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I don't like electric blankets or pads, either. Something I've used is an old fashion red rubber hot water bottle, with a homemade flannel pillowcase-like cover. Another is a flannel rice bag (some people make them with flax and lavendar), heated in the microwave. Slip either one between the sheets 15 - 30 mins. before you go to bed and you'll feel much cozier.

I've had both. Right now I have an electric pad. I can feel the wires but don't notice them after a while. I've had an electric blanket before and they work well, also.

I use it mainly to warm up the bed, I love getting into a warm bed.

I love my electric blanket. I heat my side really toasty and turn it off when I get into bed. Hubby doesn't crank his side nearly as high but leaves it on all night.

The blanket quality is not that great and I'm always happy when spring comes around and I can put my Eddie Bauer cotton blanket on the bed.

Back when my JRA was really bad, I tried both (at different times), and liked the pad much better than the blanket. The pad had graduated heat, so more heat at my icy feet tapering down to mild heat near my head. I loved the graduated heat feature, and it felt wonderful crawling in to a warmed bed. The blanket I founded got too hot in the middle of the night, so I'd wake up and have to adjust the setting - not a restul night. If I were to go back to heated beddings, it would definitely be a pad, not a blanket.

mmomof2, I used to swear by an electric blanket. Now, I'm, a mattress pad fan. The heat rises to your body instead of rising into the atmosphere. It just seems more effective, & I'm not waking in the middle of the night to turn off a blanket.

I am curious to know what other blankets you use with an electric mattress pad. I would think that if you use a down comforter, all that trapped heat would get awfully warm. How does that work?

I couldn't live without my GE electric blanket.

Much too warm natured for either - but I might try that water bottle.

We did have a mattress pad for a while, but you could feel the wires.

tina

Hi rnmom. Below is my recent addition to my post on the other side that forboystoo linked. Check the last sentence...it may apply to you or others here.
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Hi all,
Wanted come back and tell you I found a perfectly suitable blanket at JCP. It's a Serta brand and unlike the Sunbeam from Costco, it does heat quickly and well. I love that it's light weight( maybe due to cheaper materiel...I don't care!) and doesn't add much weight under my lovely, floaty down comforter. FYI, I got a queen for our king bed, just to have less to deal with. the length is fine, and there's very little over-hang on the sides and that suits me perfectly.
I also realized why I prefer a blanket to a mattress warmer. I can get away from the heat, instantly, whenever I want.