Review on King Size Heated Blanket By Bedsure - Soft Ribbed Fleece With 10 Heating Levels & 10 Time Settings, Dual Control, 8 Hours Auto-Off, Fast Heating, Red by Vivian Jackson

We did a lot of research here on Revain looking for the perfect electric blanket for us. This one seemed like it would offer the most of what we wanted and for the most part it does. The blanket is the perfect size and weight (more on that in a bit), and super soft. We also love the 'ribbed' look on the blanket, something that set it apart from most others we viewed. We also wanted a blanket that we could program and this one seemed like it would do what we wanted and it does with one glaring omission - more on that farther down. Back to the weight - the blanket is 'heavy enough' to be a good blanket when the power is off. It's not too heavy and it's not too light. When looking at blankets on Revain make sure you scroll down to the middle of the page and check out the banket weight. This will tell you how thick it is and is also usually reflected in the price. Thicker=more $, thinner=less $ in price. We live in New Hampshire so we need a heavier blanket for the wintertime. If you live in warmer climates than a thinner blanket might work for you but then again you probably don't need an electric blanket right?The blanket came well packaged and boxed, vacuum packed in a bag. Right out of the packaging the blanket is super soft and would be wonderful right up against the skin. We use top and bottom sheets so there is a sheet between us. The top material is also 'grippy' which good as it keeps the top, mostly decorative and lightweight quilt from sliding off the electric blanket onto the floor when I toss and turn. We bought the queen size and it's the perfect size, hanging off the sides and bottom about 12". Make sure you check actual dimensions. I've seen ads on Revain for 'queen size' blankets that were actually twin size. Queen size should be around 90x90".Onto the controller and wiring. The wiring from the plug at the bottom of the blanket to the controller is barely long enough. If you're running straight back along the sides it's likely fine but if you're 'routing' the wires through even a little bit of things under the bed (like an adjustable bed frame) and up behind the headboard then it could use another foot or two. But it still was long enough to make it to my bed nightstand. Next is the controller itself. It's big and 'bulbous', taking up a lot of room on the nightstand. But it also seemed to have the most buttons and programming options compared to the other front runner we were considering which had a controller that was much more attractive and sleek.The queen size controller (different from smaller sized blankets) defaults to Lo (heat) and 08 (hours) of runtime when powered on. There is a PH (preheat) button, a Set (programming) button and plus and minus buttons. Once powered on you can press the preheat button or set the temperature and/or auto-off time. The temp settings are 1 through 10 (with 1 showing as Lo and 10 showing as Hi). The auto-off hours are 1 through 10. I had assumed (hoped, I guess) that when you set a temperature and auto-off time that the controller would 'save' this information or at the very least default to that when you turn the blanket back on. It does not. It defaults to Lo heat and 08 hours auto off regardless of what you set. This means that if you have a preferred setting other than Lo heat and 8 hours auto off, you'll need to program that in every single time you turn it on. This seems like an easy omission to fix and the other blanket we were considering automatically defaulted to whatever setting was on when the blanket was shut off.Now, onto blanket operation. The blanket heats up to full in about 30 minutes on preheat. Preheat is nothing more than Hi (10) in temperature. I tested this by turning on the preheat and testing the feel at both 30 and 60 minutes. No difference. Then I tested the blanket in 30 minute intervals at Lo, 5 and Hi heat settings. Lo you can barely feel anything, 5 just a bit more and Hi is the exact same feeling as the PH preheat setting. One thing about electric blankets is don't expect to climb into a bed preheated to full and find a super warm feeling, like when you throw a blanket or sheet straight from the clothes dryer onto yourself. (Update - more on this at the bottom!) It's more of a warm-ish feeling. But once you get in and lay there for a bit you will quickly heat up and find the higher settings much too hot. After a few nights testing the blanket out in a very cool room with outside temps down in the low 30s I find that preheating the bed for a half hour then getting in is comfy and then shutting the controller off and then back on which sets the temp back to low. Then I set the auto off to an hour or two so it shuts off after I fall asleep. Then in the middle of the night if I wake up and it's cool I just turn it on (defaults to Lo) and go back to sleep.The last thing about the controller besides the size and limited programming is the LED lights, which are big and VERY bright. There is no auto-off or dimming of the display so it's like having a nightlight in the room. If I turn it back on after I fall asleep it lights up the room. The only fix is to turn it upside down to block the light. Fortunately the display is flat like the bottom so it completely blocks the light as long as you have a flat surface. But I would think that having an auto-dim feature for the display would be an easy and needed thing on these controllers.Overall we like the blanket and will keep it. I've knocked down the rating to four stars for the few things mentioned above.Update: After a few more nights of use, we have discovered a couple things. First, you can achieve that wonderful 'straight from the dryer' warmth when you first get in. When you turn the blanket on to PH (preheat), place something a little heavy on the top of the heating blanket like another heavy blanket. We take a couple heavy blankets and fold them up so they are covering the whole length of the two 'heating element' locations. Then let the blanket preheat for at least an hour, preferably two. If you do that then getting into the bed is VERY warm and feels SO good when the room is cold! (Note that we do remove the extra blankets when we get in.)The other thing I found out that is that if you change the time when you go to bed, lowering it from the default 8 hours to a shorter time period so it shuts off after you fall asleep, it takes into account any amount of time the blanket as already been running. So for instance if you preheat for two hours on the default 08 hour setting then upon going to bed change the time to a shorter time of say 3 hours, the blanket will shut off in only 1 hour since it has already been running for 2 hours. A work around for this that I use is when I get into bed I just shut the blanket off and turn it back on. This then changes the temperature to the default of Lo and time to 8 hours which I then change to my preferred duration of 2 hours and the blanket will run for the full 2 hours.