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To: V K Lee

I have to say, I didn’t see a survival blanket. I have one those, they don’t take up much space.


3 posted on 01/05/2022 8:37:34 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: rlmorel
Wool blanket is better then a survival blanket.

A survival blanket is ok when you have to worry about weight or space. I carry one in my "oops kit" when I go for a day in the woods. But wool is much better.

14 posted on 01/05/2022 8:46:07 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: rlmorel

Look again, Warm Blanket #3.
Survival is assumed.(ass, u, me, d)


21 posted on 01/05/2022 8:49:31 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistence by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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To: rlmorel

—” I didn’t see a survival blanket.”

Better than nothing, but do not bet your life on one.

Heat moves from hot to cold, three ways, convection (WIND), conduction(touch), and radiation (sun from space).

They do help with radiant and some convection loss.
No insulation is provided.

Test one.
It is 11F here in DuPage, run outside and wrap up in one and see how it works. Without solar gain or heavy insulated clothes /blankets...

Wool will retain 40% of its dry insulating value when 100% water-saturated, cotton, down, poly; not so much.

Check out a wool antique wetsuit, the old guys were tough!


105 posted on 01/05/2022 1:08:28 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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