Weighted blanket - how much does yours weigh?

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I've never had a weighted blanket before, but they sound awesome and I want one! Now I'm trying to figure out the best weight to get. It's kind of hard to guess this without really trying one out. There's a bit of conflicting advice out there - some sites advise 10% of body weight and others advise a fair bit more, saying that the 10% rule came from backpacks and in any case only applies to children. 10% of my body weight doesn't sound like all that much to me, so I'm leaning towards "more", but I'd love to hear some personal experiences with this. Also, that doesn't take dimensions into account - I'm sure 10% distributed over a queen-sized blanket feels different to 10% in a single one. I'm looking at a larger one, by the way, perhaps queen or king single. So, please share:

1) What's the weight and dimensions of your blanket?
2) What's your body weight?
3) How does it feel? Just right or would you prefer lighter or heavier?

If you're not comfortable sharing your body weight for some reason maybe you could just put down your blanket weight as a percentage of body weight - that's still helpful.

(I do realise that topics on weighted blanket get posted regularly and a couple of them only just slipped off the front page, but I've searched and couldn't find much discussion on the optimal weight. Sorry if there is one already. I'd appreciate a link to it.)

And a secondary question: any recommendations for where to buy one in Australia?

54"x75" (size of "full sized" mattress). 19%of my body weight.
I am ok with the weight, it allows me to have other blankets if I need.

I found out the weight by weighing the blankets I keep on my bed during the winter.

The recommendation I've seen is 10% of body weight + 1 pound for a twin sized blanket (the top of the twin mattress, not hanging over the side of the bed) - scale it up for a larger blanket with the same ratio of weight to size.


My blanket is ~25 lbs, and about 60" x 80", I weigh about 150 lbs. (This means that the twin sized equivalent with the same weight per area would be ~10% of my body weight). This weight works well, especially because if I really want more weight I can put two layers of it on me.


That ratio works well for me, though if I get a second blanket I'd have it be smaller and heavier per unit area because I'd want it to be different and wouldn't want it to be lighter - I'd put it so that it'd be between 10% and 20% of my body weight per twin sized mattress area, so that I'd have the three different amounts available, my larger blanket, the smaller one (which I'd get for being able to bring with me places easier), and two layers of the larger blanket.

Thanks. It sounds like my hunch that 10% isn't that much was right.

I tried to simulate this by getting under my mattress, which is queen size and 18 kg (40 lbs). I think I can see the problem with queen size now: most of it rests on the bed and not on the person, so you don't really feel most of the weight. When I folded it in half (so most of it did rest on me) then it got pretty heavy. That was a mattress, though, so it was much stiffer than a blanket. *sigh* This is harder than I thought!

It's not that 10% isn't much, its that that number specifically refers to a small blanket where most of it rests on you, and when that's not the case you can't use the same percentage.

...What...? I buy cheap, polyester, butterfly blankets at Walmart... Weighted blankets...? But why? What's the purpose? Makes you feel more secure?

I want a weighted blanket. I always love thick and or heavy blankets they keep me warm at night. The thicker and heavier the better they make me very comfortable. Now throw 2 cats on the bed and I am in heaven and will never want to get out of bed.

You guys would love my cat. If I lie down, he's on top of me in seconds. I would have named him Velcro if it was apparent when he was a kitten. He's pretty heavy, but I sleep on my side so it doesn't make it hard to breathe.

i have two protac ball-blankets, each weighing 7 kg.

sometimes i use both at the same time. especially on top and under my legs is very nice!



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