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Huh. I get the same results with a shawl and a lap blanket. It sure looks like it could take a person through an ice storm, though.

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As a chronic blanket user, housecoat hater, and cheap-landlords-who-control-the-heat haver, I’d have to say that I think it’s a super idea. I might just buy one myself. I do think that they’d benefit from having some women shown in their marketing photos.

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They just look far too ridiculous! Plus, anyone notice the price? just for fleece, it’s way too much imho.

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My wife, who is a professional designer and architect, already in 2000/2001 designed and started producing a blanket with sleeves The Book Blanket http://www.thebookblanket.com.
She uses the best fleece available and the best craftsmen. It comes in a wonderfully designed special gift box.
Her idea was that women who read books often get cold arms and shoulders.
The one colour, drama red, gives the blanket a special profile standing for blood and passion coming directly from detective and fiction books.
Visit the website and see the difference.
It´s the Original Book Blanket!

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How about a double slanket, so you can sit side-by-side with your sweetie and you can both read, or fight over the remote, or whatever?

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Seems like people are rather judgemental here, starting with Darren. First of all, I am a guy and I sometimes wear a blanket over my shoulders around the house, usually on cold weekend days when I want that still-cozy-in-bed feeling until noon. I don’t lie on couch so the Slanket design wouldn’t work for me, I’d need more of a cape or poncho that doesn’t slide off.

Secondly, you asked all your male friends about blankets and now you’re the marketing expert in this field? You seem to imply, and another poster explicitly implies (yes, that’s possible) it’s for gay men. Is coziness a purely female attribute that makes a straight guy gay or gay-like?

Finally, yes, the “Slanket” is a horrible name (sounds like “skank”), but have you considered that the faux-campy marketing from people who look like web-savvy MBAs might actually be successful? Maybe they are marketing to gay guys. Maybe they’re marketing to women who want their male partners to be more snuggly. Maybe they’ve found that male models sell the prodct better to women.

Anyways, that’s way more than I ever wanted to write about blanket marketing, but I had to say something about the 2.0-th dgree of condescending that is getting more prevalent around here.

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I’ve tried both the Slanket and the original Book Blanket mentioned above and can only say that the Slanket is a big fat rip off. There is no comparison in quality between the two. Where The original Book Blanket is made out of a soft, thick, non-static high quality fleece the Slanket, simply put, just feels cheap. If you are in the market for this type of product I can only recommend that you go with the original Book Blanket. That one you will use and come to love. The Slanket will most likely end up in the bottom of your wardrobe. Atleast mine did. Go Book Blanket!

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I can’t speak to the Book Blanket, but the Slanket is great. I’ve got one and will shortly be getting another, as my wife really likes it too.

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In their inovation they basically re-created..

The robe.

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