Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this blanket in Ivory in King Size back in October 2016 with the goal of having a large blanket on our queen size bed (my husband is a blanket hog thus the reason for purchasing a king size). This blanket is used in addition to flannel sheets (Amazon Pinzon brand), then this blanket then a handmade quilt on our bed and it keeps up quite warm, but not TOO warm during cold Wyoming winters. The blanket does produce quite a bit of lint in the first few washes and dries in the dryers. So I would recommend washing and drying separate from any other clothing. My husband works in the methane and oil fields here in Wyoming and comes home at the crack of dawn tired and filthy...he showers before crashing into bed but sometimes he is too tired to do a very good job so our sheets and blankets can get a little scuzzy. As far as washing goes I treat this blanket and my ivory sheets as whites and wash twice. The first wash I wash on hot water with a scoop of powdered Gain laundry detergent, a cup of PineSol original cleaner (this cuts grease and body oils) and a scoop of OxiClean White Revive. On the second wash I use 1 scoop of Gain powdered detergent and a cup of Clorox bleach, again, washing on hot. This wash routine ensures we have clean white whites (or in this case Ivory) that are not dingy from my husband's hard working dirt. I wash my bedding every single week, I have found no issues with the color fading while using Clorox chlorine bleach on this Ivory blanket and I have washed it once a week since October. Very pleased with this purchase and have put this item on my Amazon "Items To Buy Again" list. I am thinking I would like to have at least one more of this same blanket on hand so that I can have one in the wash and one on the bed. I would also like to purchase these in Twin size for the kids bedrooms.