Introduce yourself to all the different kinds of camp blankets and find the best one for you.
It used to be that a classic piece of camp gear was an old stadium blanket or a well-worn military-style wool blanket. No frills, no special treatments, just an added layer to wrap around a chilled body or provide a bit of extra warmth in or under a sleeping bag.
Today’s classic wool blankets still have that traditional military look and feel to them, (the 100% wool fabric now blended with softer Merino wool and about 30% synthetics). At the other end of the camp blanket scale would be the mylar fabric’ survival/emergency blankets most outdoors enthusiasts carry in their field kits. While they can be used as a supplemental heat-retaining wrap around camp, they are mostly used in threatening cold weather situations.
As the bison hide gave way to the wool covers, so, too, today’s synthetic materials and design features that take that traditional blanket to a whole new, broader level.
Most all the blankets marketed as camp blankets are made from…READ MORE
by Tom Watson
