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I've looked at them, they are mostly made of man made materials, I don't want to sleep with. The heat is also an issue, none I've seen address this. Cotton knit seems to be the best option right now.
Just use 2 blankets, 1 light 1 heavy, if you get cold, pull the heavy blanket over. No idea why people are down to a sheet and 1 blanket as a standard now.
The fact that the temperature seldom go below 27 degrees at night also helps.
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My partner made me a 15 pound weighted blanket for Christmas and I love it. It's very cozy and feels nice. She made it out of light materials so it can breathe and be used in the Summer.
Cool (in the summer, I hope)! What kind of batting did they use for weighting?
She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in pockets throughout the blanket and add in the pellets in a precisely measured way so that it would be evenly distributed.
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Cool (in the summer, I hope)! What kind of batting did they use for weighting?
She didn't get the weight from the batting, it doesn't add enough. She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in pockets throughout the blanket and add in the pellets in a precisely measured way so that it would be evenly distributed.
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Presumably, there is an optimal temperature range for sleeping, and for healthy (not young/elderly/insomniac) adults, that temperature range is slightly below their normal temperature. That corroborates Tade0's comment below - observing that starting to feel cold at the wheel means the driver is in danger of falling asleep. I've also embarked on long (16 hours at a time) drives, and can confirm starting to feel cold…
I agree with your assessment of the research. But my point is that the linked article does not; it claims that the research used a suit which cools the participants, which is not the case. It, unfortunately, uses an incorrect understanding of the research (a cooling suit) to support a more well-established, true statement (core temperature drops around sleep).