Can a hot water bottle stay hot all night?

Whitewavemark2

Actually the cosiest bed I can remember was staying at my aunts Cornish home. She had feather mattresses, think a very substantial duvet which sat on coiled spring metal base that creaked. So you sank into this and it surrounded you - incredibly cosy and warm. Probably medieval in origin😄😄.

My grandmother had feather mattresses on all her beds, on top of a thinnish ordinary one. They were fantastically comfortable, when my grandpa died I kept the one from their bed. However I doubt it was very good for her asthma.

Actually the cosiest bed I can remember was staying at my aunts Cornish home. She had feather mattresses, think a very substantial duvet which sat on coiled spring metal base that creaked. So you sank into this and it surrounded you - incredibly cosy and warm. Probably medieval in origin😄😄.

Do you all live up north?!

I have a 13tog duvet with cotton sheets - no hwb or electric blanket and window open all night, sometimes I push the duvet down from my top and just sleep with the sheet as I’m too hot.

I do have an electric blanket but the last time I used it was when I had flu and couldn’t stop shivering and that was summer 2022 when it was over 30 😄

To keep warm I put a fleecy blanket over my bottom sheet and another beneath the duvet. It is so warm I don’t need a hot water bottle or electric blanket and if you need to go to the bathroom in the night, it is still warm when you get back into bed. I always wear socks to bed in the winter and that makes a difference. I also wear a fleece type hoodie to get into bed but find I’m so warm I have to take it off. Fleecy things are the way to go. You don’t have to worry about anything getting cold before morning. I don’t really trust electric blankets although I have used one in the past long ago.

Foxyferret!! I had a belling flying saucer too! I loved it!! I slept in a Z bed and it had a wadding mattress folded up in it. The cosiest bed EVER!!🤩🤩

I’m a lifelong HWB user. If my feet are cold I’m cold. Just recently took my bottle to bed and woke in the night feeling very wet. My bottle had a leak. Stripping the bed at 3am was a pain and I moved into the spare room for the rest of the night. I later read that you should change your bottle every two years because it perishes.
New bottle purchased and bed aired. Have learned a lesson.

I was really interested about the failure of the foil balls in the Hotty - saves me having a go which I nearly did ! 😊

You get electric blankets that stay on low all night

I use a wheat bag which goes in the microwave for 3 minutes. It was made by me about 20 years ago and stayshot as long as I need it to.

You should wear socks to bed at night - even a thin pair will keep your feet warm and you’ll sleep like a newborn. You might never sleep without them again. Me.

I have my son’s hot water bottle cover - Babar the elephant - son is now 43 and hasn’t much need of it! 😂 The actual bottle has been replaced many times but Babar keeps them hot(ish) till morning.

1. As a store of heat, aluminium foil is on par with fresh air.

2. Wrap the hot water bottle in a number of layers of loft insulation. The hot water in the bottle will remain warm for longer. On the downside, it won't keep you warm

(Candelle's husband)

I have a fluffy cover but the heat doesn’t come through as expected.

It’s lovely and cosy, but not hot enough for me.

I’m contemplating an electric heat pad now.

I love my heated throws and much prefer having an electric throw OVER the duvet than the old electric blanket under the sheet. I have a fleece throw over the electric one as the dog and cat sleep with me. I’m sure they’d give it full marks too!

I keep my hot water bottles handy in case of power cuts, and having recently read the tip on ageing them from the flower symbol on the neck, I’ll be replacing them before winter. One has a knitted cover and one fleecy, they’re both still warm in the morning if I’ve 3/4 filled them from the kettle at bedtime. I put one under my feet and hug the other, if I’m not hugging my dog.

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NonnaW

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

I think that you are right, I remember being told this when I bought a Tempur.

Oh dear, I never knew that or maybe I did but have forgotten. What have I been doing for the last eight years.😨

NonnaW: We have tempur mattresses on linked beds, making a super king bed. We each have a single electric duvet (Dreamland, I think) which solves the problem of not being able to have an electric underblanket on a tempur mattress. They are fabulous, many heat settings and can be washed (one at a time) in the washing machine in the summer. We then hang them out to dry in the sun and stow them away until winter. My DH is an electronics engineer and is totally happy with the safety of these duvets!

I just looked one up at random on the Argos site, it says it's a small double,
www.argos.co.uk/product/3150658?clickPR=plp:3:6

I’ve never heard of the foil trick. Let us know how it works.

Me - I would forget the water bottle and get a heating pad that you can regulate the heat settings. Don’t worry about the cost - it’s pennies!

Where to place heating pads, water bottles to get you warmed up the fastest? Lay it across your thighs. There are major blood arteries that will circulate the heat through your body rapidly, from toes to fingers to forehead.
Cozy!
USA Gundy

NonnaW

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

I think that you are right, I remember being told this when I bought a Tempur.

annodomini

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

Some electric blankets have fitted sides that cover the mattress so need to be the exact size. However quite a few are just flat blankets with ties. These are always smaller than the mattress size given and we used to use a double on a 4 foot bed, it almost reached the edges and had ties that went under the mattress.

JenniferEccles

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!

Yes, I agree with this. We had them in our old guest bedrooms and many people said how much they liked them, though they'd never used them before. I alway feel that if you get into a warm bed you're OK all night, even if you don't leave it on. You can always put it on for a short time if you have to get out of bed in the night.
Personally I'm a very hot sleeper and use a thin duvet all year round!

Kamiso mentioned the snugglesafe - originally bought one for the cat in a petshop, but now use one for me too. Mostly still warm in the morning. Heat lasts far longer than a hwb.

You will all probably fall about laughing but I have one of those Belling bed warmers that look like a flying saucer. Probably from the 50s or 60s. Plug it in 15 minutes before bed and everything lovely and warm when you get into bed.

Life-long devotee of the hot water bottle. Sometimes take two to bed with me. Stays hot enough long enough to get me off to sleep and keep me warm and cosy all night. Just have to be careful not to get bottle near to DH - judging by his behavour if he comes in contact with a HWB he must have suffered some HWB-related trauma at a young age. Luckily he doesn't feel the cold and I keep the bottle to myself. I don't fancy an electric blanket from an electrical safety point of view. What if I wet the bed? Just thinking ahead....

I have a plug in hot water bottle, once it is hot it stays hot for about 8 hours