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Leo Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2014-09-09 2:12 AM Subject: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Night Chat Leader Posts: 13150 Location: Home....Smiling M Farms	I know the bigger the number the heavier the blanket BUT how do you know which one you would need? I've got several older blankets and was thinking about buying some new ones, since they're predicting a hard winter. It's only been in the negative temps once here in my entire life, that was last year, it got down to -9 one day. Usually it is not that cold but this last year it was. Trying to make sure I get a good 'weight', I don't want them to still be cold or sweating under their blankets. :/ Thanks guys.
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Griz Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-09-09 5:32 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Industrial Srength Barrel Racer Posts: 7268	http://www.doversaddlery.com/blanket-buyers-guide/a/254/ This talks more about the denier being the "strength" and the "fill" being the amount of warmth - not sure if this helps or not.
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horsegirl Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2014-09-09 7:21 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
The One Posts: 7998 Location: South Georgia	Denier is how tight the outer fabric is woven. Its more durable the higher the denier. Has nothing to do with warmth. Fill is the warmth factor.
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CYA Ranch Reg. Feb 2008	Posted 2014-09-09 7:23 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
More bootie than waist! Posts: 18425 Location: Riding Crackhead.	horsegirl - 2014-09-09 7:21 AM Denier is how tight the outer fabric is woven. Its more durable the higher the denier. Has nothing to do with warmth. Fill is the warmth factor. This.....I go with the highest denier so there's less chance of rips and tears. I live in the frozen tundra too so then I look at the fill rating and get the highest I can get.
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Leo Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2014-09-09 9:07 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Night Chat Leader Posts: 13150 Location: Home....Smiling M Farms	Thanks everyone :)
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Griz Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-09-09 11:18 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Industrial Srength Barrel Racer Posts: 7268	Leo - I always thought the same way as you on the higher denier being warmer!
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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2014-09-09 11:39 AM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	I think of denier as durability. I always go with the highest. I've had the Big D Magnum blanket and that thing was awesome. 2100 fill and like a really high denier and it was WARM. It got destroyed when I left it hanging on a fence and a nail caught it and the wind ripped it up. :(. Despite the nail/wind incident--it would have lasted a long time haha. Now I've got one from Pro Equine because we get a discount.
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run n rate Reg. Feb 2007	Posted 2014-09-09 12:31 PM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Balance Beam and more... Posts: 11511 Location: 31 lengths farms	Unless they are in a stall, dont' even bother with anything less than 1200. I had one that I think was 1600 denier, my old mare wore it for I believe 6-7 years. It was still completely waterproof and had no tears in it, the mare was in a field with oak trees and wire fences. Wish I could afford one of those now!
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Leo Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2014-09-09 5:44 PM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Night Chat Leader Posts: 13150 Location: Home....Smiling M Farms	Griz - 2014-09-09 11:18 AM Leo - I always thought the same way as you on the higher denier being warmer! Right? Now I have to completely rethink my blanket regime. Lol
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streakysox Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2014-09-09 10:41 PM Subject: RE: Can someone help me understand 'denier'?
Take a Picture Posts: 12841	Denier is the weight of a certain length of nylon yarn. (9000 meters) The thicker the yarn, the heavier the weight. So in layman's terms---how thick the yarn is that they weave into the fabric. Lingerie is like 100 down to 60 denier and you know how lightweight that is. I sew everything from lingerie to heavy screens that go on the front of a truck to protect the radiator to repairing turnouts. I order a lot of nylon fabric. Edited by streakysox 2014-09-09 10:50 PM
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