Searching for the ultimate blanket

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skinnay
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Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by skinnay » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:24 am

I'm really sensitive to that horrible chalky playa dust feel, especially on certain fabrics like fleece or flannel. I much prefer to sleep with things of nylon/sateen texture. I have a sweet sleeping bag, but I'm looking for a blanket version of this, hopefully one that can pack up just as small. Does this exist? like a high tech camping blanket? (its for 2 people)

I will resort to a comforter and duvet, but I'm not thrilled about the pack volume.

I will love you forever if you can find this =]

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Post by LostinReno » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:35 am

skinnay wrote:I'm really sensitive to that horrible chalky playa dust feel, especially on certain fabrics like fleece or flannel. I much prefer to sleep with things of nylon/sateen texture. I have a sweet sleeping bag, but I'm looking for a blanket version of this, hopefully one that can pack up just as small. Does this exist? like a high tech camping blanket? (its for 2 people)

I will resort to a comforter and duvet, but I'm not thrilled about the pack volume.

I will love you forever if you can find this =]
Have you tried a very high thread count cotton sheet?

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Post by Token » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:37 am

Silk.

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Re: Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by C.f.M. » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:39 am

skinnay wrote:I'm really sensitive to that horrible chalky playa dust feel, especially on certain fabrics like fleece or flannel. I much prefer to sleep with things of nylon/sateen texture. I have a sweet sleeping bag, but I'm looking for a blanket version of this, hopefully one that can pack up just as small. Does this exist? like a high tech camping blanket? (its for 2 people)

I will resort to a comforter and duvet, but I'm not thrilled about the pack volume.

I will love you forever if you can find this =]
A blanket version of a sleeping bag? Um, unzip it and spread it out flat?

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Re: Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by Lord Of Ruin » Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:51 am

skinnay wrote:I'm really sensitive to that horrible chalky playa dust feel, especially on certain fabrics like fleece or flannel. I much prefer to sleep with things of nylon/sateen texture. I have a sweet sleeping bag, but I'm looking for a blanket version of this, hopefully one that can pack up just as small. Does this exist? like a high tech camping blanket? (its for 2 people)

I will resort to a comforter and duvet, but I'm not thrilled about the pack volume.

I will love you forever if you can find this =]
Is this a troll post?

You're so sensitive to playa dust you need a special sleepy binky?

Oh for the love of .....

Ok, on the off chance you are serious...

Make yourself a sleep sack. Simply get a couple of your preferred sateen sheets, sew together with machine along three edges. You and bunky slip into sack, then simple pile on whatever you need to keep warm on top of that.

Buy a giant ziploc bag (available at home improvement stores) and make sure you stuff it inside each day when you leave the tent. Then put plastic drop cloth over tent contents when you leave.

That way each night is comfy.

LoR
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Re: Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by skinnay » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:42 am

Lord Of Ruin wrote:
skinnay wrote:I'm really sensitive to that horrible chalky playa dust feel, especially on certain fabrics like fleece or flannel. I much prefer to sleep with things of nylon/sateen texture. I have a sweet sleeping bag, but I'm looking for a blanket version of this, hopefully one that can pack up just as small. Does this exist? like a high tech camping blanket? (its for 2 people)

I will resort to a comforter and duvet, but I'm not thrilled about the pack volume.

I will love you forever if you can find this =]
Is this a troll post?

You're so sensitive to playa dust you need a special sleepy binky?

Oh for the love of .....

Ok, on the off chance you are serious...

Make yourself a sleep sack. Simply get a couple of your preferred sateen sheets, sew together with machine along three edges. You and bunky slip into sack, then simple pile on whatever you need to keep warm on top of that.

Buy a giant ziploc bag (available at home improvement stores) and make sure you stuff it inside each day when you leave the tent. Then put plastic drop cloth over tent contents when you leave.

That way each night is comfy.

LoR
I've always just absolutely hated the feel of chalk. I'm plenty used to the mockery from the burning man superstars, but I just don't like the way it feels on the flannel of my old sleeping bags. I know, I know, I don't loooovvveee playa dust and bring some home to jerk off with for the next 51 weeks. I know this makes me sooo uncool and a total noob. Why don't you go bitch to the thousands of people in RVs and show them how awesome you are?

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Post by C.f.M. » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:45 am

ha ha ha!

Aside from what I brought from my body, that I could have easily dusted off before crawling into bed, I didn't get any dust in my bed.

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Re: Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by Lord Of Ruin » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:52 am

skinnay wrote:
I've always just absolutely hated the feel of chalk. I'm plenty used to the mockery from the burning man superstars, but I just don't like the way it feels on the flannel of my old sleeping bags. I know, I know, I don't loooovvveee playa dust and bring some home to jerk off with for the next 51 weeks. I know this makes me sooo uncool and a total noob. Why don't you go bitch to the thousands of people in RVs and show them how awesome you are?
It's no so much that we "love the way it feels."

It's just that when we went to camp as kids we actually listened out there in the mountains when they said "Buck up little camper and quit the fuckin' whinin'".

Okay, maybe you went to a different camp than I did.

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Post by Fire_Moose » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:05 pm

Man you people bitch about dust a lot...

I hardly notice it, none ever gets into my RV and im in there for almost the entire week
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Post by Dr. Pyro » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:11 pm

By yourself.

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Post by skinnay » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:19 pm

Fire_Moose wrote:Man you people bitch about dust a lot...

I hardly notice it, none ever gets into my RV and im in there for almost the entire week
Thats because you're in an RV! :D

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Post by Fire_Moose » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:31 pm

Dr. Pyro wrote:By yourself.

OH YEAH! that's why!!! I don't invite you smelly dirty hippies in! DUHR!
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Post by Boijoy » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:39 pm

you could bring your favorite binky from home & cover your bedding with a shower curtain or something until you go to bed.

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:55 pm

Good luck with your plan to escape from the Sacred Dust.

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Post by Isotopia » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:16 pm

There is only one perfect blanket.

All others are pretenders to the throne.

You may thank me at your convenience.



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Post by capjbadger » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:09 pm

The perfect blanket:
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Mmmmm... toasty! :lol:

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Post by theCryptofishist » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:35 pm

I hate cotton balls mroe than fingernails on teh blackboard.
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Re: Searching for the ultimate blanket

Post by dust devil » Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:49 pm

Pay attention, skinnay. Token speaks truth: SILK. Sew a loose sack of silk for a sleeping bag liner, then when not sleeping stick it in a ziplock bag.

Time's short, go to the fabric store and get to work!

If lazy, fumble-fingered or possessed of more cash than time go to a store and buy a sillk "dreamsack".
The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness.

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Post by Elderberry » Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:04 pm

You can buy silk sleeping bag liners. You can also buy very light, like a light blanket sleeping bags--more like sleeping blankets. The combination of the silk liner and sleeping blanket was great. I don't remember where I got them, but I bought them specially for a camping trip to Hawaii.

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