{"id":17001,"date":"2024-12-27T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/the-8-best-electric-blankets-and-heated-throws-tried-and-tested-to-keep-you-toasty-for-less-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:41:49","slug":"the-8-best-electric-blankets-and-heated-throws-tried-and-tested-to-keep-you-toasty-for-less-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/the-8-best-electric-blankets-and-heated-throws-tried-and-tested-to-keep-you-toasty-for-less-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 best electric blankets and heated throws \u2013 tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to heat the human not the home \u2013 or just love snuggling under something cosy on your sofa \u2013 these are our best buys<\/p>\n<p>Aside from hugging a fluffy hot-water bottle, sipping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter\/2024\/dec\/17\/best-whisky\">Christmas whisky<\/a> and ramping up the thermostat, an electric blanket or heated throw is the best way to keep out the winter chill. More than half of a typical household\u2019s fuel bills goes <a href=\"https:\/\/energysavingtrust.org.uk\/energy-at-home\/heating-your-home\/\">on heating and hot water<\/a>, so finding alternative ways to keep warm \u2013 and heating the person, rather than the whole home \u2013 is always a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the best electric blankets and heated throws boast running costs of about 1p to 3p an hour, so it\u2019s hard to ignore their potential energy- and money-saving benefits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best overall electric blanket:<br \/><\/strong>Fogarty Wonderfully Warm<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dunelm.com\/product\/fogarty-wonderfully-warm-electric-blanket-1000246450\"><sub>King, \u00a380 at Dunelm<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best budget electric blanket:<br \/><\/strong>Slumberdown Sleepy Nights <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Slumberdown-Electric-Blankets-Settings-Quilted\/dp\/B08556GCYR\"><sub>King, \u00a333.60 at Amazon<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best quilted electric blanket: <br \/><\/strong>Dreamland Pure Comfort bamboo underblanket<sub><br \/><\/sub><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dreamland-Underblanket-Hypoallergenic-Detachable-190x137cm\/dp\/B0DJC45TRX\"><sub>King, \u00a3139.99 at Amazon<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best overall heated throw:<br \/><\/strong>Beurer heated snuggle blanket <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beurer.com\/uk\/p\/43103\/\"><sub>Extra-large, \u00a384.99 at Beurer<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best budget heated throw: <br \/><\/strong>OHS electric heated fleece over blanket <strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinehomeshop.com\/ohs-electric-heated-over-blanket-blush\"><sub>\u00a334 at Online Home Shop<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter\/2024\/dec\/27\/best-electric-blankets-heated-throws\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/01369f4560cfe5323660bb297749b0b28e481329\/1_0_4997_3000\/master\/4997.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ac795e072b47cdcb51a157defaf569e5\" title=\"The 8 best electric blankets and heated throws \u2013 tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter\" \/>If you\u2019re looking to heat the human not the home \u2013 or just love snuggling under something cosy on your sofa \u2013 these are our best buys<br \/>\nAside from hugging a fluffy hot-water bottle, sipping the Christmas whisky and ramping up the thermostat, an electric blanket or heated throw is the best way to keep out the winter chill. More than half of a typical household\u2019s fuel bills goes on heating and hot water, so finding alternative ways to keep warm \u2013 and heating the person, rather than the whole home \u2013 is always a good idea.<br \/>\nMany of the best electric blankets and heated throws boast running costs of about 1p to 3p an hour, so it\u2019s hard to ignore their potential energy- and money-saving benefits.<br \/>\nBest overall electric blanket:Fogarty Wonderfully WarmKing, \u00a380 at Dunelm<br \/>\nBest budget electric blanket:Slumberdown Sleepy Nights King, \u00a333.60 at Amazon<br \/>\nBest quilted electric blanket: Dreamland Pure Comfort bamboo underblanketKing, \u00a3139.99 at Amazon<br \/>\nBest overall heated throw:Beurer heated snuggle blanket Extra-large, \u00a384.99 at Beurer<br \/>\nBest budget heated throw: OHS electric heated fleece over blanket \u00a334 at Online Home Shop Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to heat the human not the home \u2013 or just love snuggling under something cosy on your sofa \u2013 these are our best buys Aside from hugging a fluffy hot-water bottle, sipping the Christmas whisky and ramping up the thermostat, an electric blanket or heated throw is the best way to keep &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/the-8-best-electric-blankets-and-heated-throws-tried-and-tested-to-keep-you-toasty-for-less-this-winter\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 8 best electric blankets and heated throws \u2013 tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}