Electric Heating Blanket and Electric Mattress Pad Reviews & Ratings -- Based on Data From Over 765 Actual Owners
Page last updated June 11, 2009.
What You Need To Know
Based on data from hundreds of actual owners, electric mattress pads overall have substantially higher owner satisfaction than electric blankets overall.
There is often significant difference among the various brands in regard to satisfaction.
Some brands perform well in the electric blanket category yet perform poorly in the electric pad category, and vice versa.
See our detailed electric blanket / pad comparison grid based on actual owner data.
About Our Research
The research findings are based on at least 765 reviews / comments of actual electric blanket or electric mattress pad owners collected from diverse sources, including owner reviews on retailer websites, online message boards and product review websites.
Electric Blankets Vs Electric Mattress Pads
Type (sample
size) |
Percent
of owners satisfied |
||||
Electric
Blankets (591) |
44% | ||||
Electric
Mattress Pads (177) |
68% | ||||
Based on our data, the main reason for the substantial difference in satisfaction between the two types is that electric blankets tend to have more defects / reliability issues than electric mattress pads, although the pads overall have fairly substantial reliability issues of their own.
Out of 13 people included in our research who said that they have owned both electric blankets and electric mattress pads, all of them said that they prefer the pads.
More info based on owner data
Electric Blankets: Advantages and Disadvantages
Electric Mattress Pads: Advantages and Disadvantages
Electric Blanket Ratings By Brand
Click on each brand for detailed research findings.
Brand (sample size) |
Percent of owners satisfied | ||||||
Beautyrest
/ Cozy (28) |
82% | ||||||
| 77% | |||||||
Biddeford
/ Sealy (91) |
68% | ||||||
Sunbeam (177) |
39% | ||||||
| 30% | |||||||
Electric
Mattress Pad Ratings By Brand
Click on each brand for detailed
research findings.
Brand (sample size) |
Percent of owners satisfied | ||||
Sunbeam (37) |
84% | ||||
| 80% | |||||
Biddeford
/ Sealy (94) |
60% | ||||