Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

No. Sadly, just no. I really, really wanted to love this blanket. I read the reviews, deciding to buy based on the positive number (and choosing to ignore the fair number of negative ones). Straight out of the box - none of the bad smells that other reviewers listed. A chemical smell to be sure, but not bad. Good sign. The blanket looked beautiful. Good sign number two. At that point, my cat jumped up to check it out with me. She rubbed and kneaded one time and immediately pulled a big clump of fluff out. Uh oh. Not a good sign. It was not an aggressive knead. I was hesitant to give it a wash, worried that it would ruin it, but per manufacturers suggestion, I went ahead ... and that was the end of the nice looking blanket. For information, I did use a front loading gentle cycle washer (wouldn’t ever suggest putting this in a top load agitator), but it just didn’t stand up to it. So much fluff came out that you can now see the weave lines. I’m so sad. Because I read in other reviews that the fluff goes away after a few washes, I tried another two more very gentle washes. Nope, nope, nope. This sad blanket just sheds and sheds. I really can’t use it at all because of the shedding. I now have tons of fibers and fluff clumps migrating all over the house. On the positive side, that just gives Kitty something to play with. Sigh. Nobody wanted to love this more ... but no, I just can’t.