Cut your heating costs ... and your style
Wish you could wrap up warm on the sofa and still be able to drink that cuppa or flick channels on the remote? Now with the Slanket you can.
Well, I suppose you could have done it before, but now you can pay £30 for the 'revolutionary' product ... a blanket with holes cut in it.
The giant fleece blankets have built-in sleeves which makers say allows you to wield the remote or use your laptop while keeping cozy. They also say it is the ideal way to cut your heating costs.
Inventor Gary Clegg came up with the idea while he was at college watching late night TV. Anyone else wonder if he had the munchies at the time?
"I decided I needed to tear a hole in my sleeping bag so I could keep my upper body warm as I channel surfed during the commercial breaks," he said.
"During Christmas vacation I commissioned the first Slanket to be made by my mother...and it was born."
Now, 10 years later, he says the product - which is available online - is selling well and has been snapped up by people around the world.
"There is nothing like coming home, wrapping up in The Slanket on your own couch and feeling the warmth of your friends and family," added Gary.
- Yes we know it will make us look like the pillocks in the photo but we are tempted to get a couple of Slankets for use at NewsLite towers, it gets awfully chilly here.
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