Back in April, I purchased my first pair of USB heated gloves off the back of advice from Martin Lewis’ Money Saving Expert team to ‘heat the human’ instead of the home. And save for an hour in the morning and if - and only if - every member of the family is in maybe an hour in the evenings, we’ve not put the central heating on this winter.
As a home-worker, I’m the only person in my home most of the time, and as such, I won’t heat the whole house when I’ll spend the majority of it at my desk. Instead, I’ve invested in a number of no or low energy devices that will keep me toasty, from Oodie dupes and hot water bottles to USB heated slippers and gloves.
According to the MoneySavingExpert guide, USB heated gloves are one of the cheapest heating options on the list, with an initial investment of around £5, costing less than 1p an hour to run, and around 5p a week to use, based on being used for five hours a day.
