RE: We are thinking about buying heating blankets, and a huge thank you to @melinda010100 - #MarketFriday on Saturday (2023.01.14)
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I've found that a really good fleece or down blanket with a thermal pad does a better job keeping me warm than electric blankets. Good blankets do not create a dependency on the power grid.
Electic blankets also have health and safety risks ... especially used ones. Good blankets are a better investment than electric ones.
When I am having problems getting warm, I do things like heat water (or rocks) on the stove or in an oven.
By thermal pad, I just mean bedding that is sufficient to insulate a person from the ground. Most beds suffice.
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I have not read this about it so far. I have read many reviews, and most people are satisfied with it.
I would use electric heating blankets to keep myself warm, when the temperature go around/below 0 °C. I would use this instead of room heating, because I cannot afford to buy wood to heat the room, and I cannot afford to run a high powered (around 2000 Watt) electric heater either.
Are you using the blanket for sleeping or are you using it for sitting around during the day?
It is generally better to use a warm blanket for sleeping than an electric blanket.
My father used an electric blanket in the last years of his life. The store that sold the blankets warned us to turn the blanket off before he went to sleep because electric blankets can affect one's metabolism.
Being baked by electric coils all night long is not a good thing. It messes with the metabolism.
Old electric blankets have been known to catch bedding on fire.
Local stores in the US carry affordable sleeping bags and blankets rated to -20°C. I've slept outside on nights well below freezing with a good sleeping bag.
The new artificial fleece blankets are wonderful. The room where I sleep drops to 45°F (7° celsius) every night.
I use an artificial-fleece blanket and stay warm.
I prefer the fleece blanket to the sleeping bag as it is easier to wash.
As for heating a room on a budget. I like to bake bread and an occasional pie.
Two or three days later I will do both, because we will run out of wood. I will "hide" under the blanket(s).
I checked a few sleeping bags in the local stores, but they are very expensive. The sleeping bags rated to -10 °C is around 30 000 Hungarian Forint (HUF), which is currently $81.36 USD, because $1 USD is currently 368.71 Hungarian Forint (HUF). I cannot afford it. And the sleeping bags rated to colder temperatures are much more expensive.
Those are similarly expensive. Probably I will use multiple blankets to stay warm.
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