The Sunbeam Quilted Heated Mattress Pad is easy to use, and it offers all-over heating with simple dial controls. If heated mattress pads are sold out (which they very often are), or you want the ease of a blanket, we recommend the Sunbeam Velvet Plush Heated Blanket .
Combine chilly temperatures with a drafty house, and you could end up with high utility bills. But using electric bedding to heat your bed costs just pennies a night.
This blanket has better controls than others we tested, and it requires only a single outlet. Also, it has a safety locking plug to keep cords attached.
This simple mattress pad offers straightforward all-over heating and is easy to use. But like most heated pads, you can somewhat feel the wires.
The Sunbeam Quilted Heated Mattress Pad is easy to use, and it offers all-over heating with simple dial controls. Because this pad is made of polyester, it doesn’t wick away moisture (that is, sweat) as effectively as cotton, but we still found it comfortable. It's also usually available, which is a plus, since availability tends to be a problem with a lot of heated mattress pads.
If you’d rather get an electric blanket, we recommend the Sunbeam Velvet Plush Heated Blanket. It has the best digital controls of all the blankets we tested, and it comes with Sunbeam’s safety locking plug to keep cords firmly attached. Made of a plush, velour-like material, the Velvet Plush was the most comfortable Sunbeam electric blanket we tried (even though we could feel the wires, they didn’t make us uncomfortable while we were sleeping). Historically, Sunbeam heated bedding overall has fewer safety complaints among reviewers than other options. And even though blankets from some other companies may have been more comfortable, safety is more important to us.