Sunbeam Flexible Heating Pad :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Disappointing product

2008-03-14
The pad barely heated up. After testing it for several hours only the center portion got warm - and that was it - warm. No actual therapeudic heat. I called the Sunbeam 800 number and was told to return it to the store where I purchased it. I also tried a $49 model which got a little warmer, but not the healing heat I got from a 20-year-old pad I planned to replace.

Sunbeam builds perfect...lemons

2008-02-13
This heating pad is a total failure. Don't waste your time or money with it. It may actually work for a couple of times and then it will show the all too familiar F1 or F2 on the screenpad. Too bad the people at Sunbeam forgot to write in the manual what that means...or why it ceases to work when this happen. They must never use their products since this thing won't work. They should probably start selling this as a nice puzzle. Useless.

Nice feel, good control, does everything well but provide heat.

2007-12-24
It has a good solid well-built feel, and with eight heat settings and controllable auto-off times, what more could you want? Well, you might want heat. At the highest setting, it's just barely lukewarm. But today, during a power failure, with the house on generator power, I turned it on and at the lowest setting, it almost gave me serious burns. Definitely the electronics need some improvement.

Weak heat

2007-12-02
I agree with the reviews that found the heat to be lacking in this product. It does get not warm enough to do any good. Avoid

do not buy! very disappointing!

2007-11-27
After using this thing for more than an hour, I still couldn't tell if my body was warming the heating pad or if the heating pad was warming my body. I tossed it under the bed in disgust and haven't used it since. It's got the fancy-smancy controls and velcro and looks pretty and shiny, but it's a major disappointment.

Remembering Mom's old heating pad, I went online and bought a USED heating pad - that dates back to the 1960s. When it arrived, I was pleased as punch. Fire that thing up and put it on LOW and the radiating warmth sends you to a state of raptured bliss. Set it on high and you'll be able to drop a couple eggs on it and fry 'em up real nice.

But this Sunbeam Heating Pad (featured here) is a waste of money. I was profoundly disappointed in its performance. On its highest heat setting, the warmth really is barely discernible. If you're in pain, you don't have time to waste on this.

Didn't work from the get go

2007-10-20
I took a chance on this expensive heating pad and lost. I plugged it in and the digital readout says F2. Whatever does that mean? Just like other reviewers, I got a defective one. Seems like a nice design if it would only work.

Defective design

2007-10-17
After about 2 months of use, I started having problems with it shutting itself off and showing an F1 on the display. It would not reset itself until I unplugged it for a few minutes. In July, I called the warranty department and was shipped a new one. This one worked for about a month before the pad started shutting itself off and showing a code of F2. At this point, I have asked for a different model as a replacement. Sunbeam has been very cooperative.

Defective? Or just craptastic?

2007-09-03
I thought this would be a great pad. Good shape, straps to hold it in place, nice long cord. First time I plugged it in and turned it on, the display switched to "F1" and the pad did not heat up. Nothing about an "F1" anywhere in the manual that came with it nor does Sunbeam's website have any useful information. Back to the store with this lemon.

Best heating pad ever

2007-04-12
This is a great heating pad. It's lightweight, flexible, easy to strap to the area of the body that needs heat treatment, has nice long cord to make moving it around easier, versatile heat and timer settings, and is cleanable if necessary. I would recommend it to anyone needing a heating pad for muscle injuries, fibromyalgia, in fact just a good all around heating pad for the whole family.

Kitty loves it

2007-03-06
This was my heating pad, but my hairless cat took it over. He has a special pet heating pad of his own that he loved until he discovered this one. The first day I couldn't pry him off.

I love that it's washable. In fact, I'm getting a second one for him to use while the others in the wash. Of course, I keep it pretty low for him. Being able to choose the times for shutoff is nice too since a lot of heating pads shutoff in two hours and some days that's not enough.