Hot water bottles

Electric blanket for me I'm afraid put on low for three hours before bedtime but I've fond memories of and great respect for the old rubber "hottie".
I too remember how they warmed up my freezing feet in my home with my parents where there was no central heating and certainly no electric blankets( I don't know if electric blankets existed in the 1960s ).
True story-cold hot- water bottles, kicked to the bottom of the bed were often thrown downstairs by my siblings to be refilled for duty the next night.The full bottle , descending the stairs like a Slinky but very , very noisily(plonk,plod) more than once had my poor late mother running into the hallway to check that it wasn't one of us actually falling down the stairs (a not infrequent happening).
You can't do that with an electric blanket!!!

Always two for me Shelflife one top one bottom

Couldn't do without my hot water be at bed time - sometimes two!

There's a beach café near where I live, which provides blankets if you choose to sit outside (as plenty of people do) and you can even have a hot water bottle if you need it. 😁

Love my hot water bottle too in the winter.

We have always had an electric blanket, they last for ages and work a treat in winter ( spring and autumn too ).

For many years I had a selection of wheat bags for when it was cold and they were bliss. Autumn 2022 with prospect of high energy prices we invested in heated throws for downstairs and an electric blanket for the bed. It's so cosy and if I wake in night I put it back on low for an hour and it helps me get back to sleep

Pure heaven when your back aching, oh the feeling of the heat seeping into your bones.....wonderful. wouldn't be without mine.😊

Oh yes I love my hot water bottle. I broke my back 5 years ago and find the hottie relaxes my back muscles when I go to bed

I can’t go to sleep in the winter if my feet are cold so a HWB is a must for me. I also have a rotor cuff problem so have a curved bottle I put round my shoulder to ease it.
But of advice. Don’t fill you hot water bottle when you need to wee. 🤣

I love hot water bottles, and especially the two electrically heated ones I bought recently. They are so quick and convenient to heat up. I just keep their charger by the bed and plug them in. They heat up in 5–8 minutes. I can recommend them.

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nipsmum

I need a hot water bottle these cold nights. I was up at 4 am the last two nights and refilled it then. I got back to sleep quickly because I was nice and warm. I don't like electric blankets.

I'm in agreement with nipsmum, except I have one HWB with a fabric cover which lasts most of the night, and one without a cover for instant heat.

I have recently bought thermal leggings and long sleeved top to go underneath my fluffy extra large PJ s I also bought some slouchy socks .
I have an electric heated pad that automatically turns off . It's not very big but keeps my feet warm .

A hot water bottle for me! I also brought one to work with me and it would sit on my lap while I worked, keeping mewarm in the coldest room in the building.

It works a treat in summer as a cold bottle to keep me cool in bed.

I have two hot water bottles which are used frequently, one of them is a long thin one which I put down the middle of the bed so that I don't roll into a cold patch.
I wear bedsocks every night, I could not go to sleep if my feet were cold.

sunglow12

The Daisy wheel on the hottie is to be found near the top of the hot water bottle and it gives the date it was made ( month and year ) . It is important as you shouldn’t risk using one that is more than about 3 years old as they can perish after that time . I have nursed several scalds on my Burns unit caused by perished hot water bottles . It’s amazing how you can easily buy an old hottie but the ones in Boots usually the year of purchase . I always look for that and won’t buy one with a date that isn’t near to the date of purchase and wouldn’t want to .

Well, I didn't know that and have just rushed off to check my hot water bottles.

Thanks sunglow12 (love your name )

Definitely a hottie on the feet for me, not only at night but also when sitting at any time. I feel the cold. I grew up in a freezing house as many of us did, with ice on the inside of my bedroom window in the coldest winter weather, and no heating. A hottie and piles of blankets and eiderdown are childhood memories, and for this reason I love my weighted blanket too.

singingnutty
So sorry that you are feeling apprehensive about your scans. Thinking of you and hoping that all goes well

I have an electric blanket, but do still love a HWB when feeling rough, but not enough to take to my bed. I well remember feeling terribly cold at the start of COVID* (before I realised what it was) and snuggling on the sofa with blanket and HWB.

*a very mild case, thank goodness. Cold and tired was about the size of it.

I am glad to find out I'm not the only HB fan, great to hear so many stories, tips, tricks and valuable safety advice as well as alternative ways of keeping warm and cosy

On these cold nights 3 hot water bottles. Sleep upstairs, bathroom also there and book shelves, on one shelf l have a tray with electric kettle 1.7ltr which l fill with water from the bathroom opposite, plug in and boil, it will turn itself off if l don't do it before then fill my bottles. Also on the shelf is a mug, teaspoon and coffee sachet so if l don't want to go downstairs to the kitchen l can make myself a hot drink. Please beware throwing rubber hot water bottles anywhere especially when filled with hot water, l threw one on the bed it bent under at the neck and split both sides, result- hot water poured out, wet bed had to be changed.

Having some health problems at the moment I have been using hotties to ease some back and tummy pains. Today my SIL sent me a heated blanket which was on my doorstep when I came home and it is now waiting to give me comfort when needed. I am waiting for appointments for various scans and feeling apprehensive about the immediate future. One day at a time!

I’m recovering from an operation and staying at my daughters house. I’m tucked up in bed, with a hot water bottle, watching catch up tv on my iPad! Bliss!

I have a hot water bottle with a fur cover which is really cosy. I still remember when I was a little girl and stayed sometimes at my great aunt's house, she would bring me up a hot water bottle and tuck me up in bed. I think that's why I chose to have one years later, as it brought back fond memories. I have only just converted to an electric blanket and love going to bed early so as I can snuggle down with a good book and my cat for company. My nan used to say that bed was 'the best place in the world' and after a long and busy day, I have to agree 🛌💤

Electric overblankets are far superior in my opinion you don't need to put them on ahead of time and you can leave them on all night. Just find the right setting.