Electric Blankets - the cheapest way to stay warm this winter

elsien

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

ariarnia

elsien said:

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

i was thinking when i read this if you'd looked at heated dog beds? some of them are very large (the same size as our sofa throw at 170cm) and are little more than a quilted blanket. might be a bit weird to have one on your lap i don't know. might depend on how stiff they are or if they have backing fabric? but we've had dog blankets on the sofa and bed before now and to be honest ive not really noticed the difference between them and human blankets (they're slightly stiffer because they're water proof so have a middle later of something like gortex but when you're snuggled up you don't really notice). 

born_again

elsien said:

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

Would you need one... Dog would keep you warm 🤣

Muppet_194

born_again said:

elsien said:

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

Would you need one... Dog would keep you warm 🤣

My 25kg dog shakes and shivers at the first sign of a breeze - he burrows under my duvet and gets hair all over the sheets, a heated throw would be for the pair of us! He might stay downstairs with me then and not retire to the bedroom when he gets chilly! 

Rosa_Damascena

I spotted a BNWT heated throw / overblanket in a chazzer this weekend and plan to make good use of it this winter. I have an electric under-blanket which I found in a chazzer earlier this year (again BNWT, £10) and that made nights far more comfortable.

ariarnia

Muppet_194 said:

born_again said:

elsien said:

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

Would you need one... Dog would keep you warm 🤣

My 25kg dog shakes and shivers at the first sign of a breeze - he burrows under my duvet and gets hair all over the sheets, a heated throw would be for the pair of us! He might stay downstairs with me then and not retire to the bedroom when he gets chilly! 

that's a point. you don't need a blanket that can take a dog on top if the dog is under the blanket

NorthernMonkey1

elsien said:

Have yet to find a heated throw that would be recommended with a 25kg dog parked on top. 

We have a heated foot mat, its about 2ft by 18 inches. We put the dog blanket on top of this, and our sausage dog would curl up on top of it when it was cold. It used to get really warm underneath him. 

it was from the middle of one of the 2 budget supermarkets, cant remember which. 

Grabs39

We have one; luckily it has "his and hers" sides as I never use mine, but my wife loves it.  It is handy though as in the past we haven't really had to heat the upstairs much, if at all.

If she keeps her side on too long it wakes me up though!  I have to be cold to sleep.

Happy_Sloth

My husband bought me a heated throw for my birthday last year,  i was a little confused when i unwrapped it but I quickly learned to love it.   In the winter it follows me around the house haha.  

We just debated buying a big one for the bed so we could both use it as mine is a bit small for 2 people, but we've decided instead to just get a second one the same size as mine,  that way my husband can use it the same way I use mine and carry it around the house. if we had a big double i think it would be too big to sit in the office with etc.  Also he doesn't like things as warm as i do, so by having one each on the bed i can use mine on a higher setting. 

The heated throws are a big part of this winters efforts to keep the costs down.

NorthernMonkey1

Happy_Sloth said:

My husband bought me a heated throw for my birthday last year,  i was a little confused when i unwrapped it but I quickly learned to love it.   In the winter it follows me around the house haha.  

We just debated buying a big one for the bed so we could both use it as mine is a bit small for 2 people, but we've decided instead to just get a second one the same size as mine,  that way my husband can use it the same way I use mine and carry it around the house. if we had a big double i think it would be too big to sit in the office with etc.  Also he doesn't like things as warm as i do, so by having one each on the bed i can use mine on a higher setting. 

The heated throws are a big part of this winters efforts to keep the costs down.

We have a fitted sheet style one on the bed, and a throw that stays downstairs. The fitted sheet style one has a his and hers side. Mrs NM likes to sleep at about gasmark 5, and has it blasting, I normally have my side switched off. The fitted sheet style stops it moving around under the sheet, which is something i find really annoying.