Weighted Blankets: Are they worth the money?

I love my weighted blanket and look forward to getting under it every night. I used to be a very restless sleeper, tossing and turning and watching the clock, but now I hardly move all night.

I bought the Koala weighted blanket which came out as No. 1 in a survey a couple of years ago. I managed to get it in a sale.

I use a top sheet and then put the weighted blanket on top, then I can just change the sheet to wash, and not have to keep changing the cover on the blanket.

I wouldn't be without mine.

It has made a huge difference to my sleep ?, however as others have said it is too hot in the warmer months unfortunately. Mine was from John Lewis.

I have found that tucking our, fairly heavy, bedspread in at the bottom and lower sides (not all the way up) has made a massive difference to the quality of sleep we get. Some mornings I swear I haven't moved all night!

I can’t stand any weight on me in bed so I don’t think it would work for me. My autistic nephew has one that he wraps up in when he needs a bit of quiet time.

My daughter bought one to help her daughter who has huge problems sleeping. Absolutely useless for granddaughter but my daughter loves it! So I think your only hope is to see if you can get a bargain one and try it!

We have a very heavy Laura Ashley bedspread which has a trimming of beads all around the edges. It is not advertised as a weighted blanket but I find whenever I pull it up over us - on top of the duvet - I sleep much better and tend to stay very still. I do like the feeling of the weight - our duvet is 10 tog so as we never have bedroom heating on the bedspread does not make us too hot during the winter.

I found by accident and before I heard about this that if I placed a very full and quite weighty pillow over my duvet and therefore over my shoulders it actually sent me to sleep. As I have suffered with chronic insomnia for years it has been a revelation. It’s like a signal to my brain to go to sleep or that is how it seems. Now I can’t sleep without it. Also it didn’t cost me anything as I already had a substantial pillow.

As another option, you can get stretchy sheets (I think lycra?) that has a similar effect when tucked around tightly.

I have one as a treatment for restless legs and I must admit I find it very good in that respect. Yes it is a bit hot, and it does restrict your movements but I think that is the point.

I have it on my side of the bed so DH doesn't share it. I think if we did it would cause a bit of a problem considering how we normally fight over the bedclothes.

To be honest my sleep problems are so bad that anything that helps for a while is welcome and I've tried herbal teas and sprays with little effect so I think on balance the blanket is a hit.

My GS with ASD finds it really helpful. I tried it before passing it on to him, but couldn’t cope with it.

I have one that has sat in the cupboard for quite a while. I like it but I don't think I could use it in summer months.

I bought one a few weeks ago as a last resort, sleeping so badly. After four nights, it was taken off, and shoved in a cupboard.
There were several reasons it didn’t work for me, one, it was so hot, I like being warm in bed, but not that warm!
Secondly, every move seemed to tangle everything up, because it doesn’t seem to move with you, every night I was getting up at about three o clock to remake the bed.
I quite like the weighted feeling, and maybe if you sleep on your own, and don’t move about too much, it would be different. For me, I’m back with my night time tea, and pillow spray.