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This year i will try this travel blanket https://www.cocoon.at/en/products/travel-blanket-ef803637a79b652f25bb658159af8eb3-1 also there is merino version .I walked the Camino Portuguese in September 2023 and loved the experience. I'm looking forward to my next Camino sometime in 2025. Although I didn't need a blanket on the Portuguese, I'm thinking it's probably a good idea to bring one on the Frances or the Ingles, which is what I plan to walk next. I have a silk/cotton blend liner. I ordered a Rumpl nano puff blanket from REI during their recent sale but it seems heavy, weighing in at 1.8 pounds / .8 kilo. I'm looking for specific recommendations for a lightweight down or synthetic down blanket. Thanks!
I just want to point out that a hot wash is not necessary for killing bed bugs. It's the time spent in a hot dryer that kills them. It's safer for delicate fabrics if you put dry items into the hot dryer for about half an hour. After that treatment if you still want to wash the item you can do so according to its care instructions.It is lightweight and can withstand being hot washed in a Spanish lavanderia for bed bugs
I wonder whether one of the heat wraps that get distributed to runners at the end of a race would work well? Has anyone tried tucking one into a liner? Super lightweight, but their ability to keep in the heat is crazy. I suppose it could be a little noisy if you roll around.
No…and yes. Those mylar blankets are way too noisy (as noted elsewhere) and while they hold heat well, they also collect moisture so you wake up in the middle of the night dripping wet from your own condensation. However:I wonder whether one of the heat wraps that get distributed to runners at the end of a race would work well? Has anyone tried tucking one into a liner? Super lightweight, but their ability to keep in the heat is crazy. I suppose it could be a little noisy if you roll around.
I have the green version and used it outdoors for a couple of nights on Gran Canaria in November. Not quite warm enough but close! Have you tried the bag in damp weather after the washing machine treatment? Any idea what effect it had on permeability?Makes an interesting bivy…however it also is noisy as heck and rather hard to fold. There is a hack however. I put it into my front load washing machine on gentle, cold water with NO soap. Then hung to dry. It becomes quite soft and much, much less noisy, no more than any other nylon bag slithering around.
No, I’ve not. TBH I got the hack ideas from an ultralight thoughhiker on YouTube and I haven’t tried it “in the wild” yet. I found that some of the albergues on the CF in mid October were cold as heck…and I had a lousy sleep, and felt brutal the next day.I have the green version and used it outdoors for a couple of nights on Gran Canaria in November. Not quite warm enough but close! Have you tried the bag in damp weather after the washing machine treatment? Any idea what effect it had on permeability?
I used the Traveller without any liner last year for Apr/May Cf and CI, and again in Oct for del Norte. Best money I have spent for Camino gear in a long time!!I have a silk liner and a Sea to Summit Traveller down sleeping bag that can be opened into a blanket. A bit heavier that some mentioned about - 420 gr. But I love it.
Think you must be taking about what they used to call a Space Blanket (arose from space age technology) or also 'emergency' blanket....ultra thin, relfective noisy plasticy wrap....?I wonder whether one of the heat wraps that get distributed to runners at the end of a race would work well? Has anyone tried tucking one into a liner? Super lightweight, but their ability to keep in the heat is crazy. I suppose it could be a little noisy if you roll around.
Exactly. But as noted, it's noisy. Also, someone made the very good point that it traps all the moisture. So, it's a no-go!Think you must be taking about what they used to call a Space Blanket (arose from space age technology) or also 'emergency' blanket....ultra thin, relfective noisy plasticy wrap....?
Many albergues only offer a disposable bottom sheet and pillowcase made of a very thin nonwoven fabric. I'm sure that some people sleep right on top of that, but it's never appealed to me.I feel like I could survive without it; just with the sheets offered by the albergues.
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