Thankfully, there are ways to keep yourself cosy and warm without spending a bomb, and increasingly we're all trying new and intuitive ways to heat ourselves, rather than our home.

With temperature controls to customise the heat level, auto shut-off so you don’t have to remember to turn it off and an elasticated skirt to fit to your mattress and hold firmly in place, it’s a no-brainer really.During testing, we didn’t notice any cold patches and our co-tester appreciated that they didn’t need to have their side switched on, as the dual controls allow each side of the blanket to be adjusted independently. On a freezing wintery night, or even a nippy one in the middle of British summer, there’s nothing like having a toasty, preheated bed waiting for you. Here you can choose to accept all of the cookies or customise which cookies you accept and which you do not. It’s also a truly catastrophic look for me: fluffy grey inner, shiny grey-blue velour outer and seriously voluminous.

Made from a super soft flannel fleece with 9 heat settings and 9 time settings, it means you can experience warmth and comfort like never before, customised perfectly to you.With energy bills reaching new heights, getting extra warmth from heated blankets, pads and footwarmers could be a savvy alternative to cranking up your heating. I’m not complaining, exactly, but when I take a selfie it looks as if I’ve spent 20 minutes in the corporate sauna. for three hours while our winning blanket costs a similar amount for eight hours – but it was the most energy efficient throw we tried. Natasha Gregson is an Affiliate Content Editor at Mumsnet, with an expertise in home and lifestyle product reviews and round-ups.

There is a reason these have become a contemporary consumer classic: they take a blanket and make it better; thank you science. On one side, it’s a deep-pile sherpa fabric that creates a bed that just needs to be snuggled into – even when the blanket itself is switched off. The Big Hug also struggles to hug my office chair – it keeps slipping off the leathery surface; it would work better on fabric, I think.

This soft cotton under blanket slips easily onto your mattress and will bring you warmth all night long. It’s a speedy heater too, warming up in just 10 minutes (although this was longer than the advertised five minutes) and it distributed heat impeccably, even on the warmest of its nine settings. Whether you’re watching tv on the sofa, curled up to read a book, or even chilly whilst working at your desk, choose this premium heated throw for a low-cost option to heat yourself rather than your whole home, day, or night. Blossom enjoys delving into the intricacies of products and refining testing protocols for hundreds of items. I don’t know what tailgating is and I doubt I’d enjoy it, even while heated, but I drag myself around the block, sans coat, avec gilet.