Overall, I’m very satisfied with this blanket.
I’ve tried a few of the generic weighted blankets on amazon (they’re all the same, really) and returned one of them. The Serenity Engineered blanket is definitely higher quality than those ones. The weight distribution is very good with the smaller squares, but there are still a few “dead” spots with fewer beads. That seems to be unavoidable with weighted blankets that use beads. So far every one I’ve tried has a dead spot or two, but this blanket has less in general.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that the actual weighted blanket (made of 100% cotton) is kind of... crinkly I assume this is due to the crispness of the cotton itself, but it does take away from the cozy factor for me.
All in all, I would definitely recommend this blanket to friends. The quality of the weighted blanket plus the softness and ingenuity of the minky cover with its zipper system put it above similarly-priced competition.