Is the Poncho Liner (Woobie) the greatest issue item ever? Or is it more than that?

Poncho liner is the best. Never left home without it. We weren't allowed to carry sleeping bags. Light fighter, masters of the night 7th ID (L)

I had a MSG and his wife would cut a sew Woobies into jacket liners with sleeves. Measured and fit to order. Mine long since wore out and I can't find anyone doing this any more. She started making them to fit wet weather jackets then Gortex jackets. I'm considering buying one and asking my local seamstress to try and make one for my Gortex. This were god awful warm and I want one! Looked like a field jacket liner with a hood but made from Woobies...id kill to get another!

No civilian can truly understand the relationship between a soldier and his woobie.

It's like a 'blankie,' for soldiers.

Woobies are a great substitute for sleeping bags (if you don't have one).
But out of all the TA-50 gear, the promask is hands down my favorite.

Bought my own. Greatest thing ever made available for sleeping in the field, well outside of Korea that is.

The woobie and poncho! Nothing like wrapping up with them on those cold night field exercises!

The Woobie is by far the best piece of equipment the Army ever issued me. I still have the two original BDU ones that I was issued when I first arrived at my unit 8 years ago and I refuse to switch over to my ACU one or return it. I have actually written along the seams in sharpie every overseas location that its been with for either training or deployment and to me at least its more of a comfort item at this point than actual kit...doesn't hurt that its incredibly light, relatively compact and super warm either.

Yes. I think I have 4 or 5 of them.

As much as I relied on my poncho liner way back in the days when they came in OD green, I would nominate 2 other items as viable challengers to for the title of "best ever" issue item:
1) The classic, heavy (itchy) wool Army blanket, OD green in color. I still have 2 originals from the '80s and keep one in each car. The more recent ones seem to be a bit thinner and less warm, but still highly useful.

2) My OD green wool boot socks with cushion soles. Those were by far the most comfortable and durable socks I ever wore. I have a couple of pairs which are still serviceable (not even counting the ones soldiering on as polishing rags) after more than a quarter-century (although the elastic around the top has lost its elasticity), and to say that they outlast everything else I've tried would be an understatement.

The one that CIF not going to chrage you for when you don't have it and is allready upsolit.