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This blanket has softer fabric, and the wires sandwiched in the fabric felt less noticeable. But the queen and king sizes require two outlets, which is annoying.

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The Degrees of Comfort electric blanket is the most evenly heated blanket in the review. During our temperature test, it experienced the least variation in temperatures throughout the blanket on each setting, meaning that your entire body will be warm with no cool or hot spots. Along with evenly heating, this blanket has an easy-to-use controller that includes a 1-20 heating range, a preheat setting, and a 1-10 hour adjustable auto-off timer. This wide range of customization allows for each user to dial in the blanket to meet their needs. The shape of the controller is nice, too, allowing the user to set it on an end table or nightstand.
Two things set this blanket back, the heating wires and the maximum temperature. While the fabric itself is comfortable, the wires that run throughout the blanket are noticeable and can take away from the experience. Then we have the temperature range, which maxed out at 84˚ and is what most blankets experience on the medium setting. It was consistently heated evenly on each setting, though it just didn't heat up enough to reach that of the others.

The Degrees of Comfort electric blanket is the most evenly heated blanket in the review. During our temperature test, it experienced the least variation in temperatures throughout the blanket on each setting, meaning that your entire body will be warm with no cool or hot spots. Along with evenly heating, this blanket has an easy-to-use controller that includes a 1-20 heating range, a preheat setting, and a 1-10 hour adjustable auto-off timer. This wide range of customization allows for each user to dial in the blanket to meet their needs. The controller's shape is nice, too, allowing the user to set it on an end table or nightstand.
Two things set this blanket back, the heating wires and the maximum temperature. While the fabric is comfortable, the wires running throughout the blanket are noticeable and can take away from the experience. Then we have the temperature range, which maxed out at 84˚ and is what most blankets experience on the medium setting. It was consistently heated evenly on each setting, though it just didn't heat up enough to reach that of the others.

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As the temperature outside starts dropping, it's time to prepare for cozy nights and hard to get out of bed mornings. What better way to snuggle up than with the winner of our electric blankets review, the Bedsure Electric Blanket. It has sherpa fleece on one side and silky flannel on the other giving both your skin and hands a comfortable experience. The striped texture of the surface fabric does an excellent job of hiding the heating elements from being noticeable. Its controller uses an LED screen that shows the user the temperature of the blanket and the time remaining on the auto-off timer. The controller is easy to navigate and easy to see in the sunlight or the dark due to its backlight display. This blanket performed very well during our temperature test having even heating with a wide range of experienced temperatures from 73˚to 90˚ on the low to high settings. If we could only pick one, this is our choice.
While we like many features of this model, here are some minor drawbacks that we noticed. Unlike some other models, the plug on the blanket does not have a locking mechanism to secure the power cord to the blanket. We didn't notice the cord ever falling out, but could see it happening if the blanket is accidentally tugged away from the power source or if the cord is tripped over. And while this isn't a weighted blanket review, we do like for the blankets to have a bit of weight to them, and this blanket could have more heft to it. 

When the temperature outside starts dropping, it's time to prepare for cozy nights and hard-to-get-out-of-bed mornings. Snuggle up with the winner of our electric blankets review, the Bedsure Electric Blanket. It has sherpa fleece on one side and silky flannel on the other, giving your skin and hands a comfortable experience. The striped texture of the surface fabric does an excellent job of hiding the heating elements from being noticeable. Its controller uses an LED screen that shows the user the temperature of the blanket and the time remaining on the auto-off timer. Thanks to its backlight display, the controller is easy to navigate and see in the sunlight or the dark. This blanket performed very well during our temperature test having even heating with a wide range of experienced temperatures from 73˚ to 90˚ on the low to high settings. If we could only pick one, this is our choice.
While we like many features of this model, here are some minor drawbacks that we noticed. Unlike some other models, the plug on the blanket does not have a locking mechanism to secure the power cord to the blanket. We didn't notice the cord ever falling out but could see it happening if the blanket is accidentally tugged away from the power source or if the cord is tripped over. And while this isn't a weighted blanket review, we enjoy blankets that have a bit of weight to them, and this blanket could have more heft. 

With soft sherpa on one side and micro plush fleece on the other, the Serta Super Soft Heated electric blanket is our favorite choice for relaxing at the end of the day or making the morning a little more bearable. With the reversible sides, this blanket is cozy, and the heating wires are not easy to notice when snuggled up underneath it. The controller for this blanket is simple with a simple on/off button and a heat setting button that moves an LED light to easily see what number it is set to.
There are a few things the Serta is lacking, like the ability to adjust the Auto-off timer. It also has only five heat settings instead of the 10 that most other models on the review have, which limits the user to larger increments in temperature settings. 

With soft sherpa on one side and micro plush fleece on the other, the Serta Super Soft Heated electric blanket is our favorite choice for relaxing at the end of the day or making the morning a little more bearable. With the reversible sides, this blanket is cozy, and the heating wires are not easy to notice when snuggled up underneath it. The controller for this blanket is simple: an on/off button and a heat setting button that moves an LED light to see the selected number.
The Serta lacks a few things, like the ability to adjust the auto-off timer. It only has five heat settings instead of the ten featured on many other models, limiting the user to larger increments in temperature settings. 

This wasn’t the most comfortable blanket we tried, but it offers better controls, requires only a single outlet, and has a safety locking plug to keep cords attached.

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