Can a hot water bottle stay hot all night?

If you want a hot water bottle that will stay hot all night, you need an old fashioned Scottish "stone pig" a closed ceramic bottle with a screw top lid that you filled with hot water, wrapped in a towel and carried up to your bed, as it was too hot to be handled when newly filled.

It stayed hot all night, as did its continental cousin that was an oval shaped zinc or copper vessel with a screw top lid.

You might find a stone pig in an antique market - the rubber gasket that prevented water leaking out of the top will have perished, but if you keep the bottle level you should have no leaks, otherwise with a little ingenuity you can replace the gasket.

I would never have an electric blanket being married to a retired firefighter who has seen the damage they can do. He'd have a heart attack at the very thought of it.

I would like to have an electric blanket, but I can't find one that fits my 'small double' 4' bed.

SnuggleSafe Microwave Wireless Heatpad. (Amazon)

I bought one of these from a pet shop some years ago and still use it now. It is heated up in the microwave and is usually still warm in the morning.

We thought about an electric blanket but I’m fairly sure they can’t be used with our tempur mattress. Maybe someone knows differently?

We have always had one and 55 years later, so far no problem.
A friend some years younger than me was saying how cold she was in bed and I mentioned electric blankets. I thought everyone had one.
She got one and keeps telling me how much they love it.

I'm vaguely uneasy about having an electric blanket. I know it's silly. But I have just bought a heated throw for daytime use.
It's the thought of sleeping on an electrical device that niggles me.

I have a dual electric blanket. It heats up in a few minutes which means I put it on just before I get into bed. Then I switch it off.
A hot water bottle is very good for small areas, but an electric blanket warms the bed.

Honestly an electric blanket really is the answer.
They only cost pennies a night to run and mine would enable me to keep it on for 9 hours per night if I wanted. Generally though I set it for it for one hour but then of course I can put it on again if I want.

Then there are about six different heat settings.
There’s no way I would go back to a hot water bottle!

I forgot to say that you can buy electric blankets with dual controls so your other half can set their own temperature or even leave their side cold if that's what they prefer.

Please treat yourself, or ask family for a modern electric blanket. I have one with six heat settings and it can be left in for 1, 3, or 6 hrs. The lower settings are perfect. If I wake up in the early hours and am cold or can't get back to sleep, I put it on a 2 setting for an hour. It works a treat at getting me back to sleep. It's far safer that a hot water bottle and far more reliable.

I personally and I know it’s personal, don’t like covers or wheat bags I just like it as hot as possible and yes they are still lukewarm in the morning certainly not cold but then we are both in a sleeping bag under the duvet 😂
It just felt interesting to try the experiment which fully failed 🤣

I grew up with hot water bottles too, but always with a cover. The water going in was always very hot( just under boiling) but the cover meant it was comfortable to cuddle. In the morning the water was still lukewarm.
I wonder if those of you who find a cover doesn't let the heat out, don't use very hot water to fill?

Never mind hotties (they can BTW if the cover is insulating enough, I’ve never faffed around with tinfoil) the real issue though is -Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost over night?

Argymargy on the other Hot Water Bottle thread has recommended her Hottie microwave bottle. I may give that a go or a wheat filled one thank you Cabbie21. Lack of electric sockets in the bedroom close enough to the bed make an electric blanket a git difficult.

My wheat-filled bottle( looks like a hot water bottle with a cover, you heat it in the microwave) stays warm, though not hot, and you don’t wake up with a cold bottle beside you.

Oh. I was eagerly waiting to hear if the silver foil balls worked. Oh dear. What next?

Well its 4 30am ish and my hot water bottle is in the same lukewarm state (not quite cold) that it’s normally in so I m afraid the 6 little silver foil balls made no difference what so ever
Thanks for the tip and now I have the answer 😀

Sorry all. What a dismal failure. The bottle sadly stayed no hotter and I have just emptied it and removed the balls with tweezers.
Luckily its not too cold tonight. I shall steer clear of .Facebook "tips" in future!

No it can’t

I’ve got a faux sheepskin cover on my HWB. It was a gift many years ago (the HWB has been changed in that time!) and I love it. It allows just the right amount of heat out to gently warm you and is still warm enough in the morning that you could wash with the water, if you so chose.

I don’t like covers as it keeps the warmth in and I want the warmth out on me
I m happy to try it and will report tomorrow
I m the queen of hot water bottles and having never lived in a centrally heated house I have been using them since I was a toddler

My daughter gave me a sheepskin cover last Christmas, but the heat hardly comes through it. At the moment I use a doubled over brushed cotton pillowcase sewn into a bag for a HWB cover as it matches the duvet cover and lets enough heat through to keep me warm...until it goes cold.

My wool cover keeps a hot water bottle warm until the morning. Works better than the fluffy ones I find.

My fluffy covered hwb stays quite warm all night. Towards morning I undo the velcro fastening and put my hand in and it's lovely.