Weighted blanket weight... Higher than suggested.

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I'm going to get a weighted blanket for my 21st birthday, but I've yet to decide on the weight.

I have a shoulder weight and a jacket, which sometimes I double up.

The weight suggested by the website is 10% of body weight plus one lb but I've been considering getting one that's almost 20% of my body weight. It's adjustable so I would be able to remove weights if it was too heavy.

Anyone wanted/needed a blanket heavier than recommended.

I know there isn't much clinical evidence for them improving sleep, but I would like one for relaxing when I'm stressed and currently I have no weight for my legs.

I dated a girl that had a weighted blanket. It definitely made it easier to sleep.

I'm in the same boat, can't decide which weight I want. I don't care what poorly constructed research studies say, weight on me while I sleep helps me sleep better. I sleep with between 7-9 blankets at the moment, partly for the weight and partly for heat.

I definitely find that my jacket and shoulder pad help. Frankly, even if it is a placebo effect - as it feels as though it's working I'm willing to stick with it.

My SIL says that there's a place weighted blankets can be hired from for £5 a week, but it's called Kids Club (so I'm doubtful they'd have the weight I'm after) and I haven't been able to find it online.

There's also a hire service at SensoryDirect which is £29 plus postage (youch) for two weeks, with £10 per week extensions but if you buy a blanket they subtract the hire cost from the blanket cost.

I'm thinking that I will hire the heaviest blanket and then remove some weights* to see if I find it more or less effective. Obviously not scientific method since I'll know, but suitable for comfort.

*Their adjustable blanket which allows you to add and remove weights is slightly more expensive than their classic one, but it's also the size of a full single cover. Their only other single size has balls in for tactile fiddling and is even more expensive.