Electric Duvet's
 

In anticipation of the cold weather coming we have been looking for an Electric Duvet, but all we can find is electric under blankets

Anyone seen them on sale in Spain?

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Keep your eye on Lidl´s, think that they did them last year.

Rosemary

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Thanks Rosemary
(Nice to see you're still around:))

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Electric duvet - good grief is it that cold in the hills?

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It does get chilly in late Jan and Feb, yes .... especially when getting into bed. IK cant get any of the companies in the UK to ship to Spain, even though one quoted £25 and then said they couldnt send it

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Can't you just shuffle your legs around the sheets for a bit, to generate some heat. :lol:

Seriously, I know it can be as cold as the UK .... you might have to settle for bed socks.

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If it's not toooo silly a question, what's special about an electric duvet? I can't imagine many places being as cold as here in the winter but a double-duvet (you know, the teensy spring one popped together with the warmer autumn one) is enough for us;)



Mind you, we'll have a blanket on top, jumpers & socks on & arguments about not being allowed out to go to the loo cos it'll let the cold air in:eek:

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Zapping from the Languedoc where it has been perishing cold, my OH wants to plug in our electric blanket already, but I say we've got to progress through thicker pyjamas, bed-socks and hot-water bottles first. I've never heard of an electric duvet, they certainly don't exist in France...:)

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I didnt say there was anything special about it :)
Its just what we have had in the past and prefer. They are dual control if we have a particularly cold night, and I dont like loads of bed clothes on top of me.

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It's all the alcohol it thins the blood, I know because I have one.:thumbsup:

If I remember correct it came from an Argos supplier here in Spain

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Hi Mitzy,

I just google'd "Electric Duvet" and HSD came up; they charge £25 to deliver to europe.

So I ordered one - I will let you know when it arrives

Davexf

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Have a look on www.argos-spain.co.uk, not sure if you will find what you want on there, but they do mention a delivery charge of €9.95.

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Oh ... strange
Hygiene Suppliers Direct. The people who quoted me £25 delivery and then said it was a mistake, they dont deliver to Spain! Wonder whats going on there then!?:confused:

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And I thought they moved out there for the fabulous weather, I've never felt the need for one in UK.:rofl::rofl: Do you have a hat and bed socks as well?:)

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:D

Since I came to Spain I started wearing a vest again in winter, for the first time since I left infant school. I even bought Damart thermal ones. My duvet is a higher tog than the one I used in glasgow, 15 instead of 11.5, and I bought an electric underblanket.

And I live right on the coast, probably the mildest bet in winter.

But I didn't know such a thing as an electric duvet existed.

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I have not tried them, but a google search came up withthis
http://www.britishbusinesspagesinspa...info_id=103295
Don't know wether it will solve your problem, but good luck.

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I love my electric blanket....cant imagine winter without it....its freezing where I am in winter, Ive known it -10'c though we did have snow at the time...:rofl:

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Hmmm

Nor me;)


It's a mystery that so many people still seem to think all of Spain is balmy & warm year-round. Sure here we swelter in Summer, and have wonderfully sunny & warm spring & summer days, and the winter actually I'd rather have here than the UK, where the skies seemed perpetually grey & the sun was a stranger...... however we're at approaching 3000ft, so it's not surprising it's b****y freezing at times, (and at times literally). Plus of course there's the lack of insulation, dealt with and questioned many a time in different threads!:p

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Hi

What I always say is that the houses here are designed to be cold; in summer you need to have a nice thick layer of concrete between you and the sun.

In winter you have a nice log fire, etc. We don't have central heating, radiators and wall to wall carpeting.

I too had never heard of an electric duvet, but having had an electric blanket for many a long year (anyone know where one can get them serviced), and a heated water bed, I think that electric duvets could quite simply be the future for us aging pensioners :lol:

Davexf

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Holy crap, a heated waterbed and an electric blanket on Spanish electrics. :eek::eek:

But saying that, it may be safer, our electric jumps off even when you fart. :D

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Well it's not exactly cold in much of Spain in winter and probably most of the people that preceded us down to Spain probably moved to the areas that are mild in winter so those are the places we would have heard about before coming here. Here on Ibiza it doesn't get what I would call cold in the day time (average 15C in January). It can get cold at night but nothing like England. The problem here is as has been mentioned many times, is the lack of insulation on the older properties. We had to light up the woodburner for a night last week because the outside temperature had been at 19C and breezy for a few days. It seemed ridiculous for it to be so cold indoors while really pleasant outside but that's just the way it is in this and many other Spanish houses. It soon warmed up though.

Btw We bought a little woodburner (an average or big one wouldnt fit in the fireplace) last winter but it was useless. The woodburner would get hot but the heat was going straight up the chimney. So I ripped out the chimney breast and fireplace so that now all of the woodburner and the pipe is exposed and gives off loads of heat. It's a massive improvement.

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I'm wondering if that's actually accurate - Spain's a big country, high plains & high mountains...... still, until I find out for sure:p....

ref woodburner, that's exactly what we've got at the moment, but a huge woodburner in the corner of a huge room & achieves nothing! What you've done is precisely what we're considering:)

:eek::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Dreamland make them.
But depite someone earlier in the thread ordering one in Spain, all the company will tell me is that they dont ship to Spain

It gets down to low / mid 40's in English money here. But we also get a lot of rain and it feels real humid and damp, so having an overblanket duvet that switches on and off during the night is a real luxury

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I'm no expert but I have read up on the climate of a lot of parts of Spain recently and it seems the low laying coastal areas going in inland 40 or 50 kms tend to be on average very similar to Ibiza. I don't class that as the majority of Spain but I think you would agree that is a fair chunk of land? So that's why I say "much of Spain" :)
Do it! You will not regret it. The only problem with doing it right now though is any plaster, render or mortar work may crack from being subjected to high heat so soon after the work is completed. Ideally for the sake of the plaster etc it would be best to leave it until the Spring but that is not going to keep you warm this coming winter. What you could do is do any rendering/plastering where it needs it and be prepared to hack off any cracked plaster next Spring if need be. Maybe in the Spring you could make a feature of the corner with some nice stone work or something? It's what I have had to do because I was unable to take my chimney breast out until August because I was too busy working on other people's houses. I´m leaving any stone work until Spring.

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QVC! And they DO ship to Spain!

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Change to metric you old stick in the mud, you will feel much warmer.

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Hi, I haven´t seen them in Spain but you can have anything from the uk high streets sent over by uk shopping in spain a dot com company. you just pay them the carriage fee. hope this helps!

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Graham found a company on e-bay that charge 75 pounds plus 15 pounds postage to spain but I think he said that they only do credit cards not paypal or cheques.

Rosemary

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Yes I looked, however they seem to inflate the prices by £50 even before adding the carriage

I can do that ... can you give the the link as I only found one compan y on ebay and they dont ship here

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Sorry for the misinformation, he said e-bay to me but in fact he had googled. I have just done the same and this is the one that he had looked at (so he tells me now) so hopefully this will help you. http://www.snugnights.co.uk/productc...ing-35p132.htm

Rosemary

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Thank you
If I manage to get it I will think of you when I am warm and snug in bed .... err ... oh ... maybe that doesnt sound quite right :lol:

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Especially when I remind you that it was Graham that found it for you.

Rosemary

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Ahem ..... err .....

Anyway, they accepted the order and the postage was only £20!
Thanks ever so much for finding that .... I had googled, but obviously missed that one

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Hi youy can definately have the duvet delivered to spain with or without credit card if you go through the company uk shopping in spain.
I´ve posted the link below or you can call them and they will get a quote for you on the price of delivery.

http://www.ukshoppinginspain.com

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You dont work for them do you! :D
As I said, the same duvet is £50 more there, and then they will add the delivery on top ... well overpriced

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Mmmm, I wonder. lol

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Are we all invited to try it out when you get one:rofl:

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We could try for the Expat world record on how many people we can get undera king sized duvet I suppose :D

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We have a Spanish 'double' so I'd be glad to meet a bed that warranted a king size duvet:lol: (meet the bed, not alternative occupant(s), that is :rofl:)

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Hi

Got my Electric Duvet delivered today !!! I speak as I find, very good fast service.

But too hot currently to use it - so waiting for the mild weather to come so I can use it !!! :lol: