OMG WTF The Snuggie?????

[ASTalumna06]

I flew home for the holidays, and naturally, while I was on the flight, I had to skim through the SkyMall magazine. I’m looking at all of this nifty stuff when I come across… the Slanket! Same thing, more expensive, but more variety in color. I googled this thing, and apparently there are discussions going about the Snuggie vs. the Slanket.

This is getting out of hand.

[KSig RC]

PROTIP: YOU CAN CUT HOLES IN A PRE-EXISTING BLANKET

is it really a bad thing? For one who can't get warm enough during the winter months and don't like blankets slipping off of me when i reach for that remote or glass of wine while STATIONED on the couch, it really isn't all that bad. However, color or print selction could be a tad bit better. I mean I am not going to go out in public with it on and look like a cross between jedi master and or a monk, I am wearing it sitting on the fricken couch and comes off when I get up and or go to bed. It serves it purpose while sitting there keeping warm watching tv and being a couch potato for a few hours a night.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

So I finally thought of a practical use for the Snuggie. It would be useful to put on while I am cleaning my car off when it is snow covered and icy. It would protect my clothes when I'm reaching over to the middle.

Other than that, creepy.

I'm liking this idea more and more every time I have to clean the snow off my car. It could be an apron for cleaning off the car. All that salt on the coat all the time..sheesh!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by cutiepatootie

is it really a bad thing? For one who can't get warm enough during the winter months and don't like blankets slipping off of me when i reach for that remote or glass of wine while STATIONED on the couch, it really isn't all that bad. However, color or print selction could be a tad bit better. I mean I am not going to go out in public with it on and look like a cross between jedi master and or a monk, I am wearing it sitting on the fricken couch and comes off when I get up and or go to bed. It serves it purpose while sitting there keeping warm watching tv and being a couch potato for a few hours a night.

I would almost agree with you, but again.. why not just put on more clothing? Like a sweatshirt? Or a bathrobe?? Or cut out holes in an already existing blanket for easy access to the remote/a book/food/your dignity?

Personally, I think the commercial hurts the product more than anything. The first time I saw it, I couldn't help from bursting out laughing. The old guy looks like a monk, and the one-size-fits-all concept is completely discredited when you see the kids practically drowning in them at the ball game.

Oh, and the name.. yea, don't even get me started.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

I'm on dialysis and it's always freezing in the clinics. Dialysis patients tend to feel colder, too, because of the use of Coumadin/Heparin (blood thinners) and wear layers of clothing and blankets during treatment, even on the hottest summer days. I can see how the Snuggie could be useful, particularly for people who have an access in their arm. Not a consideration for everyone, I know, but if you're going through a treatment like that, you don't care if you look like a dork or a monk.

[Army Wife'79]

I'm an inch away from getting one now that I got my last heating bill!! And, the above posters who suggested it for scraping car windshields of snow/ice are on target. When I lived in MN I had a gorgeous long wool coat that got that horrible white salt (which really isn't salt, but a bunch of chemicals) on it every time I'd lean over the car.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'm liking this idea more and more every time I have to clean the snow off my car. It could be an apron for cleaning off the car. All that salt on the coat all the time..sheesh!

I have two sweatshirts from former boyfriends I sometimes wear (when I am cleaning the car off but not going to drive it right away), but seriously, for those of us with wide or tall vehicles and short arms, it makes sense. Plus the sweatshirt material gets damp and heavy, nor is it wind resistant.

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

I'm an inch away from getting one now that I got my last heating bill!! And, the above posters who suggested it for scraping car windshields of snow/ice are on target. When I lived in MN I had a gorgeous long wool coat that got that horrible white salt (which really isn't salt, but a bunch of chemicals) on it every time I'd lean over the car.

Have you checked with your electric company for an energy audit? Mine does one, and it helped us (me and the landlord) get set up for the winter. I also knit "draft dodgers" and felted them, then filled them with quilt batting for the doors and windows. I was going to make blackout curtains but Wal-Mart was selling ready made black out curtains (nice looking ones even) for cheaper than the fabric alone.

My friend said on Facebook yesterday that she was buying the Snuggie.

I told her that if she did, we're not friends anymore. LOL

[Army Wife'79]

Vandal, is that like those long skinny pillows you put at the bottom of doors? I really don't have any leaks it's just this darn big house with high ceilings. I could buy a designer purse every month for what I pay in the gas bill. grrrrrr.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by cutiepatootie

is it really a bad thing? For one who can't get warm enough during the winter months and don't like blankets slipping off of me when i reach for that remote or glass of wine while STATIONED on the couch, it really isn't all that bad.

And again I say---put your robe on backwards! Get a nice thick robe, and if you're on the couch & really cold, put it on front-ways and cover yourself like that. It is not like the Snuggie is going to prevent you from ever getting cold, it doesn't cover you completely, it is still open in the back anways.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Vandal, is that like those long skinny pillows you put at the bottom of doors? I really don't have any leaks it's just this darn big house with high ceilings. I could buy a designer purse every month for what I pay in the gas bill. grrrrrr.

Yeah I put them on the exterior and interior doors. I decided to make mine instead of buying them, and they were exactly the right size, plus I did some customization to make them fit. We had high ceilings in our house, and we had this thing that was a series of tubes, but with a fan at the bottom, and sucked the hot air that rose, back down. Since I'm living alone I have two space heaters, one for upstairs and one for downstairs, and never use the built in heaters (other than they are set at 45 to prevent pipes from freezing). If I am downstairs I use the space heater and a blanket. Upstairs I use the heater for the room I am in, either the bedroom or the office, and stuff the draft dodger at the bottom of the door. I had a roommate for about a week of this next month's bill, but I bet it will be less in cost for even lower temps. The way my house is built there are very few pipes in outside walls, so that helps.

Originally Posted by epchick

And again I say---put your robe on backwards! Get a nice thick robe, and if you're on the couch & really cold, put it on front-ways and cover yourself like that. It is not like the Snuggie is going to prevent you from ever getting cold, it doesn't cover you completely, it is still open in the back anways.

I'd use one in the car because my seats are heated, but I just try and dress warm. If you lived in a cold and snowy area you may find some use for it, but I know you don't and I think cutiepatootie lives in Southern California, where it doesn't spend too much time below freezing.

http://www.amazon.com/Radiator-Weara...769978&sr=8-12

That with the Snuggie would be out of control.

[AGDee]

I'm still thinking on this snow removal apron idea. I think if we made them the shape/size of the Snuggie but made them plastic and disposable, like those $1 each rain ponchos, we could be on to something. You could sell them with a container that can easily fit in the car for disposal. If I had any business sense at all, I would make this, patent it and sell it via "As Seen On TV"

ETA: My thermostat for the house is programmable so it's set to go down to 64 during the day when I'm at work and when I'm sleeping. It bumps up to 72 for morning showers and stuff and I have it set to 68 from the time the kids get home from school til bed time. It saves me lots of money but then there are days like today, when I'm home on a weekday and at 9 am I'm sitting here freezing, wondering why it's so cold. Then it dawns on me... have to up the temp on weekdays when I'm home!

[MexicanMami0286]

My older brother just purchased a 'Snuggie.' It was supposed to be for a family member, but he decided to keep it for himself. Now he walks around the house with a burgundy blanket/robe. Seriously, I wish he would have just invested in a hoodie, instead of this broke-ass looking wizard's robe.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by MexicanMami0286

My older brother just purchased a 'Snuggie.' It was supposed to be for a family member, but he decided to keep it for himself. Now he walks around the house with a burgundy blanket/robe. Seriously, I wish he would have just invested in a hoodie, instead of this broke-ass looking wizard's robe.

Hahahaha!!!!

Reading this thread makes me so happy I live in a warm climate!! lol!