Home Bargains is selling £13 energy-saving gadget that avoids putting the heating on – it’s the cheapest on the market

HOME Bargains is selling a £13 energy-saving gadget that avoids putting the heating on – and it’s the cheapest we’ve found on the market. The UK is firmly in the grip of a cold snap but there are ways to stay warm without turning up the thermostat . 1 Home Bargains is selling a heated electric blanket for just £13 Martin Lewis has previously told households to “heat the human, not the home” in a bid to save money on bills.

And one gadget from Home Bargains could help you do just that. The discounter is selling a single-size Pifco electric blanket for just £13 while its king size option is a cheap as chips £20. The gadget comes with three heat settings, overheat protection and the retailer says it costs just 2p an hour to run.

The blanket is also machine washable and comes with a 1. 5metre cable. If you’re thinking about buying one of the blankets, make sure you factor in delivery costs, which will set you back around £3.

50. We had a dig around to see if any other retailers are selling a single-size electric blanket for less than £13 and couldn’t find any. The next cheapest option is B&Q, which is selling one for £18 while George at Asda has one in stock for £20.

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50 delivery fee meaning the total cost to buy its blanket is £23. 50, unless you click and collect, which is free. Of course, you should always shop around when buying something like this as we might have missed a cheaper option.

You can use price comparison sites such as PriceSpy. co. uk and PriceRunner to compare thousands of products.

Meanwhile, the Google Shopping tab is another quick way you can scour the internet to see how much others are selling an item for. Home Bargains’ electric blanket isn’t the first energy-saving gadget to hit the market in recent weeks. Aldi has brought back its sell-out heated throw to avoid putting the heating on.

The energy-saving gadget causes a frenzy each time it returns to shops. Meanwhile, shoppers have been rushing to the Online Home Shop to buy a “life-changing” heated fluffy blanket for just £29. In other news, you’ve been using your electric blanket all wrong – we reveal six things you must avoid.

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