Well, after reading alot of reviews online, I decided to try a heated mattress pad this time. I bought the Sunbeam Premium Heated Mattress Pad in the Queen size at Macys. It was regular $260 and I got it on sale for $130!

I put it on the bed last night and used the preheat function, while I was getting my jammies on and combing out ZoE's hair. Omgosh....PURE HEAVENLY WARMTH!!! It was amazing to crawl into a warm bed. It not only heats up the bed below, but before you get is in it heats up your top sheet too, so when you crawl inside, it's a cocoon of warmth.

I'd turned the heat down to 58 before we went to bed and we still stayed toasty warm all night. ZoE usually wakes up once around 3:30 in the night to go pee and she didn't wake up til her regular breakfast time at 6:30 this morning. We got up, so she could eat & go gotty...and then WE WENT BACK TO BED! Our lazy butts finally crawled out for good about 10am this morning :D

I'd highly recommend one! It heats the bed up so much better than an electric blanket. I only used the 3 setting and then turned it down to low during the night. The only drawback I can see is that you can't quickly remove the heat source from you like you can when you throw an electric blanket off you if you get too warm in the middle of the night. As I'm expecting company over the Christmas holidays, I'm gonna go buy another for the guest room while they're on sale.

I'm glad your enjoying it. I used to work as a paramedic and would come home cold after being outside in the freezing cold most of the night. My feet would be freezing and I could not get my body temperature up for what seemed like hours. The electric blanket and mattress pad are wonderful for warming up cold bodies.

Usually problems with these devices occur when they are not washed and dried properly over a period of time. Storing them wrong can also cause wear on the wiring. I never left my blanket or pad in the dryer for more than 10 minutes on low heat. I then would hang it over a couple of chairs to dry. Enjoy your comfy warm bed.