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Weighted Blankets Compared: By Weight, Fill and Cover
5 weighted blankets from 15 to 20 pounds, with glass-bead fills and cotton and bamboo covers, matched to the sleeper each suits, and the one rule on children that every maker's warning comes back to.
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The 5 blankets here are sorted by the 3 things that decide a weighted blanket: its weight, its size and its cover, as How we choose describes. Each is read against what its listing states. Nothing here was handled or tested.
Best for One adult, one bed or sofa
Watch for Too narrow for 2
Best for Covering a queen bed
Watch for Lighter pressure, spread wide
Best for A hot sleeper
Watch for Not a cosy winter feel
Best for Cotton against the skin
Watch for No cooling fabric
Best for An adult of about 200 lb
Watch for Heavy for most
The weight comes first: about 10% of the sleeper
Buy the weight before anything else, because it decides whether the blanket feels calming or crushing. The common rule of thumb is about 10% of body weight, so 15 pounds for a 150-pound adult and 20 pounds for a 200-pound one. Wikipedia adds that a blanket that feels wrong is more often too heavy than too light. What weight of weighted blanket to get works through the rule and its limits.
| Sleeper’s weight | Blanket weight | Size to look for |
|---|---|---|
| About 140 lbs | 12 to 15 lbs | 48 x 72 inches, or one sized for 140 lbs |
| About 150 lbs | 15 lbs | 48 x 72 inches alone, 60 x 80 for a queen |
| About 200 lbs | 20 lbs | 60 x 80 inches |
A 48 by 72 inch blanket lies on 1 person; a queen covers the bed
Size changes how the weight feels. A 48 by 72 inch blanket is meant to lie on the sleeper, not hang over the mattress edge, so all of its weight presses where it should. The YnM 15-pound blanket is that shape, and YnM makes it in several weights.
YnM Weighted Blanket, 15 lbs, 48 x 72 inches
A 15-pound, 48 by 72 inch blanket sized to lie on one person rather than the whole bed.
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| Weight | 15 lbs |
|---|---|
| Size | 48 x 72 inches |
15 pounds in a 48 by 72 inch size: the one-person shape most adults should start with.
Buy it if
- An adult of around 150 pounds who sleeps alone or on a sofa
Don't buy it if
- A couple who want one blanket across a queen bed
The Waowoo queen spreads the same 15 pounds over 60 by 80 inches, so it reaches the edges of a queen bed. Waowoo fills it with glass beads. Spread wider, the same weight presses a little less on any one spot.
Waowoo Weighted Blanket, Queen, 15 lbs, Glass Beads
A 15-pound queen blanket, 60 by 80 inches, filled with glass beads.
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| Weight | 15 lbs |
|---|---|
| Size | 60 x 80 inches |
| Fill | Glass beads |
A 15-pound, 60 by 80 inch queen blanket with a glass-bead fill.
Buy it if
- A sleeper who wants the blanket to reach the edges of a queen bed
Don't buy it if
- A smaller adult: the same 15 pounds spread wider presses less
Glass beads pack 15 pounds into a thinner blanket
The fill decides the bulk: 15 pounds of glass takes less room than 15 pounds of plastic. Wikipedia’s article notes that plastic pellets are cheaper but bulkier, while glass or metal beads, being denser, reach the same weight in less volume. Every blanket on this page that names its fill names glass beads. Smaller compartments keep the beads from sliding to one side.
A bamboo cover suits a hot sleeper; cotton suits a purist
A weighted blanket traps heat, so the cover matters more than on a duvet. The YnM cooling blanket uses a bamboo viscose cover with glass beads in small compartments, and its listing sizes it for one person of 140 pounds.
YnM Cooling Weighted Blanket, Bamboo Viscose
A bamboo viscose cover with glass beads in small compartments, sized for one person of 140 pounds.
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| Cover | Bamboo viscose |
|---|---|
| Fill | Glass beads, small compartments |
| Sized for | One person of 140 lbs, per the listing |
A bamboo viscose cover for a sleeper who runs warm.
Buy it if
- A sleeper who kicks covers off by 2 a.m.
Don't buy it if
- Someone who wants a fleecy, wintry feel
The Bare Home cotton blanket is 15 pounds in a 48 by 72 inch size with a cotton shell. Bare Home is the pick for someone who wants cotton against the skin and no synthetic sheen.
Bare Home Cotton Weighted Blanket, 15 lbs
A 15-pound, 48 by 72 inch blanket with a cotton shell.
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| Weight | 15 lbs |
|---|---|
| Size | 48 x 72 inches |
| Cover | Cotton |
15 pounds under a cotton shell.
Buy it if
- A buyer who prefers cotton against the skin
Don't buy it if
- Anyone who wants a cooling fabric named on the label
A 20-pound blanket is for a larger adult only
Heavier is not better. The Yescool 20-pound queen suits an adult of about 200 pounds; for most smaller adults it will feel like too much. Yescool also sells it in king size at the same weight.
Yescool Weighted Blanket, 20 lbs, Queen
A 20-pound queen blanket, 60 by 80 inches, for a larger adult.
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| Weight | 20 lbs |
|---|---|
| Size | 60 x 80 inches |
20 pounds over a queen bed, for a sleeper of about 200 pounds.
Buy it if
- An adult of around 200 pounds
Don't buy it if
- Anyone under about 170 pounds, who will find it heavy
Never buy a weighted blanket for a small child
A weighted blanket is an adult product, without exceptions. Wikipedia’s article records that improper use of a weighted blanket has been responsible for at least one child’s death, and that safety studies in healthy adults cannot be applied to children. Each blanket on this page is sized for an adult. Buy a child none of them, and put no weighted blanket in a crib or a toddler bed.
For a lighter winter layer, the throw blanket guide and the duvet guide cover what goes under or over it.
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Best for one sleeper
YnM Weighted Blanket, 15 lbs, 48 x 72 inches