The Good
- Machine Washable
- PFAS-Free
- DWR coating for stain and water resistance
- 100% recycled shell and liner
- 7 color options
- Warmth
The Bad
- Slippery
- Flimsy Stuff Sack
- Fewer color options than the original puffy
The Verdict
The Rumpl Travel Puffy Blanket truly excels when it comes to providing warmth without the bulk of a traditional sleeping bag. While some sleeping bags and blankets take up loads of space, this travel blanket packs down to the size of a Nalgene water bottle, making it great to keep in the car, on the couch, or in your backpack while you’re on the go. The warmth-to-weight ratio is also surprisingly good, keeping even the coldest campers cozy on chilly summer evenings. But one of our favorite features is this blanket’s machine washability, which makes it easy to keep it fresh even after a rugged journey.
Rumpl Travel Puffy Blanket lavender. Photo: rumpl.com
Full Review
The Rumpl Original Puffy Blanket has been an outdoor fan-favorite item for years due to its warmth, convenience, and colorful prints. Now, the Travel Puffy Blanket offers a more compact and portable way to stay warm at a slightly lower cost.
The Rumpl brand came to be when the company’s founders were on an adventure in California. On one frigid morning, their van wouldn’t start. Tucked away in a remote corner of the state, their cell phones had no reception and had to wait for a random passerby to stop and help them. The sub-zero temperatures prompted them to decide, then and there, to create packable, lightweight, efficient blankets for adventurers of all kinds.
While most sleeping bag companies fashion their products out of new materials, Rumpl stands out in its focus on sustainable efforts. The Rumpl Travel Puffy Blanket demonstrates this ethos in its usage of an 100% post-consumer recycled material that’s used to make the shell, liner, and the insulation. The NanoLoft(R) insulation recreates the warmth of a traditional down material, but it surpasses down’s abilities in that it continues to insulate the user even when it’s wet. NanoLoft(R) is Rumpl’s proprietary insulation. It utilizes a combination of synthetic and plant-based materials to create a blanket with a bit of loft and an eco-forward manufacturing footprint. Overall, this blanket is a great pick for adventurers that never want to be caught in the cold.
Compressibility
This blanket packs down to the size of a Nalgene water bottle (4 x 10 inches), which is essential while you’re on flights or working with limited car space. It also weighs 12.64 ounces – less than a pound, which is great for those who prefer to travel light.
Warmth to Weight Ratio and Comfort
Rumpl Travel Blankets aren’t officially temperature rated, but these blankets generally accommodate 40-degree settings. This makes it a great option for summertime campfires, and chilly airplane flights. While most adventurers wouldn’t use this blanket as their main sleep system while camping or backpacking, it’s a good item to have if you struggle with cold sensitivities or you like to have an emergency plan in place for cold situations.
In the name of testing, we used this blanket on airplanes, on the couch, and on a camping trip to see how reliable it’d be. We were pleasantly surprised to find that it was warmer than all of our other blankets. While some sleeping bags and down-style blankets have a tendency to lose loft or bunch up in particular areas, the Rumpl travel blanket remained consistently warm with evenly-dispersed material throughout our adventures.
Rumpl Travel Puffy Blanket lavender. Photo: rumpl.com
Features
The travel-sized Rumpl Puffy Blanket comes in a 5-foot 5-inch height to accommodate full-body usage. It comes with a roll-top stuff sack for convenient storage. And the blanket has a “cape clip,” which basically means that you can transform this blanket into a cape by fastening it around your neck.
Durability
The Rampl Travel Blanket’s stuff sack quickly tore after just a few days of usage. The delicate fabric makes for a lightweight sack, but it’s a sack that has serious limitations. Thus far, the actual travel blanket has not demonstrated similar delicacies, but it’s possible that the lightweight construction will make it less durable in the long run.
Rumpl Travel Puffy Blanket Review originally appeared on Gear Institute.