Weighted blankets

Love mine.

Sams has a 20-lb one with removable cover for only $49 if you are looking.

My husband uses one. I would not use one. Not for me. The heat would kill me. I hate making the bed with the thing on there. Drives me nuts everyday. Glad he likes it though.

YES! I loved it so much I bought a second one for my bed at the lake cabin too.

I bought THIS 15 lb blanket on a whim from Amazon on Prime Day for about $50. It didn’t come with a cover and I was too cheap to buy one, so I made one from 108” wide flannel that was on sale at JoAnn’s a couple weeks ago. My homemade flannel cover does the job and isn’t at all bulky. 

After using it for a couple weeks, I decided I needed one at the cabin too. Tuesday Morning had some London Fog weighted blankets with a plush minky type cover on promo for $49.99. This one is also 15 lbs but I wish I would have bought a second one like the one I got on Amazon. This one has glass beads and it seems like they inside shift around more and bunch up in the corners of the sections so it doesn’t feel like the weight is as evenly distributed in it. 

I was just away for a couple days with a friend, didn’t have it and I totally slept like crap. Came home last night and slept much, much better. 

I really wanted to love mine. Part of my issue was that Dh got it for me for my last birthday. Would love to have one but would prefer jewelry for my birthday 🤪. As Dh lugged the huge and heavy blanket in front the garage and I basically was like wtf, dd started yelling ‘I told you to get jewelry’. Perhaps the one Dh got was too heavy but I found it extra heavy and extra warm, and I’m always cold. Instead I use a heated beanbag in my bed and an extra blanket on top of me for the weight.

I have one, but haven't used it during the summer as it was just too hot.
I can't wait for the cooler weather so I can put it back on.

A girlfriend has been using one for a few years and hates when she travels and can't take it with her.

I noticed a display of Pendleton weighted blankets at the front of our Costco last week and think I might pick up a couple for my kids.

Why would you have to get a gray one? The one I got from Amazon is purple and the London Fog one is navy blue (well the cover is, I think the blanket itself is white). 

Both of mine are about 48”x 78” or so. I’m sure you could make a cover for it out of a king sized sheet folded in half. I chose flannel so it would be less likely to slide off the bed and added twill ties at the inside top and bottom corners and centers that matched up with the loops already sewn to the blanket in those places so the cover and blanket will stay together. Most of these blankets I’ve seen come with loops sewn in the corners for that purpose.

I bought one for my dd this summer. She hasn’t tried it yet because her room at school is so hot.
I’m glad most people say they work.

If you have a sewing machine, it was really quite easy if you can sew a reasonably straight line. I folded the fabric the long way, cut some 10” pieces of twill ribbon that I had in my scrapbooking stash to use as ties, folded each piece in the middle so it would have two ends to tie around the loops and pinned the folded part of each strip in the corners and at the center top and bottom to secure it in the line of stitching where I wanted my ties. Sew a straight line across one short end and one long side.

If you’re using a sheet you could be done right there because it will already be hemmed on all sides. Since I was using flannel fabric from JoAnn’s, I hemmed the bottom open end too and added some ties on that end as well, but it really wouldn’t need them there. You don’t really need a zipper or button closures on the bottom because unlike a duvet the weighted blanket really isn’t going anywhere once it’s inside the cover. I contemplated adding a zipper or buttons to my homemade cover, but thought I’d try it as is and if it didn’t stay in I can always add some buttons and buttonholes or go buy a zipper, but so far it hasn’t budged a bit and it’s been on my bed that way for a couple weeks now without any issues.

I sandwich the covered weighted blanket between my flat sheet and the comforter that’s on my bed mostly so I don’t have to launder the cover as often, so for all intents and purposes no one sees it so it wouldn’t matter what color it is anyway. I mostly wanted a removable cover in case my dog barfs on my bed or something, there would be one more line of defense protecting the weighted blanket because it would be harder to wash. 

I love mine. I highly recommend using a weighted blanket.

Mine is 12 pounds. At first I thought I might want to get a heavier one. But, I am glad I didn't as I think any heavier would make me get too hot.

Shortly after I started using the weighted blanket, I also started using a wedge pillow. That has helped my sinus, throat drainage, chronic throat mucous/post nasal drip issues.

I also have a cooling pillow, on top of the wedge pillow.


It's been almost a year, since I switched to these three items.  It has made such a difference in my sleep. I sleep deeper and sleep for longer periods of time. Still not perfect (chronic insomnia), never eight hours, but so much better than before.

I got my husband one for Christmas, and he really loved it. But then the cats decided the texture of the beads was suitable for use as a litter box. After I cleaned cat pee from it three times, it got thrown out.

I was so freaking excited to get mine. I used it a couple of months, but it is really hot.  And I got a cooling one.  I guess that's what menopause does to you.  And I think it's too heavy for the size that it is, at least for me.

I need to find one that's about 15 pounds instead of 20 and try that.