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Wawona Fuzzy Blanket / The North Face

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The Wawona Fuzzy Blanket is built to do three jobs at the campsite: lie flat as a blanket, go down as a ground cover, or wrap on as a poncho, the last enabled by a neck opening, side snaps and a kangaroo hand-pocket. It is genuinely dual-sided. One face is a 75D recycled-polyester shell with a water-repellent finish for ground contact and light rain; the other is soft recycled Sherpa fleece for the skin side, with recycled synthetic insulation between the two. It packs into its own stuff sack, whose fleece interior reverses so the sack becomes a camp pillow. At 132 by 180cm and just over a kilo, it is sized and weighted for the car rather than the rucksack.

Design intent

The three modes are tied to real campsite transitions, sitting, staying warm, moving about, and each is supported by a built feature, the snaps, the neck opening, the pocket, rather than just being a different way to hold one blanket.
The dual-sided construction is honest about which face does which job: a water-repellent shell for the ground and weather, a fleece face for skin contact, with insulation sandwiched between.

Trade-offs

At just over a kilogram it is too heavy to count as packable for backpacking; it is made for car camping and festival carry, where weight is not the constraint.
Worn as a poncho it relies on the snaps being set correctly to hold its shape; it is a quick step, but a step a simple pull-on garment does not need.