Unlike the heavy covers your grandmother used to inflict on you, the best electric blankets these days are soft and light, with wires you’ll barely notice – and thankfully much safer and affordable, too. The first setting was fine for eliminating chill, the third was quite toasty, and the second somewhere in between. If you have elected to receive a replacement, then a swap out will be arranged at any UK mainland address of your choice.

There’s a timer as well, between one and nine hours, so if you do want it on that little bit longer while you fall asleep, you can make sure it switches off in the early hours.

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You can also choose a timer setting that suits you, so you can have the blanket turn off after 1, 3, 6 or 12 hours.If you’re replacing an existing electric blanket, there are plenty of places for you to safely recycle your old one. Otherwise, positives include it being machine-washable (all tested are) and a very quick warm-up time of around seven minutes. Where the blankets had dual controls, we also looked at how accurate the settings were on each side and if there was any temperature crossover when the settings were different. I found that some cheaper blankets had a tendency to come lose or crease up when I moved around at night; this one was fine.

It’s just as soft as its name claims, and testers found it very lightweight, which is ideal if you don’t want a heavy layer on top of your duvet. This means that you’ll never have to worry about forgetting to turn your blanket off and that you can even program the timer to turn off whilst you sleep! You can easily find the perfect temperature for any occasion with the choice of 6 different heat settings.Some our most popular brands in Homeware include, Denby, Maxwell Williams, Cath Kidston, Morphy Richards, Delonghi, Tefal, Russell Hobs. It's designed to keep you warm in bed, but it does time out after two hours, making it best suited to an initial injection of heat before you fall asleep. As is the case with all dual control options, it’s more expensive to run, so you may not want to keep it on all night. It is fully fitted with a deep, elasticated skirt which fits easily to your mattress just like a fitted sheet. Safety-wise there is very little to worry about, but look out for British Electrotechnical Approvals Board (BEAB) approval.