Electric Blankets

I've always been pretty wary of the idea of Electric Blankets - I seem to remember as a child hearing about fires caused by them, and I think that stayed in my mind. However, when my parents purchased one last year, they went on and on about how good it was, and a couple of months ago, my dad decided to buy me one as I was suffering from a particularly nasty bout of flu that had me feeling permanantly freezing. The brand my dad got me was By Dreamland Imetec. I was pretty excited to try it - it came packaged in a plastic zip up bag, neatly folded inside a purple card insert that extolled the various virtues of the product, and came with instructions ...  Read the complete review

To save the reader from having to plough all the way through to the end to get to this update, I’ve put it at the beginning. Re the comment about duvets in paragraph 4. During a recent foray in some of our local electrical superstores I noticed that you could now buy an electric duvet for around £80, which I assume, is for a single bed. Also that normal over blankets can be placed inside a duvet. It says so on the boxes. With Winter just around the corner my thoughts turned to my bedtime companion, the electric overblanket. Some people opt for the underblanket but I found the element uncomfortable to lie on, but it's each to their ...  Read the complete review

On a recent trip to Tesco's, I saw a Winterwarm double electric blanket on sale for £19.99. As we have only recently moved house and our central heating has not yet been fitted, I thought that at least I would be warm at night. I would have been better off with a hot water bottle and a pair of bedsocks. To feel any heat,the blanket must be left on the highest setting all night, great for the electric bills, and even then your feet still don't get warm because the blanket is too short. The electric cord sticks into your shoulder every time you turn over and the blanket never stays in place, no matter how tightly tied down it is. Mine is now back in ...  Read the complete review

I’ve always tended to sleep very cold, so last year I finally decided to treat myself to an electric blanket. I wish I’d bought one earlier - it’s fantastic. After researching the relative merits of several different blankets, I settled for the Dreamland "Ready For Bed" underblanket (double) - £49.99 from Argos last year. The key difference between this and others was that it has an ultra-fast 10 minute warm up. I’ve slept in beds with electric blankets before when staying with friends and have never remembered to go and turn it on before going to bed. Their blankets have always taken about 30 minutes to warm up so I lie there shivering until ...  Read the complete review

I've just bought a heat pad. Generally aimed at the older person for relief from their musecle ache, my physio recommended I bought one. I suffered from a mild whiplash a few months back, and my shoulder has been intermittently aching since - heat seems to ease it. I bought the Winterwarm heat pad for 16 pounds from Argos (in the electric blanket section). The pad itself plugs into the wall and has two heat settings. Whilst the heat is not very hot, it is warm enough with a little pressure. Possibly the only disadvantage is that it does not have any weight, so it works better if held for example between shoulder and chair back. For the ...  Read the complete review