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April 12, 2025 2 min read
When choosing your weighted blanket, the choice of filling material is crucial. Typically you’ll have the option between plastic pellets or micro glass beads, but both materials offer significant differences in the blankets feel, durability, and maintenance. At Mosaic Weighted Blankets, we prioritize using high-quality materials, so we use high-quality plastic pellets for several reasons.
Plastic Pellets are renowned for their sturdiness and strength. Unlike micro glass beads, which could degrade into finer smaller particles like sand over time due to the constant friction, plastic pellets maintain their integrity, ensuring the blanket’s weight remains consistent throughout its lifespan and doesn’t spill out of the blanket. This durability translates directly to a longer-lasting product that continues to provide the therapeutic benefits of a weighted blanket without compromising its quality.
Safety is one of the main considerations in our product design. We at Mosaic Weighted Blankets would never want our product to hurt anyone. With that in mind, we chose our plastic pellets because they are hypoallergenic and non-toxic, offering peace of mind to users who may have sensitivities or allergies to certain fillings found in other weighted blankets. Recently, concerns have arisen about micro glass beads, with concerns about them containing trace elements like lead and arsenic, which pose great potential health risks. By choosing plastic pellets, we at Mosaic Weighted Blankets ensure that our weighted blankets are safe for all users.
Ease of maintenance is another advantage of plastic pellet filling. Our blankets are machine washable and also dryer safe! Being able to machine wash and dry is very convenient and simplifies the cleaning process significantly. In contrast, blankets filled with micro glass beads can be more difficult to clean and dry effectively, typically because as the glass degrades it may clump together when exposed to moisture. This may lead to an uneven weight distribution and discomfort while utilizing your weighted blanket.
We are committed to environmental responsibility at Mosaic Weighted Blankets. The plastic pellets used in our weighted blankets are made from virgin plastic, ensuring the purity and cleanliness of our product. Although our plastic is not made from recycled materials, our pellets are 100% recyclable themselves, allowing for repurposing in various applications while also reducing environmental waste and reducing carbon footprint. In comparison, glass beads, although they are made from natural materials (sand), are much heavier to transport which thereby increases the carbon footprint and usage of fossil fuels during shipping.
At Mosaic Weighted Blankets, we have chosen plastic pellets as our choice of filler material to provide a durable, safe, and easy-to-maintain product. We believe plastic pellets and their benefits align the closest to our environmental values. Our choice in filling ensures that our customers receive the highest-quality possible weighted blanket. We want each and every one of our customers to receive a blanket that will comfort them, have amazing longevity and improve our customers well-being.
