Customer Reviews

Pet Supply Imports SnuggleSafe Pet Heating Pad

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My pet sitter told me about this cool little disc. It looks like a frisbee. After you heat it in your microwave for 6 minutes, it emits heat of 120 degrees Farenheit for 12 hours. I use it to keep a homeless kitty that has adopted me warm at night. I just heat the disc, stick it in a box under some blankets on my porch, and the kitty is ecstatic. He sits on it like it's an egg, purring. It's safe and very effective on cold winter nights. This is a really great gift for anyone who loves cats.

This is an absolutely fantastic product. We use it for stray cats that find their way to our porch in the winter. I fix up a cardboard box, put several layers of blankets in it, and slip the heated Snuggle Safe disc in under the first blanket. Every cat we've ever used it with was in cat "heaven" when they curled up in that box and found it so warm. That little disc has helped several cats survive the winter. Give it a try, your cat will love you for it.

Be sure to heat it in the microwave for only as long as it says. The directions include heating times for various wattages. I just wish it wasn't so rigid, but a couple of towels or a blanket softens it up a bit. Go ahead! Get one! You'll love it!

We purchased a SnuggleSafe microwave heat pad over five years ago. Although it's been used so many times I can't begin to count, it looks and functions as it did when new. Our cat simply loves it and we like the way it keeps her warm and cozy in the winter months. It really does hold heat well for at least 8 hours. Great product. One thing to note, if you heat it and then place it on a counter or other hard surface, it will lose heat quickly so be sure to put it in the bedding right away.

Great product for those cold nights. My dog is a small Lhasa Apso and we usually keep his hair cut short. Just five minutes in the microwave and you're done. I'd recommend using a oven mit when handling the disc. You can't let your dog lay directly on top of it. You need to bury it under a pad or a few layers of cloth, but it does radiate heat after awhile and keeps on giving heat throughout the night. My dog is comfortable in his house during the cold nights now.

I have been looking for a product like this for ages!!! My sphynx (hairless) cat loves to sleep on the {snuggle safe} disc while I am at work, and I don't have to worry about it catching on fire like a heating pad or some other electronically controlled device.

I bought two of these to give some warmth to my cat on cold days. My cat won't go near them. If I put one of them down near my cat, my cat runs away. On the other hand, I have found them to be great in *my* bed on cold winter nights. Heating them at the maximum as warned on the label provides a good steady warmth; I could have wished it a bit warmer. As others have noticed, if the item is put outside in cold weather, it certainly does not maintain its temperature for very long. The claim of twelve hours doesn't even hold if the item is put in my warm bed all night. So they are fine to heat up a cold bed, but perhaps not great to provide emergency heat to animals outside.

Last note: I overlooked the warning on the insert by accident and heated two of them in the microwave at the same time. (In a low power microwave, it takes eight minutes to heat one, so heating two of them would be a project). As a consequence, one of them melted and the inside stuff came out. I would have wished these a bit more durable -- at the maximum heat they are give off a nice warmth, but that is all; if you exceed this, they self-destruct.

I bought this disk a few years back to help keep my kitty warm during the cold winter months. it preforms perfectly, storing heat for hours after warming... unfortunatly, it's hard and my cat doesn't like sleeping on it. I've placed it under a blanket, she doesn't want it. I've placed it in her beloved kitty condo, she didn't want it. I even placed it under the thick cushion of her rather large & also beloved pet bed, she slept at the other end. I am now looking at a self-warming mat to try out on her. I'm hoping the flat structure & soft cover will appeal to her.

We are feral cat colony caretakers. My first experience with this product was at the monthly TNR clinic. After neuter surgery cats generally will shiver due to a reaction with the anesthesia and need to be warmed or they could go into shock. The clinic had several of these to warm cats up who needed help. They are AWESOME for this purpose. If you are involved with TNR and volunteer at clinics, these really help out! (No more warming saline solution bags over and over again!) Finally finding out what they are called, we have added this to our feral cat "rescue" kit!

EDIT

I came back after receiving this item to add additional comments and lower the rating. First, the listing for this item does not show or really state (except in a lower part) that you receive a cover for it and the picture does not show a cover so you think you need to purchase one. You don't. It comes with one, so basically we wasted $2.95 + shipping for an item we do not need.

Second, after purchasing and receiving this item, the very next day we found these at our local PetSmart for (are you ready?) $14.75. The current price of $28.53 is nearly $14 higher than the exact same ones we found at PetSmart (and they were not on clearance).

If I would have known these were available at my local PetSmart, we would have saved nearly $17.00 plus $5.65 shipping for a total of $22.65! These are OVERPRICED! Go to your local PetSmart and purchase one there. I truly feel like I have been ripped off!

EDIT.. again
I came back and changed my review of the product. The comments below are correct, I should not hold the product "responsible" for the price of the item on Amazon. It really is a five star product however, shop around for the lowest price.

We used this product for a newborn kitten we rescued. It was recommended to us by a cat rescue league and we found it much better than blankets alone. Please pay close attention to the wattage instructions for heating it up, consider the animal's age and size and even though it already comes with a flannel cover, PLEASE put a blanket on top of it before puttiing the animal on it. We loved it and it really helped keep the kitten warm.