From electric blankets to the cosiest coats: the cold weather essentials you need to beat the big freeze

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From electric blankets to the cosiest coats: the cold weather essentials you need to beat the big freeze
Author: Lily Smith
Published: Jan, 03 2025 14:03

As the temperature drops, we’ve rounded up our top winter warmers to help you brave the cold. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. After a mostly mild, overcast December, winter has finally arrived. To help you keep warm, especially if you’re reluctant to crank up the thermostat too much, we’ve rounded up some of our best-loved, tried-and-tested products.

 [Pink OHS Electric Heated Fleece Over Blanket]
Image Credit: the Guardian [Pink OHS Electric Heated Fleece Over Blanket]

From slippers to coats, toasty PJs to the best electric heaters and blankets, these should all help you beat the chill, and even stay stylish while doing so. OHS electric heated fleece over blanket. £20 at Online Home Shop. £34.99 at Amazon. This excellent-value heated throw was rated the best budget option in Emily Peck’s review of the best heated blankets. It is available in blush, charcoal, forest green and black, and features nine heat settings and a timer that you can set to turn off after nine hours.

 [Lakeland Deluxe 3-Tier Heated Airer]
Image Credit: the Guardian [Lakeland Deluxe 3-Tier Heated Airer]

Dry:Soon Deluxe 3-tier heated airer and cover. £149.99 at Amazon. £194.98 at Lakeland. Heated airers claim to dry your clothes whatever the weather, without costing the earth in energy. Jane Hoskyn put 12 to the test, rating this one from Lakeland as the best overall. She says this airer is for anyone who’s fed up with choosing between the expense of a noisy tumble dryer, the mess of clothes on radiators and the rank stink of laundry slowly drying on a conventional clothes horse.

 [Duux Threesixty 2 ceramic heater]
Image Credit: the Guardian [Duux Threesixty 2 ceramic heater]

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