electric blankets, $50, $150, $250, $$$$??
I was thinking to myself it might be nice to purchase an electric blanket to use while winter camping, so I can run the noisy furnace less, and keep the cabin cooler for my dog. (dog thinks anything over 30F is too darn hot)
So I go check out Jeff's website and I'm amazed at the selection he carries, with prices ranging from $50 to North of $400, for what I can tell, all the same thing - a plastic blanket (nylon, rayon, faux cashmere, faux mink, etc) with heating cables in it and some sort of thermostatic control.
I remember from my childhood my mother had a heating blanket you could feel big thick heating cables inside of, and they ran at 60hz, I could hear them buzzing. I assume that was a $50 blanket, but that was 40 years ago, maybe things are better now?
As for electricity, I have 110vac available all the time from a 2800 watt PSW inverter and 800 amp-hour batter bank... so I don't need anything like a 12volt blanket.
I'm looking for feedback from folks that have used multiple blankets in that price spectrum. is the $250 blanket really five times better than the $50 blanket?
My ideal blanket would be:
1) washable
2) queen size, single zone - its just me in the bed, and a dual-zone would have an awkward area in the "middle"
3) more than just low/med/hi heat settings
So I go check out Jeff's website and I'm amazed at the selection he carries, with prices ranging from $50 to North of $400, for what I can tell, all the same thing - a plastic blanket (nylon, rayon, faux cashmere, faux mink, etc) with heating cables in it and some sort of thermostatic control.
I remember from my childhood my mother had a heating blanket you could feel big thick heating cables inside of, and they ran at 60hz, I could hear them buzzing. I assume that was a $50 blanket, but that was 40 years ago, maybe things are better now?
As for electricity, I have 110vac available all the time from a 2800 watt PSW inverter and 800 amp-hour batter bank... so I don't need anything like a 12volt blanket.
I'm looking for feedback from folks that have used multiple blankets in that price spectrum. is the $250 blanket really five times better than the $50 blanket?
My ideal blanket would be:
1) washable
2) queen size, single zone - its just me in the bed, and a dual-zone would have an awkward area in the "middle"
3) more than just low/med/hi heat settings
