While it dies fully cover a king bed, there is very little hang over on mattress edge which is slightly frustrating. This blanket is more like a heavy thick silky 2 layered sheet and it feels amazing!
I sleep with a fan at the foot of my bed and it stayed very cool. Works great during the summer for anyone that runs hot. Only issue with it is that when i wake up, my feet are freezing! They were used and did help combat hot sleeping conditions.
In the washer and dryer the laundry bags opens and the blanket gets tangled and knotted very easily. The material is soft and lightweight, but it pretty much slides off. Mostly the itching part is terrible though.
Even distribution of weight. Fabric is soft. Beads stay exactly where they're supposed to-- no falling out or migrating to the edges. The weight feels brilliant and really helps me sleep.
The blanket itself is great. The color is as advertised. The recipient likes it a lot. Don't hesitate, buy this.
The glass bead blanket weighs more than 20 pounds. It is an enormous health hazard, not only for myself, but for my wife, baby and pets who are likely to get some of these beads stuck in their paws and will then attempt to lick or bite them.
Blanket smelled like wet sock. Tag on blanket says 100% polyester. Not an ounce of cotton is stitched into this blanket.
It was disappointing to find that the blanket wasn't more sturdily made. The plus side is that i'm sleeping better, which in reality isn't sating all that much.