Electric Over Blanket

[chessington]

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

[Mamyalynne]

Well, I've never had one so an interesting read - I'm generally warm in bed.

Rather disappointed in the mocking tone of Karl's reply, hope it keeps his friends warm with their laughing all winter.

[pastafreak]

Goodgoalie...I'd say 15 min is the minimum...but an hour is better. Then it's really warm. I hate a cold bed in winter.

[dannyk13]

Apparently Karl agrees with Trump about climate control as he does not appear to be bothered about wasting energy.

[goodgoalie]

Absolutely, pasta. I live in a really cold cottage with thick stone walls: my electric blanket and dehumidifier have made a huge difference. You should see the amount of water I empty from the dehumidifier, which would otherwise be somewhere in my house.

[Mamyalynne]

Opinions are fine, it's mocking and ridicule gets my dander up.

[gingejbee]

Re Karl's suggestion that houses should be heated adequately and there would be no need for electric blankets (something I remember him saying previously)....some people like to be really warm in bed, but don't want a very warm bedroom. Myself and OH dislike a warm bedroom but want to be warm in bed....I hate sleeping in overheated hotels where the heating is blasting away and you can't open a window.

[KARL]

My comments were not intended to mock but rather they were an observation as to how British the problem under discussion is. Well insulated houses need very little heating, poorly insulated ones need a lot, as is now becoming recognised in the UK (belatedly, compared to elsewhere with a cold climate) and building standards are approaching foreign ones. The type of bed and bedding used in a cold bedroom is all important - we sometimes sleep in a place which has no heating and where the temperature in extreme conditions drops to as low as 10 degrees indoors yet we are never cold in bed (no heating of the bed, it is by far the warmest place :).

Using heating does not necessarily affect the ecological balance, for example we (at our home in the UK) use a combination of solar and carbon neutral (waste wood) heating - by definition zero greenhouse effect, and (in our case) it is totally free. We enjoy the warmth we want to have and so do those who visit. People who deliberately live in a cold house (sometimes/often for economic reasons ?) rarely like it to the extent of refusing a warm place to go to or to visit one - although there may be a few around.

It is noticeable how the British expect more warmth on holiday than when at home and that suggests to me they are not happy with the cold (even in a warmer summer than understandably during winter). Everything is dependent on what you are used to, if you are brought up with and continue to live with a shortage of some sort then that will become "normal" just as having certain conditions being a necessity/minimum for those who have not experienced that particular shortage.

Additionally, cultural effects come into the picture - the British generally wear more clothing indoors in winter (and expect to as a norm) than do others and thus will either be unprepared/surprised/uncomfortable if the house is warm or "want" the house to be colder. On the other hand the British are instantly recognisable in places like Portugal and Spain in the winter: They go around in T-shirts and shorts when it is far from being the weather for it and the locals are in coats and jackets on top of the jumpers - it's a strange mindset. Finally, making use of heating for a house is in general much lower on the priority list for a British family than a family elsewhere - and foreigners notice this and find it puzzling.

Hence my earlier comment.

[chessington]

thanks for all the replies, we will use on its own when it comes to try and see what its like with no duvet.

[ducksie]

I do hope you get the best out of it chessington, don't mind that I said I didn't like mine, that was a personal preference for the underblanket and Islay says she has an over that she loves and it can be washed, be interesting to see can you wash yours. I'm sure with the modern ones you can

[chessington]

Its on order so will let you know when it gets here and after use, it says in the description you can wash it, it is in Argos and is an over blanket (electric) just hope I dont trip over the wire on way out room to loo lol

[bhg481]

I'm sure you'll love it chessington. In the days when we lived in a poorly-insulated house, so could waken up with frost on the inside of the windows, we loved ours. It became redundant when we moved to a very well insulated house which stays warm through the night.