Received the blanket a few days ago. Now I don’t want to get out of bed. Even called in “slick” to work today, just to snuggle up to this blanket and watch TV. I didn’t wash it per the recommendation, because it was clean when I took it out of the package, just misted it with Febreze. Was packaged well. The Sherpa side is soooo soft and warm can’t feel the heating elementscoils which is a plus for me. Rating this 4.55 stars, because I wish the controller stayed lit. It does not, it turns off after about a minute. And when I went to register the blanket, there is no controller number on the back. With that said, overall this blanket is highly recommended!