this pad does not come with a feature that allows you to adjust the temperature on it so you have to plug it in and just deal with whatever it is. I do not like having any manual control over how hot or how just warm it is oh, and I do not like the fact that you have to directly unplug it from the outlet to actually turn it off because there is nothing but literally the pad and the plug in. I do feel like I've had better pads in the past but I'm not completely dissatisfied with this due to the fact that it was such a good price, I will use it but it's hard to plug in and have to worry about remembering to unplug it because it's going to run the whole time that it's plugged in because there is no off switch.