TIL you can get "anti radiation curtains"

anon_ymous

So I was looking for thermal blackout curtains made from velvet and I came across these 

https://www.moondreamwebstore.co.uk/anti-radiation-blackout-curtain-115

At first glance I thought "anti radiation" is just a fancy way for them to say that they block heat coming in, in the summer perhaps.

Nope they're actively marketing them to conspiracy theorists. At first glance, I thought hmm that's some clever marketing given surely blackout curtains would do the same job given they're blocking the sun's rays. But I guess there's a grift for everything 

CliveOfIndia

You've gotta hand it to them for trying, I'm sure some poor sucker will fall for it.

Of course, those same people will then complain they get no signal on their phone as they supposedly block signals from phone masts.  Oh, and they block external wi-fi signals - which is great, but what about the signal coming from your own router ?

Thanks for posting, that did make me chuckle

Belenus

Make sure you get some of these too.

booneruk

That's actually bonkers. The guff people wilfully lap up. I can't help but imagine a happy punter taking a mobile call within his blackened room - "Yeh I've put these anti radiation blinds up, they work perfectly"

Anti radiation? I wonder how they fare against gamma and x-rays.

LightFlare

Belenus said:

Make sure you get some of these too.

foil nipp*e covers ? -- getting visions of Barbarella now

anon_ymous

Belenus said:

Make sure you get some of these too.

Indeed 

Though I imagine that the website that sells them hopefully aren't buying into the anti EMF styrrulik and their customers 

Kinda like those people who sell 5G Faraday cages, but don't necessarily subscribe to the conspiracy theories themselves. It's not a bad grift. I was just surprised especially as I went in thinking "Oh they're selling blackout / thermal curtains but with fancier marketing" 

Ectophile

CliveOfIndia said:

You've gotta hand it to them for trying, I'm sure some poor sucker will fall for it.

Of course, those same people will then complain they get no signal on their phone as they supposedly block signals from phone masts.  Oh, and they block external wi-fi signals - which is great, but what about the signal coming from your own router ?

Thanks for posting, that did make me chuckle

I suspect the sort of people who buy them don't want WiFi or mobile phones.

But with a signal reduction of only -10dB, mobile phones will continue to work fine inside the house if in a decent signal area.  But they may emit more radiation while doing so.  They adjust their transmit power according to the signal strength.

anon_ymous

Ectophile said:

CliveOfIndia said:

You've gotta hand it to them for trying, I'm sure some poor sucker will fall for it.

Of course, those same people will then complain they get no signal on their phone as they supposedly block signals from phone masts.  Oh, and they block external wi-fi signals - which is great, but what about the signal coming from your own router ?

Thanks for posting, that did make me chuckle

I suspect the sort of people who buy them don't want WiFi or mobile phones.

But with a signal reduction of only -10dB, mobile phones will continue to work fine inside the house if in a decent signal area.  But they may emit more radiation while doing so.  They adjust their transmit power according to the signal strength.

I did find that bit of knowledge kinda funny ie: phones actually emit MORE EMF when the signal is lower 

twopenny

Perhaps make a sleeve for your phone from the materials.

Smaller cheaper project, Mse rules