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Weighted blankets.....thoughts please?
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My daughter has bought me a weighted blanket for Christmas as a surprise . I put it over my 13.5 tog duvet last night. I only managed about 10 minutes under it. It felt so heavy and uncomfortable I couldn’t move! Perhaps that’s the point. I feel very disappointed and don’t know whether I should have another try or ask her if she can return it.0
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Was it the correct weight for you?pattycake said:My daughter has bought me a weighted blanket for Christmas as a surprise . I put it over my 13.5 tog duvet last night. I only managed about 10 minutes under it. It felt so heavy and uncomfortable I couldn’t move! Perhaps that’s the point. I feel very disappointed and don’t know whether I should have another try or ask her if she can return it.
they are meant to be different for different size people.1 -
It’s 8kg 120cm x 150 cm. I’m 62kg. I sleep in a double bed. So, should it be ok for me, do you think?lisyloo said:
Was it the correct weight for you?pattycake said:My daughter has bought me a weighted blanket for Christmas as a surprise . I put it over my 13.5 tog duvet last night. I only managed about 10 minutes under it. It felt so heavy and uncomfortable I couldn’t move! Perhaps that’s the point. I feel very disappointed and don’t know whether I should have another try or ask her if she can return it.
they are meant to be different for different size people.0 -
Mine is 8kg and I weigh about 54kg but normally the recommended weight is 10% of your bodyweight so for you, that would be a 6kg blanket.pattycake said:
It’s 8kg 120cm x 150 cm. I’m 62kg. I sleep in a double bed. So, should it be ok for me, do you think?lisyloo said:
Was it the correct weight for you?pattycake said:My daughter has bought me a weighted blanket for Christmas as a surprise . I put it over my 13.5 tog duvet last night. I only managed about 10 minutes under it. It felt so heavy and uncomfortable I couldn’t move! Perhaps that’s the point. I feel very disappointed and don’t know whether I should have another try or ask her if she can return it.
they are meant to be different for different size people.However, if you don’t like that ‘heavy/can’t move’ feeling, I don’t think weighted blankets are right for you.1
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