Battery Powered Shades

I have a few Serena shades and are buying a couple more at a time to do most of the windows int the house. They have been FLAWLESS for 3 years and I think you get what you pay for. I just changed the batteries at the new year after a full 3 years use. Not because they needed it I just figured it was a good interval. That's all I have. They do run $100 off sales every now and then.

I have Lutron shades that were hardwired in during construction. We have them on a schedule to close every night at bedtime. If we want them open we use a remote.
They have worked flawlessly for over 5 years.

what size windows? you might get lucky at ikea. the house we just moved from i installed 6 of them and never added the smart hub. just a stick on wall switch that you program/sync to whatever shades you have.

they were the tredesen light blocking shades fwiw. i paid abaout $150 each and i only charge the batteries maybe twice a year raising and lowering them every morning and night

eta these were pretty much mandatory; i had 4 huge windows behind a sofa facing east so the house was miserable in the mornings and i hated climbing on top of the sofa to get to the middle shades.

worked pretty much flawlessly and all 4 downstairs stayed in sync..even if you paused them halfway down, they would all stop at the same height even if there was a delay in them all responding.