more heated blanket woes

[unicornduke]

I emailed the heated blanket company for blanket #1 and they have sent me a new one (yay!). I need to ship the old one back to them but they sent me a label for it. 

The day after I got that confirmation, I sat on my bed on top of the controller for my bed blanket and broke it. The light flickered, it didn't really work well. I took it apart and I can't see anything that would be causing a short or issue with it and the light doesn't even turn on now. I'm guessing it is broken for good. 

I don't want to go shopping for a new heated blanket because I like that one so much. It's small, it has excellent heating across the whole blanket, it stays evenly heated. I hate shopping for new things these days, I can't tell what will work. Jade bought that one for me at least five years ago now, possibly longer and getting a new one that works well is going to be a pain in the butt. 

I'm not entirely thrilled with the quality of blanket #1 and they don't make them small enough, so I don't want to go with that company. And just looking up blankets is terrible. So I don't know what I'm going to do. 

Suffer I guess. have cold feet all night. ugh

if anyone has any recommendations for heated blanket companies that make ones that around around 48x60 inches, let me know

Comments

[ranunculus]

Can you do down?

[unicornduke]

I already have a down comforter. The problem is that I have decently bad circulation in my feet (genetic from my dad), once they get cold which happens very easily, they won't warm up on their own unless I do some sort of demanding physical activity or I warm them up with a heated blanket. When I get in bed with a heated blanket on high, it takes around a half hour or so for them to get warm all the way through. They will warm up overnight without the heated blanket but it takes hours and I don't sleep as well.

It's something I've been dealing with for ages and the heated blankets are the best for it.

[ranunculus]

That sucks. I'm also a person who cannot sleep if I'm too cold. Used to be my hands never warmed up, but menopause fixed that. Doesn't sound like anything will fix the problem with your feet. In a pinch I suppose you could use a plain old heating pad between your legs to warm the blood flowing down to your feet, but the blanket sounds better.