Silentnight Comfort Control Electric Blanket Review 

Worth When Reviewed

Not accessible within the US

I believed electrical blankets had been all heated quilts that you just wrapped your self in or pulled on prime of your self like a cover, however most of them are literally skinny heated sheets you place completely beneath the fitted sheet in your mattress.

When you’re taken with a heated blanket that’ll cowl you on the couch or in mattress, take a look at our evaluation of the Glamhaus heated throw.

I’ve been testing the king measurement Silentnight Consolation Management electrical blanket throughout a chilly snap within the UK and have been grateful for what it supplies – a fast method to warmth up your mattress earlier than you hop in, at a comparatively low value in comparison with central heating or plug-in heaters.

This blanket is an efficient, easy possibility but it surely’s not with out its flaws, which I might not have anticipated contemplating its value of £55.

Design & options

The Consolation Management has the same design to most under-sheet electrical blankets. It’s a easy fleecy blanket manufactured from polyester that you just connect to the highest of your mattress or mattress comforter with elastic straps.

It’s very straightforward to placed on, however I instantly discovered the king measurement blanket shouldn’t be really king measurement. It measures ‎165 x 137cm, whereas a normal king mattress within the UK is 200 x 150cm.

In keeping with Silentnight’s photographs, the blanket must be positioned on the foot of the mattress, leaving a spot from roughly your shoulders as much as the highest of your pillow the place it doesn’t attain.

This creates two issues. The primary is the highest of the mattress doesn’t get heat! I felt the chilliness of the mattress within the winter far more keenly and would moderately my prime half be heat after I bought in after having the blanket on – but when I moved the blanket up it meant the mattress was chilly the place my toes lie, because the blanket doesn’t attain that far.

My shorter spouse didn’t have the identical situation.

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Silentnight additionally makes the blanket in single, double, and tremendous king sizes. The latter is similar width because the king at 165cm and is barely 10cm longer at 147cm. Why aren’t any of the blankets the identical measurement because the mattress?

I’ve used different electrical blankets that cowl many of the mattress and located them far more satisfying. I discovered with this too-small sizing that the blanket additionally tended to bunch up or skew sideways after a couple of nights.

The opposite situation with the Silentnight is the positioning of the connector. The blanket has coiled wire inside that heats up once you change it on, so it wants a cable linked to the mains to plug in someplace.

That connector essentially sits on the left hand aspect of the mattress as you have a look at it from the foot of the mattress. It must be there so you possibly can entry the hanging three-level warmth controller when mendacity down.

This occurs to be my aspect of the mattress. Due to the dimensions of the blanket, the connector sits exactly the place I lie, and I usually rolled onto it painfully within the evening. This can be a flawed design.

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Different electrical blankets exist with two separate sides so every particular person in a bigger mattress can management their temperature. The Consolation Management has only one management, so for those who share a mattress you’ll must agree whether or not you need it set to at least one, two, or three.

I discovered stage one too low for the coldest nights. Typically, setting it on stage two for an hour earlier than bedtime bought the sheets good and heat with out being uncomfortable. Stage three is noticeably toasty, however a great setting to shortly heat the mattress do you have to overlook or be notably chilly.

This can be a easy electrical blanket and doesn’t have any ‘sensible’ options or expertise that may modify the temperature in any method. It’s both on or off, although Silentnight says it has ‘overheat safety’.

You can too machine wash the blanket after eradicating the connector.

How a lot does it value to run?

Electrical blankets are a price efficient method to warmth your mattress. The king measurement Silentnight Consolation Management can warmth at as much as 90 watts on the extent three setting, which works out at about 3p per hour of use on the time of writing in January 2023.

Stage one heats at 28 watts which is 1p per hour, and stage two at 51 watts which is 2p per hour.

That is significantly cheaper than operating central heating or an electrical plug-in heater.

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Worth & availability

The Silentnight Consolation Management is an entry stage electrical blanket with probably the most primary of options: three ranges of warmth.

The king measurement blanket I examined prices £55 direct from Silentnight or Amazon UK. It’s additionally accessible in single, double, and tremendous king sizes from these retailers.

It’s not accessible within the US.

Verdict

The Silentnight Consolation Management electrical blanket is an easy and comparatively inexpensive electrical blanket that would prevent significantly on electrical energy or heating payments, costing about 3p per hour to make use of on the highest setting.

It’s virtually too easy given there’s just one management for the entire mattress, whereas different electrical blankets are divided into two for you and a companion to manage individually do you have to need totally different temperatures.

The blanket can also be smaller than the mattress measurement it corresponds to, so you might need to measurement up, and the cable connector within the prime left nook sits uncomfortably near the place one particular person lies.

Regardless of these downsides, that is nonetheless a reliable and environment friendly electrical blanket that heats up shortly and has an overheating security characteristic.

For an additional shopping for possibility, take a look at our evaluation of the Cosi House electrical blanket.

Specs

• 165 x 137cm
• Polyester
• Three warmth settings
• Most output 90 watts (round 3p per hour)
• Overheat safety