Positive qualities of bamboo blanketsdifficult to overestimate. Only having appeared on the market, they managed to earn popularity due to their thermal insulation properties and affordable price. Let's see how to choose the right blanket of bamboo, so that the purchase really pleased with its quality.
What should be a bamboo blanket?
Blankets with bamboo unusually soft, pleasant totouch, weightless, and therefore the first time after purchase, and not being used to it, they seem airy. Due to the special structure of the fibers, this filler is breathable and environmentally friendly: it has natural antibacterial properties, does not accumulate dust, does not absorb extraneous odors.
Caring for bamboo blankets will not deliver specialhassle the hostess. If necessary, such products can be washed in an automatic typewriter, not worrying that they will dry for a long time or lose their original shape.
Down with the myths!
The fallacy that the blanket is with bambooThe filler is 100% made up of only natural fiber widespread among buyers. Therefore, choosing among the possible options, many are looking for something that actually does not exist. And all because natural bamboo fiber is a material that is malleable, not sufficiently elastic and too soft. Accordingly, products with such a filler would be short-lived and impractical to operate.
To improve the functional properties of blankets forThey use a mixture of natural and synthetic fibers in different quantities. Most often, the proportions are uniform, or are 30/70 and 70/30 as a percentage of bamboo and synthetics, respectively.
Kinds of bamboo blankets
Bamboo blankets are divided into three classes:
- lightweight (summer) with a filler density of 100 g / m2 - thin and light, you can sleep under them even in the heat, feeling a pleasant coolness.
- Winter with a filler density of 300 g / m2 - incredibly warm, dense and soft blankets that will warm you up well in winter, even if the window is slightly open in the room.
- All-season with a filler density of 200 g / m2 are considered universal, as they are suitable for sleeping at any time of the year.
Also in stores sometimes there are somesymbiosis - options consisting of two blankets. They are connected to each other with the help of special mini-buttons, which are easily fastened and unfastened, or on the principle of a duvet cover-blanket, when a light blanket tucks into a warm one.
Before you buy a blanket with bamboo fiber, it is important not only to get acquainted with the range offered by manufacturers (for example, you can look here