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Heated Mattress Pads: Top Lists, Sizes and Comparisons
Heated mattress pads and electric mattress pads for every bed size, with dual controls for couples.
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Start here: the best heated mattress pads
The top 3 of 5
- 1Holloway Dual-Zone Mattress PadBest overall
- 2
Marlow Quilted Heated PadBest for deep mattresses - 3
Emberline Preheat PadBest preheat
Ranked from owner reports after a winter; every pick checked against CPSC recalls.
See the full listOn our list for next winter
- Queen heated mattress pads
- King heated mattress pads
- Dual-control heated mattress pads
Head to head
Every comparison
Heated mattress pad comparisons
Heated blanketFour of the eight rounds
- Overnight shut-offTie
- Preheating the bedPad
- Which beds it suitsBlanket
- Safety habitsTie
How-tos and explainers
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Heated mattress pad care: washing it like a blanket
How-to
How to Wash a Heated Blanket Without Damaging the Wiring
Cold, gentle and short, the way the makers give it.
Buying basics
How we pick
Heated mattress pad buying basics
Check your bed first
Not on waterbeds, adjustable, pull-out or many memory-foam beds (Sleep Foundation, Sunbeam).
Dual zones by size
Beautyrest's Deep Pocket: two zones on Queen, King and Cal King.
Shut-off and preheat
Sunbeam pads shut off after 10 hours; some preheat for 30 minutes.
Washes like a blanket
Sunbeam gives the same steps as for its blankets.
Questions
Heated mattress pad questions owners ask
Can you wash a heated mattress pad the same way as a blanket?
For Sunbeam, yes: its combined manual gives the same steps for blanket, mattress pad and throw (cord detached, cold water, gentle cycle). Check your own label first.
Can you use a heated mattress pad and a heated blanket together?
No. Sunbeam's manual says not to use another heating device with its products, so pick one or the other.
Is a heated mattress pad better than an electric blanket?
It depends on the sleeper and the bed. A pad suits cold sleepers who want the bed warm before they get in; a blanket also works on the couch and on beds a pad cannot go on. Our comparison sets them side by side.
