The clocks are rolled forward, the post-Halloween holiday festive feeling is here and Mariah Carey is beginning her journey to hitting the top of her charts with her quintessential Christmas single. It’s officially winter, and instead of cranking up the heater this season (and worrying about an astronomical power bill), here’s an alternative that sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel but actually isn’t – a body-heating blanket that uses a carbon nanotube fabric and infrared heating to keep you warm. Meet the Jartoo, an electric blanket that isn’t anything like the one your grandparents used.
Relying on one of the most comfortable, energy-efficient materials on the planet, the Jartoo blanket is lined with a high-performance carbon nanotube fabric that heats evenly and efficiently in under a minute. The blanket has 6 heat settings and relies on a mere 70 watts of power. That’s about as much as a ceiling fan consumes, or around 96% less power than your traditional heater or AC uses.
Designer: Jartoo ($160 off). Hurry, only 85/500 left! Raised over $90,000. Designed to look and feel like a sophisticated, soft, plush blanket that you’d want to wrap yourself in, the Jartoo is nothing like those stiff, weirdly wiry electric blankets from decades ago.
While most electric blankets were designed to be placed under you, this one is designed to be wrapped around you, which means you can wear it in bed, in your work chair, or even your sofa. The velvet exterior feels l.