Hotties? Or leccy blankets?

Stoker48 if it's the scented wheat bags you don't like, you can get unscented ones.

Electric blanket lover here, but only to preheat or 'air' the bed and then off and unplugged as well. If really cold or ill, yes hot water bottle as it lasts all night. In younger days when money tight, the water of bottle was still warm for a quick wash in the morning! But I do have to be careful as chilblain candidate so keep away from feet .... have bedsox for real cold nights. Yes, unheated bedroom and window open all year. Nowadays hot bottles are to be found made of silicone so hopefully will last a bit longer than the old rubber ones. Still a bit fiddley to fill .... yes I know there is a gadget to help.

Leccy bankie for me or ‘hot water blanket’ as my grandmother insisted on calling it. I turn it on full before I get into bed and then turn it right down.for the night. Very occasionally I turn it off during the night but, rarely.

I love a hot water bottle. I have every size and shape including some baby ones that I push under my clothes when I am really cold.
I am also on the hunt for the old fashioned crock ones.I think they could be vey useful for lots of things and no fear of them bursting either.

Hotty for me! And I am a bit suspicious of electric blankets - our bodies have natural low level electrical systems in them - and, with no science to support this thought, I wonder if electric blankets upset our natural systems. Or maybe they help! I just found this on line: Electricity is everywhere, even in the human body. Our cells are specialized to conduct electrical currents. Electricity is required for the nervous system to send signals throughout the body and to the brain, making it possible for us to move, think and feel.

Leccy blanket for me too. I like a cold bedroom, radiator turned off, and window open all weathers, but a warm bed. I bought the blanket last winter as I was filling my hot water bottle and it split, very nearly scalding me. It made me think how do you know when this is going to happen? Are you supposed to replace them every year?

PLEASE everyone BEWARE of hot water bottles

Last year my daughter had to spend 10 days in the Burns Unit in Bristol as her hottie burst!!

She had it between her thighs, so you can imagine what areas get scalded!!!

It was VERY painful, especially as the dressings needed to be literally 'peeled off' daily - she needed Morphine and Gas and Air for that to happen!

PLEASE CHUCK OUT YOUR HOTTIES!!!!!

Once (for work) I had to stay in a B&B that was freezing, so cold I could not face getting undressed. I lay down on the bed for a while fully clothed but then thought I was being silly and feeble and so I undressed and got into bed- it was lovely and warm by then, simply from my body heat. Never forgotten it.

Hotwater bottle as a child but neither allowed a school and we had to ‘huff’ the ice off the inside of the windows in the mornings to check the weather. Neither now as have a tempur mattress. PS what is ‘posh’ about the lady in the picture?

I used to use an electric blanket until night sweats hit so now I use a hot water bottle. As long as my feet get warmed up, I can then kick it out of the way before my own heating system kicks in lol

She features in a series of cartoons entitled “Tottering- by - Gently” based on Home Counties upper middle class stereotypes.

MadeInYorkshire

PLEASE everyone BEWARE of hot water bottles

Last year my daughter had to spend 10 days in the Burns Unit in Bristol as her hottie burst!!

She had it between her thighs, so you can imagine what areas get scalded!!!

It was VERY painful, especially as the dressings needed to be literally 'peeled off' daily - she needed Morphine and Gas and Air for that to happen!

PLEASE CHUCK OUT YOUR HOTTIES!!!!!

How awful for her. A timely reminder. I always hang my hottie upside down when not in use so t dries out and never have boiling water in it. Also have a cover on it.

I love having a hottie - nothing nicer than warm feet (and have to have the window open whatever the weather). I have a mini electric blanket which turns itself off after 2 hours if I've not managed to turn it off myself. I love having a warm lower back when I get into bed!

No hottie or blanket. Long merino wool nighty (warm in winter but cool in summer) plus bed socks in winter.

I used to have an electric blanket but now much prefer my ‘Walter Hottle Bottle’ as it’s usually just my feet that get cold. Cold feet = no sleep in my case.
Does anyone else remember ‘Walter’?

Oh, I haven’t seen a Tottering -by-Gently cartoon for years. They are so funny.
Nothing to warm my bed but a hot water bottle is essential when my sciatic nerve starts giving me gip.

We used to have an electric under blanket but stopped using it and have never bothered since. Husband gets too hot in bed anyway and I recently bought a thick mattress topper for my bed as it was a bit hard - I find that keeps me really warm. We also have fleece bedding but so far haven't put it on this year. I think it's odd for me as I suffer with the cold a lot during the day

Just a warning about hot water bottles. A friend of mine was scalded when hers burst unexpectedly. I use a microwave sheep hottie- yes I know you have to be careful to only microwave for the allocated time but it’s warm and cosy. I put him in the middle just before I climb in then by my feet. We also have different duvets for the seasons, so a warmer one goes on for winter.

I'm another one who advises using a hottie with extreme caution.
Many years ago, I was very cold and very tired and jumped into bed not realising that my father had made me a bottle with boiling water and placed it at the top of the bed. ...
I landed on the bottle and bang! It exploded like a balloon. The pain was indescribable as was the shock. Thankfully the old Birminghan Accident hospital had an excellent burns unit where I got immediate treatment and there was no lasting damage. It was a very painful and scary experience and although I now, very occasionally, use a hottie I treat them with great respect, make sure they are in perfect condition and never use boiling water.

I forgot to say, Maw cashmere bed socks sound wonderful.

They do, I have the budget version of cashmere socks,
they’re cream chenille with coloured flecks in. ? ?

Another Scot who grew up in a cold house. No heating at all in the room where I slept. I had a hot water bottle in the winter - a stone one to begin with. I've never had an electric blanket, though I'm sure it would be wonderful for when you first get into bed! I'm in a well insulated house now, so don't use anything, but I have brushed cotton sheets all year round, and wear socks till my feet get too warm.

Electric hot water bottle for me, it’s wonderful for soothing aching muscles and bad backs.

As kids, we had some 'hotties' made of ticking material, and filled with cherry stones. We put them on the wood burner and turned it over a couple ot times before going to bed- the smell was lovely.

Electric blanket for me. Best invention, a dual control one so I can warm my side up and hubby’s stays cool which he prefers. Perfect compromise.