I'm a bit of a traditionalist in that I love natural materials, and wool blankets. The drawback, of course, with your traditional wool blankets, is that the warmth to weight ratio isn't all that great.These alpaca blankets solve that problem, in my opinion! I bought the twin size, and it weighs in at just 3.5lbs versus my military surplus blanket, which weighs in at 4.5lbs. And I would venture to say that this blanket is at least 1.5x as warm as all of my military surplus blankets -- maybe more even, while being no bulkier and significantly lighter. I think if you wanted to make a winter bedroll system, you could get by quite happily with the queen size blanket even down to very low temps, with two layers folded over you (right over left), a good mattress underneath, and something like a milsurp poncho for a bivvy bag. I speculate that the twin size, used in conjunction with a poncho liner, can also get one down below freezing comfortably. This all provided one is dressed for the weather -- you don't strip down when sleeping in any wool blanket. I also found it to be rather water repellent despite the cotton content, and extremely soft to the touch.This may be too warm as an indoor blanket for most people with central heating, but is excellent in an unheated room or the outdoors. I haven't noticed significant shedding as many people have commented on.
