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I guess I'm one of those weirdos that doesn't. I get hot really easily, so unless the sheets are really light cotton, I roast. Oddly enough, though, I love heat

I guess I'm one of those weirdos that doesn't. I get hot really easily, so unless the sheets are really light cotton, I roast. Oddly enough, though, I love heated mattress pads. I can crank it up to 10 and sleep without sheets just fine. Something relevant: does anybody have suggestions for weighted blankets? My SO is into big, heavy comforters and other bed coverings (no idea what they're called) and she'd probably enjoy that.

colordrops 9y ago
duvet cover?
- infogulch 9y ago
  No, actually weighted like this [1], literally 20 lb blanket. (Just an example, not a recommendation.) [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073451HTY/ref=psdcmw_3732181_t1_B0785111NJ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073451HTY/ref=psdcmw_3732181...
pitaj 9y ago
Weighted blankets sound interesting, I'm also interested. Personally, I love sleeping under heavy blankets, but my room has to be ~55 F in order for it to work, otherwise I'll roast and wake up super dehydrated.
js2 9y ago
Hospital blankets must be made from lead, but I don't know where they get them. Quilts are usually pretty dense. I have this argument with my wife: in the winter we have a very nice down comforter. It is plenty warm on its own. She likes to through a heavy quilt we have on top of that. I say that it makes the bed colder... the quilt compresses the down in the comforter and it loses much of its insulation ability that way, more than the insulation added by the quilt on top. She refuses to accept this argument and says it's warmer with the comforter plus the quilt. I haven't wanted to win the argument badly enough to start taking measurements, but as a compromise, we've worked out having her double up the quilt on her side.
- adventured 9y ago
  A long time ago they may have been made out of thick wool. I don't know if you've ever heard of or slept under a "military blanket" of the wool variety, but they're incredibly heavy and warm for their relative thickness.
tuxxy 9y ago
My partner made me a 15 pound weighted blanket for Christmas and I love it. It's very cozy and feels nice. She made it out of light materials so it can breathe and be used in the Summer.
- grzm 9y ago
  Cool (in the summer, I hope)! What kind of batting did they use for weighting?
  - tuxxy 9y ago
    She didn't get the weight from the batting, it doesn't add enough. She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in pockets throughout the blanket and add in the pellets in a precisely measured way so that it would be evenly distributed.
    - grzm 9y ago
      Interesting! Thanks for sharing the details!
cimmanom 9y ago
Look for crocheted "afghans". They're very heavy relative to their warmth.
slothtrop 9y ago
I`m a hot sleeper as well, but you'll find that ambient temperature has a profound impact. I actually sleep more soundly with a sheet + (very) light comforter at about 17 degrees celsius or lower, having read that cool temperatures such as those are best conducive to quality sleep.. this is only true with adequate bedding, though that detail is often omitted. In the summer, without AC, I can only sleep with a single sheet barely covering me. But the quality of sleep is noticeably lacking unless I'm particularly lucky. This is because, in environments that aren't super-well climatized like modern high-rise condos, temperature may swing and fluctuate a lot, so reaching thermoneutrality (the correct amount of covering on you) can be difficult, particularly with just a sheet in my experience.

colordrops 9y ago

duvet cover?

infogulch 9y ago
No, actually weighted like this [1], literally 20 lb blanket. (Just an example, not a recommendation.) [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073451HTY/ref=psdcmw_3732181_t1_B0785111NJ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073451HTY/ref=psdcmw_3732181...

pitaj 9y ago

Weighted blankets sound interesting, I'm also interested. Personally, I love sleeping under heavy blankets, but my room has to be ~55 F in order for it to work, otherwise I'll roast and wake up super dehydrated.

js2 9y ago

Hospital blankets must be made from lead, but I don't know where they get them. Quilts are usually pretty dense. I have this argument with my wife: in the winter we have a very nice down comforter. It is plenty warm on its own. She likes to through a heavy quilt we have on top of that. I say that it makes the bed colder... the quilt compresses the down in the comforter and it loses much of its insulation ability that way, more than the insulation added by the quilt on top. She refuses to accept this argument and says it's warmer with the comforter plus the quilt. I haven't wanted to win the argument badly enough to start taking measurements, but as a compromise, we've worked out having her double up the quilt on her side.

adventured 9y ago
A long time ago they may have been made out of thick wool. I don't know if you've ever heard of or slept under a "military blanket" of the wool variety, but they're incredibly heavy and warm for their relative thickness.

tuxxy 9y ago

My partner made me a 15 pound weighted blanket for Christmas and I love it. It's very cozy and feels nice. She made it out of light materials so it can breathe and be used in the Summer.

grzm 9y ago
Cool (in the summer, I hope)! What kind of batting did they use for weighting?
- tuxxy 9y ago
  She didn't get the weight from the batting, it doesn't add enough. She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in pockets throughout the blanket and add in the pellets in a precisely measured way so that it would be evenly distributed.
  - grzm 9y ago
    Interesting! Thanks for sharing the details!

cimmanom 9y ago

Look for crocheted "afghans". They're very heavy relative to their warmth.

slothtrop 9y ago

I`m a hot sleeper as well, but you'll find that ambient temperature has a profound impact. I actually sleep more soundly with a sheet + (very) light comforter at about 17 degrees celsius or lower, having read that cool temperatures such as those are best conducive to quality sleep.. this is only true with adequate bedding, though that detail is often omitted. In the summer, without AC, I can only sleep with a single sheet barely covering me. But the quality of sleep is noticeably lacking unless I'm particularly lucky. This is because, in environments that aren't super-well climatized like modern high-rise condos, temperature may swing and fluctuate a lot, so reaching thermoneutrality (the correct amount of covering on you) can be difficult, particularly with just a sheet in my experience.