Blanket

for those of you that don't use a sleeping bag when in the wild what kind of blanket do you use.

I have tried cotton, don't like it for moisture absorbtion, but nice in dry climates

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I've always used a sleeping bag, and until something better pops up I think I always will. Cotton in the outdoors is a bad idea.. Like you said tfischer it soaks up everything, and takes forever to dry.

edit-- also very flammable.

I wish I could use wool as a blanket... but they drive me crazy with itchiness. I've had to use wool many times in various situations, and definitely it's better than cotton for warmth, and when wet... but my skin just can't take it, if I want a decent night's sleep.

If someone would only come up with a good thick (and inexpensive Exclamation

) cashmere wool blanket. That would work for me! Very Happy

Have you experimented with synthetics? The acrylic pile stuff or Synchilla from Patagonia for example?

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I use wool somtimes!

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-Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.

-Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!!!"

I ussually only use blankets when possible/practicle. I don't enjoy being confined inside a sleeping bag. So for me, a ground cloth, wool blanket, and how ever many blankets I need after that. Laughing

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Where the Eagles fly, and the Caribou lie is where I want to be, the Wolf waits there for me.....
-Les Stroud

I use a fleece blanket sometimes in my sleeping bag. Not just the blanket though, too chilly Very Happy

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When by my self, I usually use a thick (3/4") fleece blanket, but when Im not alone Wink

A nice sized sleepingbag.