Glamhaus heated throw review

If paying the heating invoice is maintaining you up at evening, an electrical blanket might be the reply. They will hold you heat for simply 2.5-3p an hour, in comparison with 54p an hour for a plug-in heater.

There are two kinds of electrical blanket. Should you’d prefer to learn a evaluation of the bed-warming kind that you just connect to your mattress and lie on, try our evaluation of the Cosi House electrical blanket.

What I’m reviewing right here is the second type: a heated throw you may chuck over your lap if you’re working from house or use to cowl you if you’re mendacity on the couch.

They don’t get talked about sufficient however they’re positively price contemplating.

Design and look

The Glamhaus heated throw is a doubled-sided blanket. One facet is a fleecy flannel, the opposite is a velvety, soft-touch materials. It is available in 9 color choices, though the fleece facet is all the time cream. It must be stated that a number of the brighter colors are fairly lurid. Should you’re after one thing refined, the gray might be the best choice.

It measures 1.6 by 1.3 metres, so it’s giant sufficient to go over two folks’s laps or cowl one individual mendacity down. Should you needed to apply it to the mattress, it will be ideally suited for a single.

It has a protracted twine, so that you don’t want a plug level proper subsequent to you. It’s 150cm from plug to controller, and an additional 50cm from controller to blanket. Together with plug and controller, it’s about 2.2m lengthy.

Keep in mind that if you happen to use it whereas mendacity on the mattress, the controller will grasp down the facet of the mattress and will faucet in opposition to it if you transfer round.

The controller is simply the appropriate measurement to slot in your hand and may be very easy to make use of. There’s a purple LED show and 5 buttons. The On/Off swap is within the center: on both facet are up and down buttons for the temperature and timer.

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Efficiency

Right here’s the way it works. You select from one in all 9 warmth settings. In follow, I’ve by no means had it set to greater than 3 or 4, which was sufficient to maintain me heat. Which means there’s loads of wriggle room for even colder evenings.

In addition to selecting a temperature, you may set a countdown timer, from one to 9 hours. This will provide you with peace of thoughts if you happen to’d prefer to nap underneath the blanket and need it to modify off if you go to sleep.

The blanket itself is tender to the contact and feels nice. I don’t suppose it’ll be massively hard-wearing, though having stated that, the cat has taken a liking to it and it’s survived a number of kneading with solely a few pulls. It has a year-long guarantee.

You possibly can really feel the net of heated wires underneath the floor, which I assumed would trouble me – nevertheless it didn’t. The directions say to make sure that the wires inside don’t get folded up, nevertheless it’s simple to maintain it flat. They don’t get tangled or snarled up in use.

To clean the blanket, you simply unclip it from the facility twine. You possibly can machine wash the blanket on a delicates setting at 30°C and grasp it as much as dry. You possibly can’t tumble dry it – however then, if you happen to’re shopping for a heated blanket to save cash in your electrical energy invoice, you in all probability received’t be tempted to make use of a tumble dryer.

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By way of security options, it has overheating and surge safety.

Power utilization

That is the true motive to purchase an electrical blanket. This Glamhaus throw has a really low vitality consumption, because it’s simply an 85W gadget. This implies it makes use of round 85 watts an hour.

To seek out out what this may price you to run, you should use a web based calculator and your final vitality invoice. Enter your tariff (or use the usual tariff on the location) and fill within the wattage of the blanket and also you’ll get a determine.

In my case, my electrical energy unit value is 35.797p, so the blanket prices me 3p an hour to run. Your price will likely be very comparable. By comparability, a mean plug-in electrical heater would price me round 54p an hour. It’s an enormous distinction.

Worth and availability

The Glamhaus throw is competitively priced in comparison with rivals, which might price as a lot as £100. It’s additionally extensively accessible – many electrical blankets have been going out of inventory. On the time of writing, you’ll get the very best value if you happen to purchase direct from Glamhaus, however you may also buy from Amazon, Robert Dyas and B&Q. It’s price looking a number of websites to seek out the color you need.

Verdict

Of all of the plug in units and home equipment in my house – and there are lots of – this is without doubt one of the most used. Because the temperature dropped, I’ve been utilizing it most days, whereas working from house and stress-free within the night. Even when I’ve it on for 10 hours a day – which wouldn’t be obligatory, as as soon as it heats up, you may swap it off for some time – it will solely price me 30p a day. At that working price, it’s nicely price it.

Specs

• Dimensions: 130 x 160cm
• Cable size: 2.2m
• Wattage: 85W
• 9 warmth settings
• As much as 9-hour timer