American Survival Guide – October 2019

[ASGMAG.COM] AMERICAN SURVIVAL GUIDE 87

CARE AND

MAINTENANCE

OF YOUR VERSA

BLANKET

TheVersaBlanketandVersaLuxeCampingBlanketarereallyeasy

tocarefor.Washthemona gentlecyclewithyourregularlaundry

detergent,butnobleach.Then,tumbledryonlowheat.Youcan

storethemlongtermintheirstusack,oranystusack,orinpillow

modeaslongastheyarecleananddry.

Athirdwayistowearitoveryourshoul-

derslikeacloakandconnectjusttwoof

thesnapsinfrontofyou.Ifyousnugdown

thedrawstringitwillstayonyourshoulders

hands-free.

Anothermoderntouchnotfoundonthe

poncholineristheadditionoftwocorner

handpocketsandafootboxontheVersaand

fourcornerpocketsandthefootboxonthe

LuxeCampingblanket.Theseideasweretak-

enfrombackpackingquiltswhicharegaining

popularityintheultralightcampingworld.

Youcanputyourhandsinthecornerpockets

tokeepthemwarmwhileholdingtheblanket

aroundyou.

Thewidefootboxpocket,whichiscentered

onthebottomedgeoftheblanket,willkeep

yourfeetwarm.Italsopreventstheblanket

frommovingoffyourbodyifyouchange

positionatnight.Inaddition,itcanbeused

asastuffsackfortheblanketandwillforma

warmandsoftpillow.

SUMMARY

ThetwoVersablanketswehaveinthe

Schwartzhouseholdhavereplacedmyold

issueponcholinersasthepreferredcomforter

whenwatchingmoviesinthelivingroomor

takinganaponacoldwinterafternoon.My

wifequicklytooktotheVersawhenI gotit

totryout;butshejustasquicklygaveitback

tomewhentheLuxeversionarrived.Both

modelsarelightinweight,warminuse,soft

tothetouch,andarepackedwithfeatures

thattheponcholinerdidn’thave.Allinall,

eitheronewillbeagreatadditiontoyour

preppinggear.

SOURCES

Kylmit

(888) 559-6481

Klymit.com

Survive Outdoors

Longer (SOL)

(800) 324-3517

SurviveOutdoorsLonger.com

“FORTUNATELY, TECHNOLOGY IS

ALWAYS ADVANCING AND NEWER

FORMS OF SYNTHETIC INSULATION HAVE

BROUGHT ABOUT A NEW GENERATION OF

TECHNICAL BLANKETS THAT I REFER TO

AS SUPER-WOOBIES.”

than a queen-size mattress, so it is a big blanket.
There are black plastic snaps in each corner and a drawstring at the top. You can use the snaps
in a variety of ways. You can connect two blankets at the bottom by the footbox and use it like
a backpacking quilt, laid on top of your body and tucking the sides of the blanket under your
legs with your feet in the footbox. Or, you can go to the other end and connect the two up by
the drawstring, and then pull the drawstring tight to cinch down that end to keep the heat from
escaping.
A second way to use the snaps is to connect two Versa blankets together, either next to each
other to make it wide enough for two or three people, or on top of each other to double the
insulation.