This blanket is a perfect size to use around the house, in the car, camping, wherever. It's big enough for one person to wrap up completely or two people to share over top. It has a good feel, nice and soft and heavy. When I first opened the package it did have a very strong diesel-like aroma. I know that's just the strong smell of lanolin and how my nose interprets it, but it is pretty powerful. After a gentle wash, the smell was mostly gone and it now just smells like a wool blanket. The color is a rich burnt orange that I love (less bright/vibrant than the pictures in the listing). This is not a $500 artisanal wool blanket but for the price you're getting a great wool blanket for a good value. I've seen some "wool" blankets in stores that are 90+ percent synthetic with some tiny fraction of wool for the same price or even more. This is the way to go. I'm ordering another one in a different color based on my experience so far. By the time I'm done I'll probably have one for everyone in the family. Update: bought the blue version. It had almost no smell at all but felt just as substantial. Washed and dried and it is comfy and warm. Also used some webbing and buckles I had to make a blanket roll/carrier for each. If Arcturus is reading these reviews I wish they did a bundled version that included one for a reasonable price instead of as a separate item. Read more
No odor whatsoever upon arrival. If you bury your nose in the blanket and REALLY REALLY sniff hard, you might catch a tiny bit of normal "wool scent." Every wool blanket I have ever encounterd has the same scent. No biggie. It is genuine wool and smells no different than a wool sweater. No massive shedding, either. Maybe I got lucky and got a "good one," but I doubt that. I really question the hysterical one-star ratings for this blanket, which almost caused me to not purchase it. They are doing Arcturus a big disservice with the ridiculous hysteria. (I am not affiliated with Arcturus, I am just a normal customer.) If one has a wool allergy of course this will not be a good buy for you, but your allergy or over-sensitive nose is not a reason to give a one-star rating. The blanket is medium heavy (4.5 pounds advertised) and very warm. It feels hefty and and comforting without pinning you down with sheer weight. Normal and typical "wool scratchy," which is not scratchy but rough compared to fabrics like cotton. Again, not abnormal. The edges are bound with quality stitching. I like this blanket so much I that have recommended it to family members, and the $45 price makes this a great value. This blanket is going to live in the back seat of my pickup as a passenger comfort blanket / survival blanket. Read more
Very nice look and feel to this blanket, I used it to stay warm for hours while deer hunting in freezing weather. I plan on taking this camping. Unlike the wool military blanket I used prior, this one is big enough to wrap my whole body in (I’m a bigger guy) and tuck under my feet for max warmth. Would make a really good emergency blanket for your car or basement if you live in tornado country. Would make the perfect gift, because let’s face it, nothing beats a wool blanket when you need one most. Is it scratchy? Not really, this is way softer than my military surplus wool blanket, but not quite as soft as a fine Kashmir wool sweater. Still quite soft and nice on the skin. The weave is really tight and the edges are nicely stitched. Wool is inherently a superior material to polyester (literally made of microplastics, yuck), and better than cotton for warmth and durability. Wool can put out fires and keep you warm even if it’s wet, so I’m giving an A+ to the sheep too, for having such great hair, not just the manufacturer for making it into a good blanket. Take the wool pill, you will not regret it. It’s time tested and natural. Just make sure to use woolite detergent and cool water to wash, then tumble dry no heat or line dry it, same as any wool product. Read more
I purchased the blanket to use as an extra layer on my bed at night. The heft, at 4 lbs., was notable right out of the packaging as was the incredible way the material felt - smooth to the touch with no itchy, prickly feeling at all. My big concern was whether it would be too warm or not warm enough. Turns out it is perfect for my situation. We keep the home at about 65° at night and it’s fine for that. Today when I awoke it was warmer inside, 73°, since the weather outside is unseasonably warm and I was still not overheating during the night. On top of all of that the price is amazingly low, imo. If this were $100 more it would still be worth every penny. Read more
This blanket is very warm and well made. I did find a couple of areas on the blanket where extra stitching was raised due to possibly sewing a small hole. I also washed the blanket a noticed small amounts of shedding. Overall for the price, you can't beat it. Read more
I ordered three different colors of this blanket to match furniture, we use them as throws. These are solid, fairly thin but very heavy because the blanket fabric is very dense. One of my blankets did initially have a smell, from the natural lanolin. After letting it air and tumbling it for a few minutes in the dryer on no heat the smell was gone. They are very warm, breath well and I find that the weight seems to help me sleep better. After a bit of use the blankets soften up quite a bit, much smoother than the wool blankets I used as a child which must have been made with fire ants. Pay attention to the washing instructions if you need to wash. Hand wash and line dry is the best way to care for them should you need to launder them. Read more
