Well made. The material is soft and flexible. This is not like your typical heating pad (heating elements, wrapped in plastic with a washable outer cover.) The pad heats up quickly and contours easily to the body part to which the heat is being applied. Its large size covers most anything needing the heat treatment. It shut off automatically after about 2 hours, though I've yet to use it that long. It does get very warm, the lowest setting is all that I've needed. The heating pad is washable and can be dampened to apply moist heat. Read more
Works great. Has an auto shutoff function and is very soft. Great size. My husband uses it every evening for back pain relief. Read more
No problem out of the box on day one. My skin is sensitive so the only setting I use is warm, which is plenty of heat for me. It relaxes the muscles on warm; however, the highest setting is too hot for me. I’m disappointed that I can’t get a straight AI answer on whether or not I can put it on my back and lean on it in a chair safely which is why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars. I tried on my lower back in a chair leaning on it and it got too hot on my back. It is made of polyester. I have an allergy to polyester, so far it hasn’t caused a problem. One side is soft with a blue color and the other side is a gray cover with instructions printed on it. I’m unclear which side should be applied to my skin so I tried both with same result. It’s light weight but not flimsy. Sunbeam usual quality. It is machine washable on the gentle cycle and low heat dryer.Looks like I have a newer version from the ones in the pictures in the Amazon ratings. I recommend a purchase if you’re willing to lay the pad on top of the affected muscle rather than leaning on it or laying on top of it. Read more
This wasn't the cheapest heating pad, first of all. I usually buy the cheapest of anything. But I'm trying something new--not buying the lowest-priced item. Because the last 77 times Ive done that, the items have rarely made it past the 6-month mark. You think I would learn by now, and maybe I have. So I got the sunbeam brand. It's mid-priced. I love the color, very neutral. And when they say it's large, it is large. It heats up quickly and evenly. Stays on for a long time, shuts off buy itself and is super soft. Everything you want in heating pad. Baby steps, I guess. I'm working my way up to Gucci- Read more
Okay, let me start by saying that I normally would always buy Sunbeam products because of their quality and durability. I recently had a heating pad exactly like this one, it got really hot and lived a good life. One day it died, the control box got really hot and the next day it didn't work at all. So, I started down the path of ordering another one exactly the same, I thought, and it came and it would not get hot like the old one did. I ended up going through this process four times!! Each time I got the new hot pad and turned it on, it got warm but not hot at all like the one that I used to have. If it doesn't get hot enough, for me, it's just worthless. I don't know what's going on with this manufacturer these days, but I can tell you after going through the hassle of having bought this product four times and not having it work properly, I feel it's safe to assume that the company is no longer manufacturing products to the standards that they used to. After this I did a whole bunch of research trying to figure out where I could get a hot pad that actually gets quite hot to my satisfaction, what I found was a company called Pure enrichment. I bought their heating pad, 12x24 in, with a 5-year warranty and excellent reviews. I can't tell you how happy I am to have this new hot pad, that actually works as it should and gets hot! Yay, no more trips back to the UPS store to return crappy Sunbeam heating pads that don't work, and I now have the added bonus of having a hot pad that actually does what it says it will. My back is very happy!!! Read more
Very carefully reviewed many heating pads. Sunbeam is pretty hard to beat. Glad I chose this one. Beats expectations. Great quality. Read more
We have had this heating pad for a few years now and it still works great. Not crazy hot where you’re worried about getting burned but warm enough to sooth some ache muscles. We liked it so much grandma tried to take ours so we bought her another one. She’s 90 and loves it. Read more
After many years of service, our heating pad gave up the ghost, and we were fortunate to get another one just like it (at a lower price, too.) The large size relative to others and the well-designed and made body makes it a no-brainer selection. Read more
