We’re sleep experts and have an easy 1p trick to keep your bed warm when the heating is off at night
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WITH soaring energy bills loads of us are opting to go without heating during the night.
But it can still be pretty chilly even when you're wrapped up in a duvet and blankets.
But according to these sleep experts you don't need to layer up on your pyjamas to keep warm.
The pros at Silentnight shared a 1p hack which promises to keep things cosy throughout the night.
You might think running an electric blanket isn't much cheaper than just having the heating on - but you'd be wrong.
In fact If you were to use an electric blanket for one hour a day, every day of the week for a year, it would cost you £12.48 in total.
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Blasting the heating all night overnight on the other hand could set you back £75.60 for the week, and if you did it all month you could be paying out a whopping £335.
But you could cut costs even further by using a self-heating mattress topper.
Sally Bonser from said: “It’s no surprise that so many of us are looking for alternative ways to heat our homes.
"However it’s concerning to see some of the methods people are turning to as they could actually cost them more in the long run.
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“Turning on the fire or using electric appliances like kettles for making plenty of hot drinks, or hair dryers to heat the bed can be costly in the long run, whereas using an electric blanket costs just 1p to heat your entire bed.
"A lot of people also mistakenly think electric blankets can be unsafe, but Silentnight’s electric blankets are approved by BEAB and have a sleep safe guarantee."
Not only that, but you can even wash the Silentnight electric blankets in your washing machine, thanks yo their detachable controllers.
“The bedroom is often one of the hardest rooms in the house to heat, as they are likely to have external walls and aren’t used much throughout the day, Sally added.
"It’s important people know the different ways to keep warm at night without the temptation to turn up that heating.”
For additional warmth, it might be time to update your duvet to a warmer winter altervative.
13.5 or 15 tog duvets are generally better for colder weather, but you could also double up on thinner summer duvets to keep warm.
Paired with a good electric blanket you could be looking at a seriously cosy night.
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Uswitch energy expert Sarah Broomfield said also explained: ""Using an electric blanket to warm the bed may mean you can turn the temperature of your thermostat down, as you won't need your bedroom to be so hot.
"Turning your thermostat down by just 1°C can save you as much as £80 a year."