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    You can get a similar effect by sleeping with a frozen 12-pack of LaCroix on your chest

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    Again? I assume again we come to the conclusion that this is everything but comfortable because of the constant hair pinching? Or smell of metal?

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      I guess a thin linen sheet between the two would alleviate the pinching without negating the cooling effects

      I imagine any smell would disappear after a short while, cutlery doesn’t smell of metal

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        Metal doesn’t smell. That smell comes from oils in your skin reacting with metal oxides. And cutlery is usually made from stainless steel which is resistant to oxidation.

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        Where I’m from, people call a duvet a comforter. I grew up thinking this is what they were called into my 20s. People think this name for it is funny. It is.

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          A comforter is one piece acting as both a heavy blanket and a bedspread. A duvet cover goes over a comforter or similar for decoration. In theory you can save money with a cheap plain comforter covered by a decorative duvet cover. You can also wash a duvet cover easier and more frequently than a comforter

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            Interesting. Fuck a decorative anything related to sleep or leisure though. Decorative pillows, eat my entire ass.

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              Eh, duvet covers are functional though, they protect the comforter underneath from stains and excess wear and things. The fact that it’s decorative is basically just a bonus. Agree on decorative pillows though, if I can’t put my head on it I don’t want it

            • 🐍🩶🐢@lemmy.world
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              I do love having a silk duvet. Yeah it is expensive, don’t care right now. The point I will actually make is you can put different inserts on the inside and have the same outside. It isn’t meant to go on top of a stereotypical comforter. The insert has loops on the corners and there are strings inside the duvet that ties to them. Otherwise, the insert looks like a very plain comforter without any decorative top. What is nice is you can get heavier or lighter inserts. I have even seen weighted blankets that have the loops on them.

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          In Australia a Duvet is called a “Doona” (Du-Nah) and is different from an American comforter.

          We also have “American comforters” but they don’t need a cover, the whole thing can frequently and easily go in the wash, but a doona/duvet requires a huge process to launder, so you always put a cover on it.

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        Ackshu-u-ually you can’t smell stuff on your skin, what you smell are vapors or particles getting to your nose.

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      Weighted blanket should be about 8%—14% of your body weight depending on why you’re using it, hard to tell how thick the rings are but you could get 5-7kg from that blanket which would be hefty enough for a petite person.

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      Not that light. Buddy and I made a chainshirt out of cans’ push tabs. That shit was heavy. Would work well as a weighted blanket.

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    It would’ve be a lot easier and cheaper to buy a weighted blanket. They’re made of glass beads so never smell like metal

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      This is not the first time I’ve heard about weighted blankets. What do they serve for? Is it because some people prefer to be under a weight while sleeping, or is there some medical benefit?

      Asking as someone who can only stand the lightest of covers.

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        No, there’s not much space to shuffle inside, because it’s sewn to form small pockets of beads. As far as I remember, the amount of sound is about the same as from walking on sand: not much

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          Yup, most sound coming from mine is from the blanket fabric and the duvet cover touching each other and not from the beads

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        Nope, it’s all on knitted strings and fabric separators. You just feel the weight around you snuggling you

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      Yeah this looks like maybe 5 lbs of aluminum. That’s pretty light for a weighted blanket honestly

      I don’t think aluminum poisoning is a concern tho

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        Aluminium is toxic. When it is oxidized, the rust layer is a non-toxic protective and watertight layer preventing the rest of aluminium from oxidation.

        This is why you should boil water in your camping pans until they are rusted, and should never clean them too good by removing the rust layer. The rust isn’t toxic, the aluminium is.

        When you have aluminium jewelry, the rust layer wears off by friction on your skin. This gives you aluminium poisoning. In low dosages it’s not too harmful, but on a large scale it can be even deadly. You should never buy aluminium toys for babies for example, there have been cases of babies dying due to aluminium poisoning. The most famous case is the baby of a French king who had aluminium toys.

        So imagine an entire blanket on your body. Slow but steady aluminium poisoning because the rust layer slowly wears off with every move and because of bodily fluids.