SnugpakJungle Survival Blanket - Insulated, Lightweight, Water Repellent Polyester, Olive

Very lightweight and resistant to all sorts of things from dampness to bacteria. Warm for it's weight. This is my ho to summer camping blanket and hammock top quilt when the night time temperatures are above 50..

This is a great addition to a bedroll or even a sleeping bag. I think I'll get another for my truck.

While shopping for a good camp blanket, I bought the well-reviewed Rothco USGI poncho liner for $40. When it arrived, I decided to send it back. Although it was a decent blanket, it felt overpriced and short on quality, having arrived with a few loose quilt seams and several inches of open hem and exposed insulation. I also expected the fabric to feel more durable and water resistant. After I returned it, I stumbled across this Proforce Equipment Snugpak Jungle Blanket 92248 for only $3 more and decided to give it a try. I am pleasantly surprised--so impressed, in fact, that I will probably order another.At roughly the same price and only about 25 grams heavier than the Rothco poncho liner (they both weigh approximately 1.5 lbs.), the Snugpak Jungle Blanket is far superior in quality: it has no loose seams and is made from more durable fabric with an antimicrobial coating on both sides to discourage odors and reduce the frequency of laundering. The outer shell fabric is also impressively water resistant. I held it under a running faucet for thirty seconds and the water ran right off, leaving no hint of dampness. Moreover, it packs slightly smaller than the Rothco poncho liner and comes with a sturdy, functional compression sack that will compact it smaller than a standard 32 oz. Nalgene bottle.Since I didn't have both the Jungle Blanket and the Rothco poncho liner on hand at the same time, I can't say with absolute certainty which of the two is warmer, but I'm confident there's not a big difference. Either blanket should be adequate to keep warm down to about 50 degrees, assuming you have some way to insulate yourself from the ground as well (i.e., a sleeping pad). The only shortcoming of the Snugpak Jungle Blanket is that it's about 5" narrower than the poncho liner (but still more than large enough to cover my full grown adult frame at 6'0" tall and 185 lbs.). In every other way, the Snugpak Jungle Blanket is far more deserving of its ~$40 price tag. It just looks and performs like a better made piece of gear.If you're interested in the poncho liner as a camp blanket, I would strongly encourage you to consider the Snugpak Jungle Blanket as a better choice. For almost the same price, it packs a bit smaller, resists odors better, sheds moisture better, is more versatile in application (since the outer shell sheds water so well), and should be more durable as well--all while keeping you just as warm and weighing only a few grams more. Highly recommended!

SnugPak products are "para-military". They make similar gear for certain military services here and there.THIS blanket is part of a series, "Jungle" for black and olive drab, "Travel" for grey colors.This is the standard size, 64x76. Now a lot of reviews complain about this being too short, but in fact most camp blankets sold by major outdoors makers through outdoors outfitters are actually smaller in both dimensions. Keep this in mind as you read reviews.The issue is what you use these blankets for - if a throw on your lap or over your shoulders, then the smaller camp blankets are fine. Now camping quilts, used instead of sleeping bags for insulation overnight, are, indeed, usually 78" to 80", but are often not as wide, often less than 58". The traditional American Military Poncho Liner is 60x84, and many a soldier slept under their "woobie". So what can we conclude?> The Regular SnugPak Jungle Blanket 76x64 is a few inches too short for sleeping, especially for a 6ft frame, forcing the sleeper to choose between warm feet or neck. But even in the summer, sleep socks are recommended... and if you're a curl-up sleeper or few inches shorter than 6', you'll likely be fine.> The XL SnugPak Jungle Blanket or Travel Blanket is 90x72... so big it verges on awkward to work with, but certainly long enough and wide enough for most everyone to cover up in.So size-wise, I have gifted my grandkids with the Regular, their tall fathers with the XL; I use an XL.All of these are made the same. One side kinda soft, one side kinda slick. The material is rain resistant (not water proof) and anti--microbial.There are no tie out points or grommets or strings. These are simple blankets. (Most camp blankets have no tie outs either). These are NOT quilt with adjustments for footboxes or snaps to fasten to pads and so on, just a blanket.They are fine for sleeping in a hammock or in a tent in summer, late spring, and early fall - say down to 45F outside temp (a tent or hammock or bivy adds maybe 5F to the low temp comfort limit. I'd say 50F is the limit just sleeping cowboy style outside without a shelter, but really this is a good covering for down to the mid 50's at night, and a good value.The compression sacks I've received have been well made, and do allow achieving a nice 5x9 package - I'd not squash it down to softball shape and stress the stitching - it's small enough.My rating of 4?Well, their Amazon ad to me "seems" to suggest too low a comfort limit for temp, even though that is subjective on how you personally sleep.And it "seems" to offer the regular blanket for camp sleeping overnight rather than cuddling up at the campfire or swing or couch. Maybe the regular was designed for nations where the average height and build is less than our American physique.So be sure to judge wisely in choosing this blanket or the XL. How tall are you? How do move about in your sleep? What temperature do you want to camp and sleep at?

Packs very small, carried this and a snugpak traveller sleeping bag on a 4500 mile motorcycle trip. The bag was rated to 45 degrees I think and this could have been used for extra insulation if I ran into colder weather. It was nice for those warmer nights when I didn’t want my bag. I would bet this would be awesome for those folks that like hammock camping.