K&H Pet Bed Warmer Reviews

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We have an indoor cat who is getting up in years, and is always looking for something warm to lie on. Since I have trouble typing with a cat on the laptop, I bought one of these heaters a few years ago.

They have about the right amount of heat for an indoor cat who is just cold-basically it is about the equivalent of sitting on a chair that a nice warm human just got up from. FYI 13 watts is about the equivalent heat from two old-fashioned Christmas lights.

One cautionthis is only the heating element. It is made out of vinyl, sort of like an icepack, and is probably not something your animal will want to sleep on directly. It definitely needs a cover of some type. If you animal is a chewer or scratcher, you will probably want a zippered pouch for it.

The size makes it a very tight fit into the bottom tube of one of those scratching post/houses made out of carpeted cardboard tubes. It is flexible enough to roll up and surround the cat on three sides, which he loves.

Luckily the first one of these I bought came with the fleece pouch, and I could just replace the heater in it with this one. This is handy, because each of these heaters (3 in total) have lasted about one year and then stop heating.

I wish they were more robust, but $25/year really isn't all that much in the cat ownership financial picture, so I just pay it and shut up.

3 stars only because I only use these indoors, and my cat is pretty docile, so there is no reason these things should keep failing so often.

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I purchased the K & H warmer from PetSmart with the cover, but I've moved the warmer unit between different cat beds. The cover that you can get it for it is a flat mat and good for cool spaces, but for really chilly places like right in front of a drafty window -putting it under the cover of an oval or "cup" style bed will keep your kitty toasty and happy.

Not only do the warmers fit nicely under the removable cover of a cup or oval style bed, they also slide nicely into most kitty "hammocks" (the sort you can cantilever on window sills). Great for winter bird-feeder gazing!

Safety note: if your kitty "milk treads" a lot and you put the warmer directly under the cover of a cup style bed, make sure to keep your kitty's claws trimmed. Putting the warmer unit underneath the entire cup is a waste because the heat will disperse into the surface below the bed instead of warming your kitty.

If you want to put a warmer in a cold place like a basement or garage, cement disperses the heat too easily -opt for the outdoor warmer. This one just isn't enough in those cases. The K & H outdoor kitty warmer uses 40watts instead of 6, but keeping your kitty warm and healthy is worth it.

For indoor and "upstairs" use only, 6 watts worth of warmer pad is positively great, and it uses less electricity than a bulb-style night light.

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I ordered this for my little yorky because my bedroom can get cool in winter and I wanted to make sure she was warm. Her little bed was quilted so I just put it on top and added a little blanket to cover it and now she sleeps nice and cozy on it. She used to sneak in my bed in the middle of the night but now she stays in her cozy bed.

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This product is PERFECT for your pet on those chilly nights. We have 2 boxers that sleep in separate beds and they used to sleep in tight little balls but now they lie sprawled out from one end of the beds to the other!

The warmer doesn't get too hot (which is good) so you have to place it under a slender piece of material or it doesn't work very well. For example, one of our beds is a normal egg shell with a fabric cover and we have the warmer inside of a pillowcase and zipped up between the fabric and egg shell and it works great. On the other bed, it has a thick pillow as a base so we had to put the warmer on top of the pillow and then cover it with a blanket; otherwise, with the warmer under the pillow the top of the pillow never got warm. The key thing to remember is that these are WARMERS so they don't feel warm enough to a person but they get PLENTY warm for a pet.

Update: 01/23/2012

These warmers are both still going strong/warm... they have been used nightly for anywhere from 8 10 hours for 4 months out of the past 3 years. No problems at all! We will buy these again if the need arises and I recommend them without a doubt to anyone that is looking for an affordable warmer.

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I have two large dog beds that have a heavy canvas cover. I ordered a K&H pet bed warmer & a PetSafe warmer at the same time and put one of each in the pet beds and put the beds next to each other.

The K&H pet bed warmer did a better job of warming through the canvas cover & 1 of my dogs spent quite a bit of time sleeping on that bed (sprawled). The bed with the PetSafe warmer got sporadic use & I had to really lean into the bed to feel the PetSafe's warmth.

If my dog hadn't chewed up the cord, I would have returned the PetSafe & gotten another K&H. I ended up purchasing another K&H.