Bedsure heated blanket review: the dual-control queen

The picks, with the numbers

Ranked on what the maker publishes, not on a score we invented. Tap a row for the full write-up, or go straight to the listing. Cost is 8 hours at the rated wattage and $0.1834/kWh.

Heated blanket picks compared by published wattage and computed cost per night

#	Product	Best for	Watts	Per night	Price
1	Top pickBedsure GentleSoft Electric Blanket, QueenThe only queen here whose maker prints a wattage on the listing, and it happens to also be the one with two controllers.	Two sleepers who argue about heat	220 W	32 cents	$80.74 - See it on Amazon

Sources: wattage from each maker's own published listing, cited on the card below. Cost is our arithmetic at the EIA rate, shown in full on cost to run.

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Two sleepers who argue about heat

Bedsure GentleSoft Electric Blanket, Queen

Rated wattage

220 W

8 hours costs

32 cents

$80.74 - See it on Amazon

#ad how we are funded - price as of October 16, 2026

The only queen here whose maker prints a wattage on the listing, and it happens to also be the one with two controllers.

Where the wattage comes fromBedsure's listing states the blanket runs on 120V AC at 60Hz with dual 110W controllers. Two controllers at 110W each is 220W with both sides at full, or 110W if only one side is on, which is how most couples actually use it.

220 W x 8 h = 1.76 kWh, x $0.1834/kWh = $0.32 per night

Size

Queen, 84" x 90"

Heat settings

6 levels

Auto shut-off

8 hours (6 timer settings, 1-2-4-6-8-10h)

Controllers

2 (dual control)

Certification

ETL and FCC certified

Warranty

Not stated on the listing

Rated watts

220 W (dual 110 W)

Voltage

120 V AC, 60 Hz

Fabric

240 GSM flannel / 200 GSM sherpa

Preheat

Yes, 2h at level 6 then 6h at level 4

Model

BS-400B-S

What it does well

• +Publishes a wattage, which almost nothing else in the category does
• +Two controllers, so one side of the bed can run cold
• +ETL and FCC certified with an 8-hour default auto shut-off
• +Preheat cycle steps itself down instead of holding full heat all night

Where it falls short

• -6 heat levels where Sunbeam and Sealy give 10 to 12
• -No warranty term on the listing
• -220 W with both sides up is the highest published draw of any bed blanket here

Who this is forCouples with different thermostats, and anyone who wants to know what the thing actually draws before buying it.

Skip it ifSkip it if you sleep alone. You are paying for a second controller you will never plug in, and the single-control Westinghouse publishes a lower 100 W.

• Source: Bedsure GentleSoft Electric Blanket Queen — manufacturer listing, Amazon.com (retrieved 2026-08-31)

The number that puts it on top of our rankings

This site ranks on disclosure, so it is worth being explicit about why this blanket leads so many of our pages. Of the fifteen bed-size blankets we track, four publish a rated wattage and this is the only queen among them with two controllers. That single fact is what lets us tell you, before you buy, that an eight-hour night with both sides running costs about 32 cents at the current US average rate, and about 16 cents if only one side is on — which is how most couples actually use a dual-control blanket.

Compare that with the alternatives at the same size. Sunbeam's queens give you twelve heat settings and no number at all. Sealy's dual-control queen gives a five-year warranty and no number. Beautyrest's queens give twenty settings, a published 85-105 F range and no number. None of them is a bad blanket; all of them are blankets you cannot cost before purchase. The whole ledger is on the watts, by model.

The preheat curve, which almost nobody publishes

Plenty of listings advertise a preheat. This one states what it does: two hours at level 6, then six hours at level 4, matched to an eight-hour sleep.

That matters more than it reads. A rated wattage is a ceiling — the draw when the element is on — and every thermostatic blanket cycles off once the bed is warm. A published curve is the only thing in this category that tells you anything about duty cycle, because it says the element is deliberately stepped down for three quarters of the run. It means the 32-cent figure above is an upper bound rather than a measurement, and we publish the rated figure anyway because it is the number the maker stands behind. We have not measured the actual consumption and will not estimate it.

Six heat settings is the real compromise

Here is the honest weakness, and it is not the one people expect. Six levels is the coarsest control of any bed blanket we track. Sealy and Westinghouse give ten. Sunbeam gives twelve. Beautyrest gives twenty on its queens.

Whether that matters depends entirely on how you use a blanket. If you pick a setting in November and leave it there until March, six steps is six more than you need. If you are someone who nudges it warmer to get in and cooler once you settle, six steps will have you rounding to a level that is slightly too warm or slightly too cool most nights, and the finer-grained options are compared on dual control electric blankets.

The gap: no warranty, on any Bedsure product

Bedsure publishes a wattage on everything and a warranty term on nothing. Across all eleven Bedsure products in our registry there is not one stated period, where Sealy, Beautyrest, Biddeford and Serta's queen all state five years.

On a product class whose dominant failure mode is invisible — element insulation cracking with years of flexing, the blanket working normally right up until it does not — a stated term is the period the maker carries that risk instead of you. It is the single strongest argument for buying a different queen, and we would rather put it in the middle of the review than bury it. Why it matters here more than in most categories is on how long do electric blankets last.

About the Good Housekeeping line on the listing

The listing states that in Good Housekeeping's 2025 lab tests the blanket ranked among the top three heated blankets and was named the most stylish. We are repeating that as the maker's claim about a third party's test, which is what it is. We have not seen the test protocol, we do not know what was in the comparison set, and we have no view on whether it is a good blanket to sleep under because we have not slept under it. A publisher that has handled the products is a better source for that question than this one.

Who should buy a different blanket

• Anyone who wants a warranty in writing. Four brands state five years. Bedsure states none, on any product.
• Anyone who adjusts heat often. Six steps is the coarsest control at this size.
• Anyone sleeping alone. Two controllers and 220 W of ceiling are wasted on one person; the Westinghouse queen publishes 100 W and is the cheaper thing to run.
• Anyone who wants a stated temperature. This listing publishes watts, not degrees. Sealy and Beautyrest publish degrees, not watts.

We have not slept under this blanket, measured its surface temperature or timed its warm-up. Everything above is quoted from what Bedsure publishes, which is the whole method and is set out on our methodology page.