Space All-Weather Blanket

This tough space blanket can be used as a tarp or a groundsheet, but I like it best as a blanket reflecting my body heat back at me. Unlike cheap cellophane space blankets, this one is tough enough to use and reuse many times. Essential gear!

This reinforced space blanket is tough enough to use as a tarp or a groundsheet, but what I like best to do is put it on the floor of my tent with my sleeping bag on it. If I get cold, I flip half the blanket over my bag. It reflects my heat back at me. A little condensation builds up but it tends to evaporate again if I leave the blanket loose instead of pulling it tight at my neck.

My space blanket is ten years old and gets used every summer. I take it on picnics to sit on as a waterproof picnic blanket. If I spill mustard, it's easier to wipe off this blanket than a fuzzy cloth blanket! Sometimes I put it on the ground shiny side up, but on sunny bright days it goes shiny side down.

When I'm carrying a day pack, this blanket often goes in the pack as emergency bedding and shelter. Never had to use it yet, but it's so light that I don't mind having carried it around.

The blanket is showing a little wear but is still shiny. The grommets are still firmly in place and there are no tears in it. It's a reliable and essential piece of my outdoors sports gear.

On a recent backpacking trip, I woke up freezing in my hammock.  My backside was fine, as I used a seeping pad. However, I was cold everywhere else.

I was shivering uncontrollably, and I quickly took the All-Weather Blanket down (I had strung it up as a rain fly) and wrapped myself in it as I stood beside my hammock. Within a few minutes, I had stopped shivering. 

I then took the blanket, and lined my hammock with it. I got back in, and enjoyed a nice, warm sleep for the remainder of the night. 

These things are tough, versatile, and certainly worth the price increase from the typical emergency space blanket. You can use them as a ground cloth as well. They're easy to clean, and they pack very flat. This is one of those items I plan to have with me on every trip I take.