One of the more unusual creature-comforts available for sale is a comforter made from bamboo fiber and that contains a combination of nylon filling and glass beads to help create a certain heft and cool feeling to the blanket. The polyfill helps to keep the sleeper warm while the weight created by glass beads is comfortable for some people. A weighted bamboo blanket can be found by a quality retailer.
This is a specialty item, and the person looking into it possibly has heard of it before and its possible benefits. It is definitely a different experience from a normal comforter which is just a thin fabric filled with a bunch of synthetic fibers. While a regular comforter is light and only has mass based on plastic filling, a weighted blanket contains many glass beads that are surrounded by softer material.
Glass has different properties than other ways to stay warm. In fact, glass can be quite cool without any other form of insulation. This is what makes a weighted blanket a different experience than some people prefer. Glass has thermal mass. This just means because it has weight and is solid compared to filling, it stays cool much longer when exposed to body heat.
It does not stay cold but eventually absorbs the heat of the body. It keeps much of this heat but does release it to the outside air. Since the mattress is thin, it is easy for perspiration to escape between the layers of bamboo fiber and the round glass beads. In short, it provides some warmth but also a cooling effect. This can be great for warm nights.
The product generally tends to be more expensive than a regular mattress. It is a question as to why someone would want a weighted blanket, and one answer is that they are used to the feel of a heavy comforter in winter. While a thick blanket is a good idea in the cold of winter, it is uncomfortable in summer. Still, people are accustomed to the comfort of the mass of the winter blanket.
Switching to a thinner sheet in warm weather does not have to be an uncomfortable transition with a weighted bamboo blanket. The feeling of mass is there, but it is cool and allows air to circulate. Bamboo fiber is strong and cool, and the beads help a person to stay cool as well. This is the perfect fix when it is so warm that a blanket would otherwise be unnecessary.
