Electric Blankets Sale

Electric Blankets for Sale

Every electric blanket and heated throw currently reduced at Heavins is on this page. This is the cheapest heating decision anyone in Ireland can make. Warming a bed or a person costs a small fraction of warming a room, and an electric underblanket typically draws somewhere between 60 and 150 watts against the 2,000 watts a room heater pulls, which is the difference between pennies an evening and real money on a bill. A reduced electric blanket is one of the few purchases in the shop that starts saving on the day it arrives rather than paying back over years.

The first thing to settle is underblanket against overblanket against throw. An electric underblanket, sometimes called a heated mattress cover, fits over the mattress and under the sheet, warms the bed before you get in and is the type most people mean when they say electric blanket. An overblanket sits on top like a duvet and holds warmth while you sleep. A heated throw is the one for the sofa rather than the bed, and it is the item that has quietly taken over the category, because it is the thing you actually reach for at nine o'clock on a wet Tuesday.

Size is straightforward but worth checking against your mattress rather than your bed frame: single, double, king and super king all appear here. A dual control double or king is worth the difference if two people disagree about heat, because it splits the blanket into two independently controlled halves with a handset each, and it is the single feature owners say they would not go without. Look for a timer, an overheat cut off and, above all, whether the blanket is machine washable with the controller detached, since that is the feature that decides how long it stays in service rather than in a press.

Heat settings and duration are the last things to check, and they are not the same thing. Three settings is common and enough for most people; more useful is whether the blanket is rated for all night use rather than pre heating only, because those are different products and the label will say which. Fleece, sherpa and fitted styles are warmer and stay in place far better than flat polyester ones, and a fitted skirt is what stops an underblanket rucking up over a winter. Anyone who wants warmth without a bed can get the same running cost from a heat pad or a rechargeable hot water bottle instead.

Underblankets, Overblankets and Heated Throws

Single, double, king and super king underblankets, dual control models with a handset each side, mattress covers with elasticated skirts, and heated throws for the sofa. The full range with buying guidance is in electric blankets.

Heat Pads and Foot Warmers

Lumbar pads, neck and shoulder pads, heated belts and electric foot warmers put warmth on one part of you rather than a whole bed, which makes them the most efficient heat in the house. See electric heat pads.

Rechargeable Hot Water Bottles

Ten to fifteen minutes on the mains stores several hours of heat, with no kettle and no perished rubber. Standard and long shapes, plush and sherpa covers, plus the traditional rubber bottles. Browse hot water bottles.

Electric Blanket Deals

The double and king sizes go first, and dual control models sell out before single control ones. Prices here are live all year.

Reduced blankets and throws here come from De Vielle, Dreamland and Sirocco, with Beurer, Monogram and Russell Hobbs across the wider range. For everything else reduced in the category see heating on sale.

Everything here can be delivered across the Republic of Ireland or collected in store at Shannon Retail Park, Dublin Road, Athlone.