After the cold nights started kicking in last year, me and my boyfriend decided to purchase an electric blanket. We were absolutely desperate so went to our nearest Tesco's and found this one for a bargain price of £9.99.
With it being so cheap I didn't expect it to be top of the range, but as Morphy Richards is a well known brand I thought it would be ok.

Well, when I got this home I was quite exciting and looking forward to wrapping up warm in bed watching QVC! I eagerly took the blanket out of the plastic cover and was shocked by the size.... I thought silly me had picked up a single, instead of a double.
I checked the packaging but no, this was a double size. It is not wide enough at all for my standard double sized bed and is way way WAY too short! If it wasn't for the fact that I was so cold and had paid so little for it, I would have taken it straight back to the shop. (Plus, the shop had shut by the time we got home....despite Tesco saying it is open 24 hours - but that is a separate subject!)

The second thing I found was that it is incredibly difficult to actually put on the bed. You have to use these old fashioned tie things, that criss cross underneath your matress. Well, I gave up in the end. My boyfriend persevered and finally got it in place.

There is a control on one side of the blanket with 3 heat settings. It is very easy to use and lights up a nice orange colour so you can clearly see if it is on or off.
The plastic part of this is quite big and hard and unfortunately as the blanket is so small, this means that if you are on the side of the bed with the controls - you end up sleeping on top of this plastic thing which is very annoying. (Lucky for me its not on my side of the bed!)

The blanket heats up very slowly, and did do the job (but it didn't reach the corners or the end of the bed as it was so small!) Me and my boyfriend ended up squashed in the middle of the bed trying to find the warm bits!

On top of the blanket being far too small, it also moves around the bed too easily. Even though my boyfriend tied it really tightly in place. This means that my side of the bed ended up with practically no heated blanket! And me being the cold one, I find this very frustrating!

We have put up with this as we couldn't really afford a more expensive one, but I am hoping to get a new one from my parents for Christmas this year (having dropped many 'subtle' hints!)

If you were sleeping in a double bed on your own then I suppose this would be ok. Its cheap and cheerful - but you get what you pay for!

On the whole, I would not recommend this product unless, like us, you are very desperate!