I am a person who relies on reviews so I hope this helps you and your decision on your purchase of a weighted blanket. I take this seriously which is pretty ridiculous since this is just a blanket but I think when you are spending more than $50 for something you better be getting something that will be worth it, right?Short version of this review:-It is GREAT, get it if you want/need a weighted blanket.-Go a size up if you want something a little larger or get the exact thing if you don't really care.-It does what it says it would do BUT it will take time so don't expect results on the first night (help you sleep better and whatnot) .-Good quality (no tears) and it comes from a good company I guess.-It's NOT SUPER soft but I honestly love that as a personal thing I like cotton fabric or fabric that has a less of a chance to get static (if that makes sense I think polyester blankets pretty mixed they are bad for the environment and they can get static so this blanket is good).-Get it if you are comparing weighted blankets!-It can get warm, so spread it out on your bed and let it get cold.-GET THIS ONE.Long version: SO, this blanket is pretty solid let me explain; I wanted a blanket that was from someone reputable and would not send me something I did not purchase. I got exactly what I wanted and what I ordered. I thought weighted blankets are supposed to be very expensive but this one is reasonably priced and actually does what it says it should do.I am a college student who has anxiety, I started to lose sleep due to stuff happening in my life and school so my significant partner suggested I should get a weighted blanket because I at least should sleep a full set of hours and sleep well too.Pros:-SIZE/ORDER: you get what you order (color, size etc.) if you want a LARGE size you want to go a size up for whatever bed you have (i.e. if you have twin get a full, if you have queen get a king). if you want something just right then get the size of bed you have. I have a twin bed but I wanted something larger so I got a full (it was a little smaller than my expectation but once I started to sleep with it I was happy with what I chose, anything larger would probably weigh me down too much)-RATE OF FABRIC: so I rated this blanket for its softness like a 3/5 but I do that objectively. It is not a soft blanket, it is not made out of polyester ( plastic made to be soft) but personally I love this kind of fabric so when I got the blanket I was thankful it was not super soft fabric because I hate when I get static and I dislike how it feels. if you want it soft I'm pretty sure the company sells covers for the blanket so if you want to do that, go-ahead.-THE WEIGHT: the blanket is heavy and I love it. that's all I am going to say about the weight of the blanket in the pro's (follow the weight chart is you need to decide on which one to get) I got 15 pounds and it works for me, I weigh about 125 lbs (I am short person lol)-EFFECT/ITS "MAGIC": it does sort of what the company says it does, it will TAKE AWHILE for you to feel the effects, which the company acknowledges- so they are not lying to you but if you don't like it they say they will give your money back. Your body has to get used to the weight and the effect of it. At first, I did not like the blanket on me- my room got hot so the blanket grew warm and it just wanted something lighter (this was my intail disappointment) but the colder weather came along and it SO MUCH better. My recommendation, if you want the blanket to be cold for when you sleep I highly recommend to spread it on top of your bed and hopefully, your room is cold and can make the glass beads cold. Or if you have space and love the cold since it has glass beads I would put it in the fridge and take it out an hour before I sleep, I might do that in the summer.....-THE GLASS BEADS: you cant hear the glass beads unless you are super picky, I never heard them and they never bothered me, they are so small they are like the size of sand, people who say they are bothered by it- I have no idea what they are talking about unless the heavier blanket you get the bigger the beads are louder....??cons:-THE FABRIC: it does collect some lint and it pills (i think that's the correct term, but you can see in one of the photos what I mean) it just collects your hair and other fabric on to it but I honestly don't care so I'm good with it. If it bothers you a ton, just get a lint roller.-WARMTH: the blanket CAN get warm, I hate when blankets do this, my body gets wayyyyyyy too warm (my thighs and chest especially) so I was worried I wouldn't be even able to use the blanket bc of this. It did happen the first couple of nights and I could not sleep with it. (BUT spread the blanket out on your bed and it should get cold I'm assuming because the blanket has glass beads so they don't warm-up unless you warm it up)-EFFECT/ THE "MAGIC": the first couple of days, you won't feel like this blanket does anything, trust me some reviews will say they got better sleep instantly but after I used the blanket the first week, I still did not feel like I was sleeping better I thought I made a bad purchase but I kept reminding myself that the company said it would take about 21 days to feel the effects because you have to establish a habit of using this blanket so once I had it for about four weeks I decided to write this review ( i am sleeping better and longer which wasn't my thing before this blanket)SOME THINGS I AM SKEPTICAL TO THIS DAY: so I read some reviews that said it helped people with their dreams, I don't know how true that is- my dreams are better (.....?) after the blanket (I used to have nightmares A LOT) so I guess it has some validity but I would not EXPECT that and neither should you unless you truly feel it. Like I still have strange dreams that could pass off as nightmares but again I don't know how true that is because the whole dream comment is weird to me, but I mention it because you might come along those comments and wanted to let you know how true that REALLY IS....I do not know if the whole thing about sleeping 8 hours without waking up is a thing- I personally rarely sleep a full 8 hours (probably because I am in college) but I also think I just don't sleep that much so maybe this comment is not even applicable to you but I say be aware it might not provide that for you as we are different with our needs and wants. I sleep BETTER with the blanket but I don't know if I makes me sleep the full 8 hours, I still wake up at night to go use the restroom but it is really hard to get up so the blanket is making me sleep more but people who said they sleep the full amount I am still skeptical about that with the blanket because maybe my body is just different.ANYWAYs, I HOPE THIS HELPED YOU, good luck with your purchase and decision.