Who still makes electric blankets these days?

[turquoisedude]

I'm at a loss to find what I'd call a regular electric blanket; not a throw, not a microfibre warming blanket.  It has been years since I've bought one - the last one I got somewhere in the US and was a Canon Queen-Size with dual controls.  It's holding up, but the 1970-something Esmond double model we use in Ogden is getting a little ratty and I fear it will go ZOT one of these days, so I'd like to be ready to replace either or both of the ones currently in use. 

 

Sears (so much for that...) used to sell some kinda-okay models up here, but they wer typical Chinese-made 'buy and throw away then buy more' quality.   Wal-Mart up here only sell "throws"...  

 

Any suggestions as to where I might find something halfway decent?  I know if I could, I'd step into my time machine and pick up a good old GE or Westinghouse one!!  

 

[countryguy]

Check out wayfair.ca

 

[retro-man]

I found a good selection of GE's at Macy's. A little pricey but on sale with a coupon it was a decent price. You might even be able to order it online through them.

Jon

 

[ea56]

Paul,

We have used an electric blanket for years. The newer Sunbeams are not as good as they used to be. Last year I bought a Biddeford King size electric blanket with analog controls (in my opinion better than the digital) for $89.99 from Target. It is the best electric blanket we have ever owned. I really warms the bed like the old ones used to if we turn it on 15-20 mins before going to bed.

I like that the control is easy to read and adjust with the lighted dial, no pushing buttons repeatedly while I’m half asleep. It stays on the bed without moving around and doesn’t need to be tucked it to accomplish this.

If we ever need to replace it, I hope that they will still be selling this same model, its a winner,
HTH,
Eddie[this post was last edited: 10/18/2017-13:07]

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[brucelucenta]

Electric blankets are still available. Many of the stores carry them as winter approaches. Kohls, Dillards, Macy's, Penny's and probably much more. I think the last one I bought was a Biddeford, whatever brand that is. They are much nicer than they used to be, sort of terrycloth feeling and softer.

 

[dermacie]

I have a Cannon and I bought at Kohl's a few years ago.

 

[mrsalvo]

Paul,
Have you tried Amazon? Can find just about anything you need there. I've been slow to really embrace the digital shopping, but I have to admit it saves so much time and convenient. The whole experience of my Dad's illness has opened my eyes to what is available online, ordering groceries on-line is the best.
I was going to order a new electric blanket but, honestly, the climate down here in south central Texas last winter was very mild. For those very few nights where it did get cold, I just put another regular blanket on the bed. It didn't last long though.

 

[norgeway]

I use a GE

That's about 55 years old, Still works perfectly!

 

[petek]

I bought a Sunbeam a few years ago at the GT boutique.. not sure what you call it there in Quebec.. anyways, it works but it's definitely not the same blanket they used to sell years ago.. it's made of some stiff type of fabric with an almost plastic feel, ,,not soft and blankety fabric if you know what I mean. 

 

[earthling177]

Sunbeam seems to have 2 or 3 different models/colors for king and queen size, but they seem to be the microfiber kind.

Usually I find them in places like Kohls, Target, BJ's etc.

Last time I bought anything of the kind it was a Sunbeam heated mattress pad (queen size) that worked really well. For all I know it's still good, but I have it stored in the last year or two because we didn't need it. I really liked that it would warm up the bed uniformly and then I could use ordinary blankets and/or quilts. It seemed to me that electric blankets needed more care when in use.

Good luck!

 

[cycla-fabric]

Paul, we chose to go the route of getting an electric mattress pad, works nicer than and electric blanket as the heat comes from the bottom instead of the top. We don't like to have a heavy blanket on top as my other half complains about it being too heavy. O would stick with the dial control as they are more reliable than the electronic controls, for some reason they go bad in a few years with error codes that you can't fix. We have a dual control on the bed in our guest room, which isn't used that much in the colder weather and one half of the pad has gone on the fritz, so it has to be replaced with a dial control model. I have to say these things are not made like they used to make. I had one growing up from sears and it lasted forever.
Doug

 

[johnrk]

mattress pad

I thought those electric mattress pads had been taken off the market! I remember back in the 90's when I had one. Something had come up about them catching on fire while people were sleeping on them.

I've owned an electric blanket but I get too hot very quickly. But, I don't live in blizzard territory. They always made more sense to me in this day and age than just trying to sleep under tons of regular blankets.

 

[jamiel]

Costco around here has them in-store--they had a Sunbeam electric mattress pad King size for $79.99. Am in the market for a new one, but seeing it there reminded me that I bought the other one at Costco--may return the old one (about 5 yrs old) as the wires are wearing through on the back side.

 

[panthera]

Sunbeam makes two variations

A traditional one which really warms the bed and a rather horrid one which 'replaces' heat of the body lost to a cooler ambient air, blah, blah, blah.

I've never really quite figured out which is which, so buy one (Walmart carries them online), try it and if its the one that really heats, I keep it. If it's the blah-blah-blah nonsense, I send it right back.

They last for about two years in our house. The older ones (not so old that they have to have the funky plastic covered thermostats sewn in) last forever, they always break when their controls get dropped.

I wash the blankets regularly, perhaps this contributes to their short lifespans? Who cares, I refuse to sleep in a dirty bed.

 

[twintubdexter]

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">I was going to suggest an electric pad. We used one in SF & San Jose where nights were cool enough. There's lots of "we's" in replies here...we have this, we use that...I'm so very jealous. Those of you who have wives, husbands or partners to share any blanket with...electric or other...are so very lucky. Never take it for granted. 

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[johnrk]

'we'

Amen.

 

[askolover]

Vermont country store has them too, but pricey.  Waterbeds are nice too!!!

http://https//www.vermontcountrystore.com/comfort-fleece-electric-blanket/product/60692

 

[polkanut]

An electric mattress pad is what gets used in this household.  I too don't like any too heavy on top of me, and heat rises.  This is the second one we've had.  The first one got fried because of a power surge.  Both have been Sunbeam's purchased at Kohl's.  I don't think the 2nd one is as good as the first one though.