OT (kinda): Shopping for an electric blanket

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Victor M. Martinez - 19 Sep 2003 18:48 GMT

It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket more
than we do... :)
I'm shopping for a new electric blanket and I remember seeing one
advertised that didn't have any hard wires. They said, IIRC, that the
heating wires were woven into the fabric, so they were as soft as the
blanket itself. Does anybody know if such a dreamy blanket exists?
Any pointers would be most appreciated.

Regards.

Victor and the Furry Seven

Victor M. Martinez
martiv@FAKE.che.utexas.edu
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Sheenah - 19 Sep 2003 19:38 GMT

> It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket more
> than we do... :)
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> martiv@FAKE.che.utexas.edu
> http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Hi Victor,

I hope that you will find what you're looking for at either

http://www.comforthouse.com/comfort/matelasse.html

http://bizrate.com/buy/products__cat_id--13030202,keyword--Electric%20Queen,rf--
wgg.html

Sheenah

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m. L. Briggs - 19 Sep 2003 22:29 GMT

>It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket more
>than we do... :)
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>martiv@FAKE.che.utexas.edu
>http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

If I remember correctly. electric blankets should rest on top of the
person (cat?) and are not to be laid on, This might be worth
checking. MLB

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jmcquown - 19 Sep 2003 23:23 GMT

>> It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket
>> more than we do... :)
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> person (cat?) and are not to be laid on, This might be worth
> checking. MLB

Although, pet supply stores and Drs. foster & smith do sell electric
"heating pads" for cats. Of course, those aren't the same as human electric
blankets.

Side note: I won't use an electric blanket anymore. It was 25 years ago
now, but I had a brand new electric blanket. And I'd been using them since
I was a kid. One night I thought, lawdy something is hot! Turned on the
light... well of course it was... one of the heating elements was literally
burning a hole right through the blanket. And burning my skin. Immediately
took it back to the store. I just don't trust them anymore.

Jill

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Victor M. Martinez - 20 Sep 2003 04:45 GMT

>> If I remember correctly. electric blankets should rest on top of the
>> person (cat?) and are not to be laid on, This might be worth
>> checking. MLB

Don't worry, the blanket is only on when we're in bed.

>Although, pet supply stores and Drs. foster & smith do sell electric
>"heating pads" for cats. Of course, those aren't the same as human electric
>blankets.

I just bought one for the kids. Let's hope there's not a lot of fighting
over it!

>took it back to the store. I just don't trust them anymore.

I believe the technology has improved quite a bit lately. :)

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Hopitus2 - 20 Sep 2003 05:07 GMT

I am with you 100% on this, Jill......I don't trust them either! The only
thought more unpleasant than the wires burning a hole in my hide through the
blanket is the wires burning a hole in one of the 3 meatloafs here, who
would be snoring atop the blanket, thereby creating "hot spots" on the
wiring/blanket! Thankfully, we don't need blankets much here anyway at any
time of year, because of our warm fuzzy meatloafs who glue themselves to us
in chilly weather like heat-seeking missiles.

: >> It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket
: >> more than we do... :)
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: Jill

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Sherry - 20 Sep 2003 14:23 GMT

>I am with you 100% on this, Jill......I don't trust them either! The only
>thought more unpleasant than the wires burning a hole in my hide through the
>blanket is the wires burning a hole in one of the 3 meatloafs here, who
>would be snoring atop the blanket, thereby creating "hot spots" on the
>wiring/blanket!

Agreed here also. We have one bedlump who is an obsessive "kneader"
anyway...not a good combination with a 110 volts. Besides, homemade quilts are
a "comfort" thing for me. I'd rather sleep under 30 lbs. of quilts + cats if it
gets that cold.

Sherry

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Motherthing - 20 Sep 2003 16:56 GMT

> >I am with you 100% on this, Jill......I don't trust them either! The only
> >thought more unpleasant than the wires burning a hole in my hide through the
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> Sherry

I have a huge, ancient quilt given to me by my husbands maternal grandmother
and I LOVE it! DH calls it my 'big flat teddy bear.

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Stacey - 22 Sep 2003 04:24 GMT

This brings me to what I was gonna post!

Victor - I have a heated mattress pad as opposed to a blanket. I prefer that
much more than the blankets... IMHO anyway! The one we have has separate
heating controls so DH can be cooler while I can be hotter (isn't that
ALWAYS the case?) LOL.

Good luck, I've never heard of the blankets of which you speak!

Stacey :)

> >It's not really off-topic, since the cats enjoy the electric blanket more
> >than we do... :)
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> person (cat?) and are not to be laid on, This might be worth
> checking. MLB

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