To stay warm and well when the cold weather hits, people should focus on heating themselves rather than their homes,' said consumer expert, Alice Beer, who has worked with Silentnight on a ' how to stay warm for less' guide. You should wash your electric blanket approximately every few weeks to once a month, or whenever the blanket gets dirty. It’s made from microfleece polyester fabric enriched with silver, so there’s no need for cleaning quite as often.

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It's soft to sleep on, has a good warmth distribution, heats up in 10 minutes, and the controls are simple to use. With many people expected to experience 'fuel poverty' – spending a large proportion of their income on energy bills – electric blankets are a relatively low cost, and boasts a low running cost too. However, the size of the blanket was good – I didn’t feel any cold spots other than around the pillow area. Using a higher heat setting will up your energy consumption, but if you have a variable temperature setting, you can use just enough to stay warm and increase it or decrease it as needed.Ease of use and durability were also important, as was easy care – could we machine wash them if spillages occurred? With dual controls to put paid to any arguments, there are 6 temperature settings to choose from to keep both of you cosy all night long. Two buttons control the blanket: one for on and off, with the other for cycling through the levels, shown on the LED display.

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We found it pretty lightweight, and having it around our shoulders meant our hands were free to type away.There are single controls with three heat settings meaning if you share a bed, you both need to like it at the same temperature. However, the blanket itself is quite rigid compared to some – I found it made my memory foam mattress firm, and less comfortable, to sleep on. On one side it’s a deep-pile Sherpa fabric that creates a bed that just needs to be snuggled into – even when the blanket itself is switched off. Its temperatures were consistent, its LED-lit controls were intuitive to use and the fleece cover zips off easily for washing. Easy to use, it has a 10-minute heat-up time, with useful timers that go up in 20-minute increments.

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Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. Yes, it’s expensive but it spreads warmth well, has an anti-allergy feature and tracks its own energy usage. We loved this under blanket not just for the warmth factor, but also because you couldn’t feel the wires at all under the Sherpa fabric. Testing was done with a couple who are famously hard to please, and like different temperatures to sleep. Keep your bed cosy, fresh and clean with Dreamland's New Anti-Bacterial Heated Underblanket, comes in a warm and cosy microfleece fabric, enriched with silver for a long lasting anti-bacterial action.But what we particularly liked about this heated throw was how easy it was to use, despite having 20 settings.