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Best Heated Blankets

When it comes to electric blankets, simpler may be better: In our evaluations, the blanket with the fewest settings did the best at heating

Angela Lashbrook, Consumer Reports Senior Home & Trends Writer.

By Angela Lashbrook
Senior Home & Trends Writer

Updated October 29, 2025

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Sunbeam heated blanket on a couch, Bedsure and Beautyrest heated blankets — I tried heated blankets from (clockwise from left) Sunbeam, Bedsure, and Beautyrest to find out which ones will keep you the toastiest.

Growing up in the Sacramento Valley in Northern California doesn’t prepare you for an East Coast winter. Weather that’s 100° F, relentless sunshine, warm days in November? Sure, I can handle it. A snowstorm in April? I don’t think I’ll ever get acclimated to that.

An electric blanket is an obvious solution to the misery of a January spent huddled in front of my space heater as the wind creeps into my drafty old house. I tried three of them during a cool early autumn week to find the best one to spend the next six months snuggled up in.

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Heated Blankets We Evaluated: Sunbeam Bedsure Beautyrest
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Angela Lashbrook

Angela Lashbrook is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. She has been with CR since 2021 and covers a wide range of topics, but she is particularly interested in anything health- or parenting-related. She lives with her husband, their son, and her dog, a Libra named Gordo.