On: Cat vs. panel heater: which is better?

[ip26]

Electric blankets were pretty awesome for this circumstance. Incredibly cheap to operate, extremely effective.

(I always had trouble washing them properly though)

[tzs → ip26]

Electric blankets used to be awesome. The ones nowadays don't seem as strong as the ones I remember from 40 years or so ago. I think they got nerfed.

[ip26 → tzs]

(40 years ago they also used to burn houses down)

[bserge → ip26]

I remember having one... It had no ground wire... Thinking about it now, I'm really surprised I never got electrocuted or that it didn't catch on fire, it was really flimsy.

[kyteland → bserge]

Electric blankets aren't intended to be used while you are in the bed. Your own body heat can keep the bed warm and they're dangerous to run while sleeping. Their intended purpose is to warm the bed before your own body is in there to do the work. It avoids the first few minutes of sheet shock when jumping into a cold bed before your body heat catches up to the task.

[DanBC → kyteland]

There are different types of electric blanket.

eg this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morphy-Richards-Washable-Underblank...

All night use

NOTE: Blankets are perfectly safe to be used all night. However we recommend using the heat setting below.

•Move the heat setting on the control switch to heat level 1or 2.

These settings will provide safe and comfortable heat to sleep on all night.

These settings can be used to air the bed.

WARNING: Always ensure that the slider switch is moved to the OFF position when you get up the next day, or after airing the bed.