Electric blanket!

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Electric blanket!
Topic Started: Jan 7 2016, 11:46 AM (367 Views)
swing	Jan 7 2016, 11:46 AM Post #1
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Senior's day at the Bay yesterday. I needed a new electric blanket as my old one of 15 years died. I was very surprised at the now price of 259.99 and walked away. On second thought I went back and asked the salesperson if they were on sale, as it seemed everything else in linen was. She scanned and it came up 155.99. This was more reasonable, and i then mentioned I was a senior and would get another 15% off today. She said I will need your Driver's licence as proof! My first reaction was too be ticked that she didn't think I was a senior and was lying. I reconsidered, Thanked her for making my day upon handing her my licence! I also have now learned to ask for a scan on an article to verify the price, as it could just be on sale!



Darcie	Jan 7 2016, 12:12 PM Post #2
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I got a similar lesson about scanning when I bought my daughter a heated electric mattress cover last year. Got the clerk to scan and it was 50% off with a 10% off if you spent over a certain amount.



Trotsky	Jan 8 2016, 01:58 AM Post #3
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	swing, Check internet prices. Beautyrest:: Overstock ("Options" gives you the prices for different sizes.) <Technological changes mandated by safety regulations make today's electric blankets far less comfortable (warm) than they used to be and they are wired for quick failure. Don't pay too much.> Edited by Trotsky, Jan 8 2016, 01:59 AM.



Durgan	Jan 8 2016, 02:08 AM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	You might do better to buy a heating pad for body warming. That is what I use for heating the soil for starting seeds and it works just fine. For a blanket only a little heat is required.



Trotsky	Jan 8 2016, 03:54 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Durgan Jan 8 2016, 02:08 AM You might do better to buy a heating pad for body warming. That is what I use for heating the soil for starting seeds and it works just fine. For a blanket only a little heat is required. A heating pad will give you a very hot spot that could induce a localized burn. They all caution you NOT sleep with them, or even COVER them. Main problem is that they are not thermostatically controlled. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 8 2016, 03:56 AM.



FuzzyO	Jan 8 2016, 04:34 AM Post #6
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	In winter I sleep with a heating pad. It has low, medium and high temps, and turns itself off after a period of time.



Darcie	Jan 8 2016, 04:39 AM Post #7
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	I need cool to fall asleep and stay asleep, but need warm on my feet otherwise my feet cramp. Solved the problem with a comforter over the foot of my bed. Would be awake all night with anything with heat in it.



Trotsky	Jan 8 2016, 05:41 AM Post #8
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Durgan Jan 8 2016, 02:08 AM You might do better to buy a heating pad for body warming. That is what I use for heating the soil for starting seeds and it works just fine. For a blanket only a little heat is required. A heating pad will give you a very hot spot that could induce a localized burn. They all caution you NOT sleep with them, or even COVER them.



Durgan	Jan 8 2016, 06:55 AM Post #9
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	FuzzyO Jan 8 2016, 04:34 AM In winter I sleep with a heating pad. It has low, medium and high temps, and turns itself off after a period of time. That is the one I also use. I have had it for several yers. It controls temperature with in a close range on any one setting. Certainly there is no hot spots.



swing	Jan 8 2016, 12:47 PM Post #10
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	I find the electric blanket is great for my arthritis. If I'm cold I'm in pain, which happened the two nights I was without one. I keep it on a low setting, which does the job. I first started using electric blankets when living in Victoria in the 70's. The climate was damp and I was always freezing, same in Ottawa, thus I've been using one for 40 years.



swing	Jan 8 2016, 12:52 PM Post #11
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Thanks for the link Trotsky ~appreciate. With our 60 cent dollar, it works out to about the same price lol!



Trotsky	Jan 9 2016, 05:06 AM Post #12
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	swing Jan 8 2016, 12:52 PM Thanks for the link Trotsky ~appreciate. With our 60 cent dollar, it works out to about the same price lol! It's bad swing but not THAT bad...loonie still worth $.71. (I'll bet that made your day. laugh123 )



Trotsky	Jan 9 2016, 05:19 AM Post #13
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I loved sleeping under my old SEARS electric blankets in Winter. We had electric heat so it was a lot cheaper to heat the bed instead of the room. But then we bought new Sunbeam blankets and the new ones have no thermostats in them. They instead use a resistance material between conductors. The resistance increases with heat so less and less heat as they warm up. This material wears out with age and resistance keeps increasing, eventually rendering the blankets useless in a year or two. All blankets now use that technology and there is no such thing as hot, only slightly warm when new...then nothing. We threw them out ($100 worth) and reverted back to the ancient ratty old thermostatic controlled ones. That was an expensive lesson. You can tell the old good ones by feel. The thermostats are several plastic pieces inside the blanket a bit smaller than a pack of matches. Now we have copious steam heat (free) so warmth is no longer an issue. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 9 2016, 05:23 AM.



swing	Jan 9 2016, 05:22 AM Post #14
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	Beautyrest is the blanket I bought Trotsky. The lady from National bank mentioned on Global this a.m. the banks are charging 44 cents on the $ to purchase american currency! They never were too generous with their employees, as they have to make a billion in profit every year. I'd like the many hours of O.T. I worked for nothing! Canadian banks don't have unions either, thus no recourse for the employee.



Trotsky	Jan 9 2016, 05:25 AM Post #15
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Sounds like somebody is making a nickel off you for every dollar. I wish you well with the blanket, swing. Keep us posted. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 9 2016, 05:26 AM.



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