I tried a heated hoodie from Amazon and it’s made working from home so much better

There’s nothing worse than trying to work from home and constantly feeling the cold. With the dramatic rise of energy costs ready to hit us in April, I’ve been trying to keep our heating bills down by finding other ways of staying warm while I’m in the house all day.

Avoiding putting the heating on can save money, but it can make working from home tough. Although I do cave in and turn the thermostat up fairly often, I can’t justify having it on all day long, and since our house can reach freezing temperatures, I needed to find a new way of staying warm while I work.

I found this OHS heated hoodie on Amazon, and had to admit I was intrigued. The idea of something constantly keeping me warm, whilst also being comfortable and cosy was definitely very appealing. When it arrived, it was a very simple set up.

It does require a USB portable battery pack , which you can also pick up on Amazon for around £10. The portable charging pack I got also works for my phone, which was a bonus, and you simply plug the hoodie into the battery pack.

I was very keen and tried to charge the hoodie up straight away with the battery pack, and although it flashed to tell me it was charged up, it didn’t last very long before it died.

I realised I needed to charge the battery pack itself up first, which took a few hours to reach maximum charge. Once it was charged, I just plugged the battery pack into the hoodie, which has a concealed charging point in the front pocket.

While it’s charging there’s a red flashing light on the on/off button that flashes whilst it’s charging, then turns to blue when it’s ready to go. It took about 15 minutes for the hoodie to heat up and reach full charge which was great, and you can turn it off between uses so you