Looking for a quality weighted blanket (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net

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I bought a cheap one off Amazon to see if it would help my insomnia. It seems to work, but this particular blanket triggers my allergies, perhaps it's the polyester.

Anyway, I'm looking for a better one, ideally from a reputable brand, not one of the faceless alphabet-soup "brands" all selling the same product from the same factory in Shenzhen.

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[-] FrodoSpark@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago

I got a cheap one off Amazon and put it in a duvet cover, may help if your allergies are only from direct contact. My reasoning was I can keep my weighted blanket and easily swap it to whatever color scheme I want

[-] early_riser@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I get watery eyes as well, so maybe some sort of out-gassing? IDK

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