Do you sleep with a heated mattress pad/heated blanket?

Don’t use uncertified electric blankets! The horrifying reality is that you are slowly cooking yourself!!

I have a Biddeford bed warmer, and have been very happy with it.

I'm paranoid about fire, so I don't use an electric blanket. I've only recently come around to using a space heater, but only when I am awake to monitor it.

Hot water bottles are underrated. One huge upside is they can't catch fire.

the dl prefers dutch ovens. a cabbage stew is all an elder needs.

[quote] Hot water bottles are underrated.

Seconded. Use them when it’s cold all the time. Work wonders.

I wear my winter caftan on cold nights. When it gets extra chilly, I take out my microwaveable chicken warmie🐔

You all are going to burn your hovels down!

I find a hot man works really well on a cold winter night 😛

Yes but both a self-heated

r9 men are like bookends, you really need one for each side. At least one should be taut.. a bit of firmness at your back helps keep reduce the tightness and improve your alignment while a bit of plush up front is really best to draw all your stiffness out and rest your weary limbs upon... it's like curling up with the stay puft marshmallow man, or well, a pregnancy pillow... they really do make for the best body pillows. A bit pricey as they're always odd shaped and you really should buy the replacement insert and cover right then and there as it's a niche market.. it's always such a bitch to get replacements later when you need it.

Basic electric blanket. Turn it on a half hour before going to bed. Turn off when I get in, bed stays warm all night. Unless it's below zero and windy, I might have to turn it on again for a bit. I have a lightweight down comforter on top and maybe a pendleton wool blanket too. Not heavy, don't like heavy blankets.

I use a heating pad for my back pain. I find myself using it for warmth very often now. It times out after 20 minutes or so.

Flannel sheets will keep you very warm without any fire risk.

I have a heated mattress pad but stopped using it a few years ago. I turned the heat up instead.

r14 adding a weighted blanket helps tremendously too.. especially for sheet kickers.

Iron sheets before bed 🛏️

I prefer a down comforter. They can be bought in different weights. You can also buy a feather bed or a warm mattress cover made from fleece or wool. Hot water bottles, already mentioned, also work.

R12 I do this with flannel sheets. Sometimes getting into a warm bed is the nicest thing I do all day.

Sometimes having a close friend who will place your hand in a cup of lukewarm water while you’re sleeping can result in a warm watery experience in the sack as well.

I'm surprised at how many of you are afraid of electric blankets/mattress pads. They all have an auto shutoff and though I'd never leave one on while out of the house, I'm not at all worried about one starting a fire.

I've heard these are very handy

Only when I am ill, crank it high and sweat it out

I am perimenopausal, I sleep on a block of ice.

I turn into a furnace at night and have been like this my whole life. When I was little my mom used to let me fall asleep in my parents bed so I would warm it up for them.

I turn the heat down to 55 and usually have to open the window. I would love to sleep on flannel sheets.

You are supposed to turn the heat off before you fall asleep. Also hot water bottles cause burns too. Remember to insulate them and never use boiling water, just hot tap water.

I have used numerous electric blankets my entire adult life and never had a fire. In the spring and fall I only use it to warm the bed before I get in and then shut it off, climbing into a toasty warm bed is one of my favorite things when it is cold, in the dead of winter I will use it all night long.

I don't like the idea of heated mattress pads since you are actually laying on the heating coils but that is my own bias, they are surely as safe as heated blankets.

It's 2022. Electric blankets aren't going to spontaneously combust. What's with the paranoia? I would NEVER use one for sleeping because a blanket is enough for me, even during the coldest nights of winter, but I keep one on my sofa for when I'm watching tv or reading. My feet get cold and I hate wearing socks while I'm chilling.

I hate it how scratchy they are

I have a Sunbeam and couldn't be happier. I have found that I have never turned it up over three, and usually a setting of two is good enough.

In a chilly house, if you get into bed wearing layers (including socks and a nightcap) , and if your bed also has at least 3 fluffy layers (plus a firm top one to keep the heat in), you'll be fine -- warm and cozy in that cocoon. I've become so used to this that now, even flannel sheets seem too hot for me.

To explain: I live in a big 300-year-old New England house and for years we've kept the indoors temp at 55 during the cold season because of the heating oil costs, closing off seasonally-unused rooms but still keeping them well above freezing so the pipes & radiators don't burst.

This year it's going to be worse. Thank goodness we have a huge fireplace in the main room, and plenty of wood from the forest at the back of our property.

I work from home, and I've become acclimated to it. It's entirely possible. Dress in layers, definitely with long underwear. Wear a wool cap on your head. Fingerless gloves are great. Aim a small space heater at your hands over the laptop keyboard. Sip hot beverages. Frankly, I hate housework, but vacuuming and mopping actually do warm you up, plus that'll tire you out when it comes to bedtime, so you'll sleep cozily.

That's ridiculous. I work too hard to have to bundle up in my house. I turn heat up to level that allows me to be barefoot and shirtless

I use a heated throw over my legs at night, the new ones are more likely to shut themselves down rather than catch fire, the circuitry is very sensitive and will shut it down if anything goes wrong.

r31, I am glad for you the firewood is free, except in manhours to chop and stack, but your big fireplace is probably losing more heat than it puts out.

When my electric blanket is on level 10, you can cook a Lean Cuisine.

Have used an electric blanket my whole life, with the exception of four years living in San Francisco. I tried a mattress pad years ago (my mom thought mattress pads were the end all and be all), but I did not like it and went back to my electric blanket. I have always had a Sunbeam, and always been happy.

R31, don't think so, because when the massive central brick chimney stack heats up (granted, it takes a long time) it radiates heat throughout the second floor and the attic. It's BIG. So it's a good thing I'm here at home, all the time, to tend to the fire. We're living the 18th century life! Btw, it comes in handy during power outages,

Apologies! That "big fireplace"reply was meant for R34.

I don't feel the wires on my heated mattress pad at all and I sleep with it on all night. I preheat the bed to 10 for about an hour before bedtime then turn it down to one for sleeping.