Does anyone remember when maybe 10 years ago they made those giant blankets that had sleeves?

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Where did they go?
They were so smart!
I only had one, pretty much wore it out, had to throw it out and now I have none….

I had one and found it a bigger when I needed the loo. I’ve now bought a heated throw. I love it and wear it when I work

Middle of Lidl had them a couple of months ago.

I got a back up one.

Son gave me one for Christmas years ago.
Im under it every evening on the sofa
Although I never bothered with the whole sticking your arms in, to me it’s just a warm blanket

The original was called The Snuggie.

The original one was always full of electric/static/thingystuff, my hair would stand on end and I'd get constant electric shocks, the dog would jump on and get a shock too so I got rid of it in the end

I nearly got tempted by the usb heated one but memories flooded back and I gave it a no lol

I think I'd rather sit and shiver than go through that again

Doesn’t your back and neck get cold in them?

I've got one by Silentnight.
Saw them for sale in Matalan today as well.

I saw a rolled up throw on a sale shelf in Marks a few weeks ago
It was a perfect colour for me so at 7 quid I just grabbed it

Got home , unwrapped the packing to find a throw over with hood and arms
It's huge .. almost square and really lovely and warm.

Love it 🤩

Wear a dressing gown backwards

How to say you've never used a slanket without using the words "I've never used a slanket"

Yup. The Oodie.

I have one. Not sure what you mean.

So you can use the hood to cover up your face? Sounds good.

My first thought was Peter Griffin's yanket - I think we all know why his arms are fake 😉

I think of the Slanket as the forerunner to the Oodie

I think the slanket was way more than ten years ago - probably double that - but I'm guessing that's what the op is talking about, rather than the oodie type.

😆 why would you do that?

There is a Percy Pig one on M&S website for £19.50, looks like a blanket with sleeves

The great thing about sticking your arms in is that it means they stay warm when you're doing things ike reading.

Not so. I've got a big warm dressing gown that I wear that way in bed. It means my arms and shoulders stay warm for reading or typing. I also have a slanket which I keep in the living room.

I think they were over taken in trend by oodies which are a bit more practical to get up and walk around in. Can still find them though. Slanket was the original from
The home shopping channels before the copies went wild

The post I was quoting suggested an alternative that was so very, very different to what you expect from a slacker that it appears to come from ignorance. A bit like saying on a thread about oodies ‘just wear a thicker t shirt’

Dressing is wrong cut, wrong length and likely unsuitable fabric

Precisely - your dressing gown is nothing like a slanket

The dressing gown is worn on a different place for a different purpose (variant bed-jacket)

You don’t wear a dressing gown as a sofa blanket, and you don’t wear a slanket in bed

Weren’t they called ‘slankets’?
I have a lovely cosy one that my DH bought me from Amazon.

I wore my dressing down backwards today and it was exactly like a slanket.