pad to turn off. thus if you sit in the chair for more than 15 minutes and want heat, you must recycle the heat switch to maintain the heat. i would like to have it for no less than one hour at a time. this would make more sense to me. i feel that this option was a waste of money. i have had the chair for about a year, and it is beginning to creek like a abused wooden chair. i truly feel that the wooden frame may be coming apart, as well. when i first set up the chair, it was placed on a hard wood floor. then 