Electric Blanket & Electric Heating Mattress Pad Comparison : Consumer Reports : Beautyrest / Cozy, Softheat / Perfect Fit, Biddeford / Sealy, Sunbeam, Sleepwarmer, Westpoint, Martex, Restwarmer

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Electric Blanket and Electric Mattress Pad Comparison -- Based on Data From Over 765 Actual Owners

Page last updated June 2009.

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Type	Electric Blankets					Electric Mattress Pads
Brand	Beautyrest / Cozy	Soft Heat / Perfect Fit	Biddeford / Sealy	Sunbeam	Sleepwarmer/ Westpoint / Martex	Sunbeam	Restwarmer /Martex / Sleepwarmer	Biddeford / Sealy
Sample size	28	39	91	177	228	37	46	94
Satisfaction	82%	77%	68%	39%	30%	84%	80%	60%
Reliability	Fair- Good	Fair	Fair- Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair- Good	Fair-Good	Fair- Poor
Material softness / quality	Fair	Fair- Good	Fair	Fair- Good	Excellent	- - -	- - -	- - -
Heating effectiveness	Fair- Good	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair- Good	Fair- Good	Fair	Good
Heating wires un-obtrusive	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Good- Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Fair
Can alleviate pain	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Good	Fair	Fair
Appearance	Good	Fair	Good	Fair	Good	- - -	- - -	- - -