackout Cellular Shade?

SelectBlinds lists this shade under the catalog title "Click2Fit Cordless Total Blackout Cellular Shades." Its product URL now carries the handle no-drill-cordless-complete-blackout-cellular-shades, and the older Click2Fit address redirects there; the name and the published specifications are unchanged. It is a made-to-size honeycomb shade with a blackout fabric, a cordless lift, side and bottom light-blocking tracks, and a pressure-fit headrail that installs inside the window frame without screws. Among SelectBlinds' no-drill horizontal cellulars it is the one the seller labels "total blackout" rather than "blackout," and the tracks are the reason.

In the seller's words, the shade combines "the insulating benefits of 3/8" honeycomb cells" with blackout fabric "and integrated side and bottom tracks that automatically seal out light gaps for true edge-to-edge darkness," plus "an ultra-convenient, Click2Fit no-drill installation system."

This review is desk-verified from SelectBlinds' published product page, measuring guide and policy pages on 2026-09-28. Nothing here comes from installing the product. SelectBlinds is this site's affiliate merchant (we may earn a commission if you buy through a link on this page), so its pages are read literally. The catalog's vendor field reads Blaze Blinds; the sample picker files the fabric under "Tranquil Solids."

Who it is for: a renter or a no-drill household that needs a genuinely dark room, whether a shift worker's bedroom, a nursery or a media room, and has a window frame deep enough, square enough and made of the right material to take a pressure-fit headrail. Each of those three conditions is a published requirement, and each one disqualifies a lot of windows. If yours fails any of them, the cheaper adhesive-mounted No Drill Stick On Cordless Blackout Cellular is the fallback, at the cost of the edge seal.

How does the Click2Fit mount work, in SelectBlinds' own words?

The page describes the mount in one bullet: "Click2Fit Installation: Say goodbye to screws and brackets. These shades securely mount inside the window frame using a pressure-fit headrail—perfect for renters and DIYers." The Specifications tab restates it: "Installation can be completed without drilling or using screws within the window frame." And it closes the door on any other placement: "This shade is defaulted to be installed as inside mount only." The configurator agrees; Mount Type offers a single choice, Inside.

The page does not explain the mechanism beyond the words "pressure-fit," but it does publish the conditions a window must meet:

• Depth. "Requires Minimum 2 5/8" of depth to install." The dimensions table lists "2 5/8" inside mount minimum depth" and "3" inside mount flush depth."
• Square. "For the best fit, ensure that the window frame is square by taking diagonal measurements; if the variance between diagonals is greater than 1/2", this product is not recommended."
• Frame material. "Not compatible with PVC window frames."
• Exactness. "Please make sure to use exact measurements when ordering this product."

What the page does not publish: how the pressure is set or adjusted, whether the headrail has a tensioning mechanism or relies on the factory-cut width alone, what it bears against inside the reveal, and how the shade comes out again. The page links a PDF installation guide, which this review did not open; check it for adjustment and removal steps. If you are not sure what your frame is made of, or whether its surface will take a pressure fit, that is a question for SelectBlinds' customer care before checkout, because a shade that will not hold in an incompatible frame is not a measuring error, and FIT Protection, covered below, is a measuring guarantee.

How dark is "total blackout" on this shade?

The feature bullet: "Side & Bottom Light-Blocking Tracks - Integrated tracks seal the edges of your shade to help eliminate light gaps for true edge-to-edge blackout and enhanced privacy." The Specifications tab: "This product uses side tracks to achieve its complete blackout nature," and "Specifically designed to provide complete darkness and privacy, helping to insulate windows and maintain a consistent indoor temperature." The install note: "Fully lower the blind and check for gaps. If needed, use the provided brush strip on the side channels."

Read those together and the picture is honest rather than absolute. The tracks "help eliminate" light gaps, the description promises "true edge-to-edge darkness," and the box includes a brush strip for gaps that remain after the shade is fully lowered. Whether a given window ends up at zero visible light depends on how square the reveal is and how the brush strip is applied, neither of which the page can promise. What the page does establish is the structural difference from an untracked cellular: in the seller's words, integrated side and bottom tracks "seal the edges of your shade," where an untracked shade leaves them open around a factory deduction.

Two limits are worth naming. The page does not describe a seal at the top of the headrail, so treat the headrail-to-frame joint as unaddressed. And the page's generic Recommendations box still carries the line "Inside mounted shades may have slight gaps on the sides or top," boilerplate shared across SelectBlinds' cellular pages; on this product the side tracks are the answer to the sides, but the top is not something the tracks cover.

Headrail, bottom rail and side tracks "will be color coordinated," and "clear plastic handles are included." One operating instruction is published and is easy to ignore: "Always lift and lower cordless products with both hands to avoid unleveling and the need for re-leveling."

For where this sits against untracked blackout cellulars, roller shades with side channels and layered curtains, the best blackout shades roundup and the bedroom blackout strategy guide place it in context.

Sizes, depth, colors and options as published

From the Specifications tab, read 2026-09-28:

• Width: 18 to 78 inches.
• Height: 20 to 78 inches.
• Depth: 2 5/8 inches minimum; 3 inches for a flush inside mount.
• Headrail: listed as 1 1/2 inches tall in the Specifications list and as 1 5/8 inches tall by 1 3/4 inches deep in the dimensions table. The page does not reconcile the two heights; plan on the larger.
• Lift: the dimensions table has one configuration, "No-Drill Blinds Headrail," and the page has no lift selector: cordless only, with no top-down/bottom-up, cord loop or motorized option.
• Cell: "3/8" honeycomb cells," per the description. The page text does not state single or double cell; the single-cell vs double-cell explainer covers what that pleat size generally means.
• Colors: seven. White Ice, Dusk Bone, Ivory Cream, Butter, Wild Wood, Still Creek and Gray Marble, the same seven names as the adhesive-mounted Stick On blackout cellular.
• Configurator options: Mount Type (Inside only), Warranty (3-Year Limited included; 5-Year Limited and 5-Year Unlimited as paid tiers, priced in the configurator and not published in the static page), and FIT Protection at no charge.
• Production and shipping: "Orders typically ship within 5-6 business days," plus "1 to 7 additional business days for shipping." Free shipping in the contiguous United States.

A 20-inch minimum height and an 18-inch minimum width exclude small bathroom and basement windows that the adhesive version, which starts at 16 by 12, would take. A 78-inch ceiling in both directions covers most bedroom windows and stops short of sliders.

How to measure for this shade

SelectBlinds' general rules apply: steel tape, width before height, widths rounded down to the nearest eighth and heights rounded up when a measurement lands on a sixteenth or thirty-second, and the factory takes the deductions. The Measuring tab on the product page quotes the standard inside-mount method: three widths, "use the smallest width out of those numbers"; three heights to the bottom of the sill, "use the largest height out of those numbers." And: "Our factory will make the necessary deductions to your window measurements ... Please do not make your own deductions. Do not add to the width to make up for any deductions."

This product adds its own tip, and it changes the job: "IMPORTANT MEASURING TIP: Measure the width at the top, middle, and bottom of the window. If the difference between the largest and smallest measurements is less than 1/4", use the smallest measurement." The page does not say what to do when the difference is a quarter inch or more. Read alongside the diagonal test, the implication is that a window whose three widths spread by that much is a window this product is not built for, and the safer course is to treat it as not recommended.

So the sequence for this shade is: measure the two diagonals first and stop if they differ by more than half an inch; measure depth and stop if you have less than 2 5/8 inches; confirm the frame is not PVC; then take the three widths and three heights and enter the smallest width and the largest height, adjusted only by the eighth-inch rounding rule. Enter the opening, not a deducted number. The page also says deductions "may vary +/- 1/8"" and refers to a deduction table that did not render in the page as fetched, so the exact factory deduction for this collection is not published in the text this review could read.

Two page-level cautions. The Recommendations box says to "use the top measurement when ordering" for an inside mount, which conflicts with the Measuring tab's "smallest width"; the tab matches SelectBlinds' general guide, and this review treats it as governing. And the Measuring tab carries the standard Outside Mount Instructions, including the four-inch overlap rule, even though the configurator offers no outside mount for this product; ignore them here.

Check the depth and diagonal tests in the Measure and Mount Fit Checker before you commit. If the window fails, the inside vs outside mount guide explains why an outside-mounted untracked shade with overlap is the usual plan B.

Where does it sit on price?

On catalog list price when we checked (2026-09-28), this shade was the highest among SelectBlinds' no-drill horizontal cellular shades; of the seller's no-drill cellulars, only the stick-on vertical total-blackout cellular listed higher. All seven colors carry the same list price. Prices change with size and SelectBlinds' rolling promotions; the Where to buy box below shows the price we last recorded, and the seller's configurator is the only price that counts. Compare the configurator's number for your window, after the day's promotion, against another seller's price for the same size with tracks included. The crossed-out "regular price" is not a comparison number; the SelectBlinds seller review explains why.

The gap to the adhesive-mounted shade is the story. On the same day, the No Drill Stick On Cordless Blackout Cellular, sold in the same seven colors, listed far lower, the lowest of SelectBlinds' no-drill blackout cellulars, and its light-filtering sibling listed lower still. The catalog also lists a "No Drill Tranquil Cordless Blackout Cellular Shades" in the same seven color names at a list price between the two, whose page this review did not read. Against those, the tracked shade's list price is what you pay for the side channels, the bottom track and the pressure-fit headrail. Whether that is worth it comes down to one question: does light at the edges wake someone in this room? If yes, the premium is the point. If no, the cheaper shade does the job.

FIT Protection, returns and warranty on this shade

SelectBlinds' published terms, from its guarantees, terms-and-conditions, returns and warranty pages, apply here as to any custom product.

FIT Protection. Free at checkout; the guarantees page says it "covers ANY window covering that you order from us." Claims "must be submitted within ninety (90) days of the original order's date of purchase." The corrected size "must be within two (2) inches per side of the originally ordered dimensions," and a width-for-height transposition qualifies inside that tolerance. "One (1) remake per covered product" and "a maximum of four (4) total remakes per household over the customer's lifetime." A remake that prices higher may cost the difference; "shipping charges will also apply for remakes"; "no cash refunds are available through FIT Protection." Bulk orders of twenty-five or more, awnings, and trade, business or reseller accounts are excluded; coverage is for a personal residence.

On this product the two-inch tolerance deserves a second look. FIT covers a measuring error, with a remake of the same product in the corrected size. If the reason the shade does not fit is that the reveal is out of square or the frame is vinyl, there is no corrected measurement to give, and the page's own language, "not recommended" and "not compatible," is the seller's notice that those windows were outside the product's terms from the start.

No returns. "Because our blinds and shades are custom made, we cannot offer a refund or exchange unless a product is defective." A change of mind is a paid remake whose discount the seller's policy pages word two different ways; both wordings are documented in the seller review.

Four-hour change window. SelectBlinds allows "a 4-hour review period after such orders are placed before sending the orders to our production facility."

Warranty. Three years on "defects ... in materials and workmanship," "so long as the product is installed in accordance with the installation instructions"; "a flat $15 return shipping charge" on a claim; "after 3 years: $5 charge for parts." Paid five-year tiers are offered at checkout.

Does it insulate?

The description credits "the insulating benefits of 3/8" honeycomb cells," and the Specifications tab says the shade helps "insulate windows and maintain a consistent indoor temperature." The same tab carries a line claiming certified energy savings and noise reduction, stated as figures, without naming the certifying body, the test method or the baseline; this review does not repeat those figures. No certified U-factor is published for this shade. The Attachments Energy Rating Council's certified product directory for cellular shades lists products from two manufacturers, Hunter Douglas and Springs Window Fashions; SelectBlinds' house cellulars are not in it. Absence is not evidence of poor performance, only of non-certification. No standards body publishes R-values for cellular shades, so no R-value is offered here.

On safety, cordless is the safer choice around young children, and the shade has no cord.

The honest cons

• Three gates before you can order. 2 5/8 inches of depth, diagonals within half an inch, and no PVC frame.
• Inside mount only. No outside-mount fallback for a shallow or out-of-square window.
• Larger minimum sizes. 18 by 20 inches; small windows go to the adhesive version.
• Pressure-fit mechanics not on the product page. No tensioning, bearing-surface or removal description in the page text, and the linked installation guide was not reviewed here.
• "Help eliminate," and a brush strip in the box. The seller's own bullet hedges, and it ships a fix for residual gaps. The top of the headrail is not described as sealed.
• The top list price among SelectBlinds' no-drill horizontal cellulars when we checked, far above the adhesive blackout cellular in the same colors, and a paid five-year tier if you want a warranty longer than three years.
• No lift upgrades. Cordless only; no top-down/bottom-up, no motorization.
• The page argues with itself: two headrail heights, "top measurement" versus "smallest width," a deduction chart that did not render, and outside-mount instructions on an inside-only product.
• An unattributed "certified" energy claim with no certifier named.

Who should buy it, and who should pass

Buy it if the room has to be dark, the window frame is not PVC, is at least 2 5/8 inches deep and is square within half an inch on the diagonals, the opening is inside 18 to 78 by 20 to 78 inches, and you cannot or will not drill. That is a shift worker's or a light-sensitive sleeper's bedroom, a nursery or a media room in a rental whose frames pass those checks. Add FIT Protection, measure the seller's way, and lower it with two hands.

Pass if the frame is PVC, the reveal is shallow or out of square, you need an outside mount, the window is smaller than the minimums or bigger than the maximums, or edge light is a minor annoyance rather than the problem. In the last case the adhesive-mounted blackout cellular, at a far lower list price, is the better buy, and its light-filtering sibling, the No Drill Stick On Cordless Light Filtering Cellular, is the choice for a living room where privacy matters more than darkness. Custom blinds are made to size and generally not returnable; on a product with three published disqualifiers, that rule has teeth. For the field beyond SelectBlinds, the drill-free blind options guide and the cellular shades ranking are the next reads.

Verdict

The Click2Fit Cordless Total Blackout Cellular Shade is the right no-drill shade for a room that must be dark, provided the window passes the seller's three published gates: 2 5/8 inches of depth, diagonals within half an inch, and a frame that is not PVC. Its side and bottom tracks are a real structural difference from every untracked blackout cellular, including SelectBlinds' own adhesive-mounted version at a far lower list price, and they are the whole reason to pay the highest list price among the seller's no-drill horizontal cellulars. Measure the diagonals before anything else, add FIT Protection, and order the Click2Fit from SelectBlinds only if the frame qualifies; if it does not, buy the cheaper shade and mount it outside the frame with overlap.