Beautyrest Cotton Blend Heated Mattress Pad

I followed written directions and put the blanket electric connector at the foot of the bed. I knew when I saw the location of the plug that it was going to be a problem and it is. It is HUGE. It is about 6 inches from the foot edge of the bed and my feet land exactly on top of this brick. Hard to believe that anyone finds this acceptable. Even though instructions say put at foot of bed I had to put at head of bed to avoid my feet hitting this obstacle. After the second night I started to notice I can feel the wires when laying on top of pad. There is no work-around for this so am returning. I am updating my review as of 18 Nov. My workaround of putting the plug at the head of the bed did not work. I now know why instructions say to put at foot of bed. I noticed the first night after I placed the plug at the head of bed that my foot area had no heat and my head was hot. So unless you like cold feet and hot pillow, workaround won't work. Here's what I tried next. I put plug brick at foot of bed but pulled it down past the edge of bed. I was kind of surprised that it stayed there. The pad elastic has lots of stretch and so far it has stayed in place and not come off. My mattress is about 15 inches thick so I believe this workaround would work for most mattresses. I have also found that the wires are less noticeable now than when I first slept on them. On a negative note I don't like the controller at all. Can't someone make a controller where every button illuminates. What I want is one like the dashboard of my car (adjustable brightness level). Here's another head scratcher. Between the two sides of the heated pad is a cold strip about 8 inches wide. I guess they saved about 10 cents of wire and didn't heat the middle of the pad. Maybe mine is "a unicorn" as I haven't read this anywhere else but it is there. From head of pad to foot of pad about 8 inches wide it is not heated. Like a demilitarized zone between spouse and I. She probably special ordered this feature and didn't tell me. I tried to use a smart plug but could not connect to router due to distance bed is from router. Did not want to buy range extender for router so I can't validate "smart plug Compatibility" but I will say it is more of an afterthought workaround than a smart plug use design. My final thoughts is that I will keep it for awhile as I tried another name brand heated pad and reboxed it within 15 minutes. It had one controller for both sides of the bed, the wires were huge and it simply looked and felt cheap. I'm still rating the beautyrest pad at three stars as so far I don't really like it, but it is the best of the worst. If you took the time to read all of this you are as picky as I am but I hope it helps. Update 9 Dec 22. Still undecided on this heated pad. I saw several other reviews that said they couldn't contact anyone about warranty so thought I would test that out and also ask about non heated area running down center of pad. After about 45 minutes on hold I spoke with rep (jlablankets) and she confirmed that the pad had no wires in the middle so is not heated from top of bed to bottom of bed, right in the center, about 8-12 inches wide. I don't like that at all.