On the subject of blankets and shelters
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:32 am
I've been thinking about getting some proper kit together, I'm not to bothered about serious bush-craft/wild camping etc... at the moment, I just thought it would be cool to be able to spend a night dwarven style at a medieval fair or something (because all events are cancelled this year I'll probably just end up camping in the garden ) so now that my work has closed I thought it was as good a time as any to start to research what I could get, I'll start off asking about blankets and move on to shelters later:
Blankets:
My first questions are what kind of blanket do you have and how much does it weigh? I've done quite a bit of reading about this and it seems that proper blankets are heavy, that depends on the size of blanket, a few people have recommended that for sleeping rough I need at least a Queen size blanket, but there seems to be mixed opinion and some people say twin is OK, I'm guessing this depends on the temperature where it's being used?
I've looked at a few possibility's, I could get something cheaper that will do for a hot summers night and not much else but I wanted to avoid getting something not good enough and having to replace it in the future, so I've decided I'm not to worried about cost (as long as it's not insane) because I've saved plenty of money lately (by not being aloud out the door to spend money)
This one looks like one of the best options, but it's heavy: (or I think it's heavy, compared to a backpacking sleeping bag anyway, I don't know what' normal for blankets, also could I get away with twin size ?)
https://www.alpaca4less.com/copy-of-alp ... ct-reviews
There are also two on the townsends site, the first one is lighter, because it's smaler:
https://www.townsends.us/products/the-w ... 9cd0&_ss=r
and the second one is so light it must be to good to be true (while being slightly bigger than the first) so I'm not convinced:
https://www.townsends.us/products/patte ... 9cd0&_ss=r
both of these are more expensive, and people on other sites anyway seem to prefer alpaca wool?
Other than that, the Hudson bay blanket is popular but it seems to be almost impossible to find one of those in anything other than the traditional bright colors
These are a possible solution, and it would be cheaper to go second hand: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Earl ... Sw-9lebpQO (this one is 4 point so that's slightly smaller than the queen size one I mentioned first) although none of the listings include weight so I have no idea what I'm buying?
so all that considered, I'm open to suggestions and thanks for your time
Blankets:
My first questions are what kind of blanket do you have and how much does it weigh? I've done quite a bit of reading about this and it seems that proper blankets are heavy, that depends on the size of blanket, a few people have recommended that for sleeping rough I need at least a Queen size blanket, but there seems to be mixed opinion and some people say twin is OK, I'm guessing this depends on the temperature where it's being used?
I've looked at a few possibility's, I could get something cheaper that will do for a hot summers night and not much else but I wanted to avoid getting something not good enough and having to replace it in the future, so I've decided I'm not to worried about cost (as long as it's not insane) because I've saved plenty of money lately (by not being aloud out the door to spend money)
This one looks like one of the best options, but it's heavy: (or I think it's heavy, compared to a backpacking sleeping bag anyway, I don't know what' normal for blankets, also could I get away with twin size ?)
https://www.alpaca4less.com/copy-of-alp ... ct-reviews
There are also two on the townsends site, the first one is lighter, because it's smaler:
https://www.townsends.us/products/the-w ... 9cd0&_ss=r
and the second one is so light it must be to good to be true (while being slightly bigger than the first) so I'm not convinced:
https://www.townsends.us/products/patte ... 9cd0&_ss=r
both of these are more expensive, and people on other sites anyway seem to prefer alpaca wool?
Other than that, the Hudson bay blanket is popular but it seems to be almost impossible to find one of those in anything other than the traditional bright colors
These are a possible solution, and it would be cheaper to go second hand: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Earl ... Sw-9lebpQO (this one is 4 point so that's slightly smaller than the queen size one I mentioned first) although none of the listings include weight so I have no idea what I'm buying?
so all that considered, I'm open to suggestions and thanks for your time