Electric blankies

I got to thinking about electric blankets the other day. While I was out mall crawling I sashayed through Penny's and spotted a pile of electrified blankets and for a queen size they wanted 169 bucks! Holy Cowsky! I actually owned an electric blanket in the mid sixties. I stopped using the thing because I could hear it cycling on and off and it made me kind of nervous, especially after I washed it and began to feel creaky and thread worn, so pitched that for the next 40 odd years.

It got to be 37 degrees today and it hailed pea sized hail and rained and was very shivery and I was thinking warm thoughts about electric blankies, so I Googled some prices. Range seems to go from 40 to 200 bucks depending on size, controls etc.



These above are available from J.C. Penny for between 40 and 80 dollars.



While not comfy looking this little item by LCC both heats AND cools for around 200 bucks.


So is anyone out there really using electric blankets? In the meantime I have cuddled up to my heating pad and it generates a surprising amount of warmth.