Electric Over Blanket

chessington | 15:10 Sat 11th Nov 2017 | Home & Garden

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We have just purchased one of these, it is like a fleece throw with a remote, do you put it on under the duvet, over the duvet or instead of the duvet TIA

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bhg481

Certainly not over the duvet. When we had one we had a sheet, overblanket, light cover.

murraymints

a sheet under..mind and switch off !

bhg481

Over blankets are designed for leaving on all night, minty. It's under-blankets which aren't safe to sleep on.

tamborine

Mine is over duvet

gingejbee

bhg....most underblankets sold these days are designed to be left on a low setting all night.

bhg481

I'll not disagree with you ginge - it's about 30 years since we last used heated blankets, so I'm rather out of touch with them. In those days it was recommended not to leave underblankets on but I can see that things will have changed across the years.
I still can't get to grips with tambo having hers over the duvet - I'm surprised any heat gets through from it, since the duvet is meant to be a good insulator.

murraymints

widnae trust it ! lol... me an old critic !

jno

under, otherwise the heat will wear itself out getting through the duvet before it gets to you.

In fact, I'd say "instead of" as the blankets can be quite heavy; over to you whether you need blankets, quilts, duvets, sheets, cats or whatever on top of it.

gingejbee

bhg....electric overblankets are meant to be used INSTEAD of a duvet....probably best inside a duvet cover to keep it clean.
I've tried one in the past....but never liked it - not enough weight covering you.

bhg481

Exactly what I said in my first response ginge. We used ours to replace an eiderdown (duvets hadn't been invented for use in Britain at that time).

KARL

I am sending a link to this post to pretty much everyone I know outside the UK. Only in the UK are pieces of furniture supplied with their individual heating system - elsewhere people heat their houses, but then it has to be admitted that they (the houses there) are generally of a higher standard too. This post will be one of the best joke links I have provided, just because it isn't a joke, it's real people discussing a real situation.

jno

it's cheaper, and therefore less wasteful of resources, to heat up a bed than a whole house.

Islay

Under duvet directly on top of you - I have one and sleep with it on all night and love it.

ducksie

I had one, immediately over me, I didn't like it tbh and went back to the underblanket that I sleep on all night through and my underblanket is machine washable, I have it years, I think it's what best suits you but not over the duvet as that would be a pure waste of energy. Keep snug! :)

Islay

Ducksie my over blanket is machine washable too, 15 minute wash and 15 minute dry and ready to go back on again - the cats love it.

tamborine

Bhg, OP is over blanket & mine is over the duvet.

pastafreak

I have an underblanket that my daughter gave me several years ago. It was the best present ever. I put it on 15-20 minutes before bed, and I'm cosy all night. Love it.