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Occasionally I see some interesting travel related products being crowd funded that I think you guys might be interested in. We’ve talked about the Tropicfeel travel shoe, the Cleansebot bacteria killing robot, and the AirThrone travel lounger, among others. Here’s a few of the travel related crowd funded projects that I’ve seen.
Travel related kickstarters:
- Tropicfeel: The Ultimate Travel Shoe 2.0 (back by June 13, 2019)
- World's First Bacteria Killing Robot (already funded; no end date)
- Passport Pro - The Safest Global Travel Adapter (already funded; no end date)
- Travel Bag Buddy - RFID Travel Organizer (already funded; no end date)
- Air Deck 2.0 - The ultimate travel playing cards (already funded; no end date)
- The Explorer Plus |The Best Toiletry Bag For Traveling (already funded; no end date)
Today I wanted to talk a bit about the Gravel Layover Travel Blanket, which bills itself as a blanket perfect for travel. The Layover blanket is on Kickstarter.
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Gravel Layover travel blanket features
Here are a few pictures of the Gravel Layover travel blanket
The blanket packs down super small and lightweight (11.4 ounces)
Gravel Layover travel blanket video
Here’s a video showing off some of the different options and features of the Gravel Layover travel blanket
Gravel Layover travel blanket backing levels and cost
The Gravel Layover travel blanket is on Kickstarter and has currently raised over USD$211,000 from an initial goal of $10,000. Here are a few of the levels that you can back the project at
- $99 for one Gravel travel blanket
- $190 for two Gravel travel blankets
- $280 for three Gravel travel blankets
- $460 for five Gravel travel blankets
Again, here is the link to back the Gravel layover travel blanket – they are currently scheduled to ship in November 2019
What do you think of this travel blanket? Planning on backing this? Leave your experience in the comments!
Dan Miller travels with his wife and 6 (SIX!) children. He loves to help families travel for free / cheap, especially larger families. If you are looking for help, drop him an email at 
$99.00 – I don’t think so – way overpriced.