Hot water bottles

henetha

That is terrible, MadeInYorkshire. I'm really sorry that your daughter had this awful thing happen to her. It looks so painful.
I do hope she is alright now.
But after 87 years of using hot water bottles, I shall continue to.

Me too.

Just don’t fill over 2/3 full, don’t use boiling water and change the bottle every 3 years.

Each hot water bottle has a flower near the head with a date, three years after that date it is recommended to throw out. You never know when the rubber could perish, it is not worth holding on to £7.99 from Boots because it doesn’t look as if it is ‘gone’.

I too, have stopped using them, I think they are risky. A few years ago, my husband's business partner had to stay the night at our house as they were both setting off early the next day to catch a flight at our nearby airport. It was a freezing night in February, so I popped a hot water bottle in his bed in the spare room. I was woken at around 3 am with him tapping on our bedroom door to say the bottle had burst and the bed was soaked (as was he!). Fortunately the water had cooled as the house was so cold! But it was extremely embarrassing! (Poor guy had to sleep on the sofa with the dog in borrowed PJs!) No... that doesn't sound quite right!!

That is terrible, MadeInYorkshire. I'm really sorry that your daughter had this awful thing happen to her. It looks so painful.
I do hope she is alright now.
But after 87 years of using hot water bottles, I shall continue to.

Allsorts, IMO your hot water bottles are too old , head for the bin and purchase a new one. Better safe than sorry these are far too old to use! Hot water bottles thin with time and if you have a cover on your bottle you are not going to notice the deterioration! Please beware.

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NO, NO, NO!

I am going to post a picture of what happened to my daughter after one burst on her.

She had to spend 9 days in a burns unit having the skin peeled off her on a daily basis, and it was excruciating!!

Get yourself a heated throw, an electric blanket or a wheat bag!

I'm a number 1 fan of hot water bottles (known as hoggles in our household ever since youngest dd named them thus as a young child, being unable to say hot water bottle). I replace them every year or so and definitely if the "rubber" begins to feel hard. I think of them as being made of rubber but I'm not sure what they are actually made of these days.

Love my electric blanket, love getting in to a toasty bed, also have an electric heated over blanket that me and my little dog use when watching tv, lovely and toast and saves on the heating

I actually use electric hot water bottles at the moment. You plug them in to heat up and then unplug them to use. They are very convenient in the middle of the night if you want a hotter hot water bottle.
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I was a bit doubtful about the safety risk, but I have used them since October last year with no problem so far. They don’t work well for very long (about six months), so there is no chance of me using an old one.

I've been using hot water bottles all my life and with no problems whatsoever. However, I do buy new ones every 3 or 4 years as the rubber does perish in time.
I don't like electric blankets.

Allsorts

I have three hot water bottles which i have just got out ready for winter. One is dated 2006 other two 2012.
They don't leak or anything does anyone else have any that old

I have a couple of very old light bulbs they just keep on going but most I have replaced with LED ones.I think hot water bottles used to go on for years but I wouldn’t trust them nowadays.Replace them if you can from a reliable shop.

BlueBelle

Love my hottie bottles have used them ALL my long life Never ever have I looked at dates on them although I know they are there and where to find them , you can be very aware of when they start thinning and then is the time to throw them out
I don’t rate electric blankets you can’t cuddle them and wheat bags don’t stay hot enough for me bearing in mind I have no central heating in my house
Hottie bottles are my saviours both sitting at night and in bed

Me too BlueBelle, They have been a comfort through many an illness for me.

I have used hot water bottles with no safety problems for years. However, I would never use an old one. I don’t think it’s worth the risk of serious scalding. A friend of mine at university had one burst over her legs.

According to the instructions, it’s important not to fill them more than 2/3 full. I guess the hot water gives off steam and that causes the rubber/plastic to expand.

I read last week that you had to check the date at the top of the water bottle as rubber deteriorates in time. I checked my water bottle but could not see any numbers at all so I threw them out.

If I were you I would buy new ones just to be on the safe side.

Get a Hottie from Ebay. Two mins in the micro. Soothing for any aches

I wouldn't use a hot water bottle far too dangerous.
I have a electric under blanket which I love. Switch on while getting ready for bed for 10 minutes and again if I'm cold during the night.

I also have an electric blanket, absolutely love it

I have a “foot size” electric heating pad that I use instead of a full size electric blanket - I find once my feet are warm I’m fine! In other words, no hot water bottle (or even full size electric blanket) required

I had one burst in the bed but it was quite old . So I bought a new one 3 years ago but have now replaced with another new . I think 2 years is the max time for safety

Love my hottie bottles have used them ALL my long life Never ever have I looked at dates on them although I know they are there and where to find them , you can be very aware of when they start thinning and then is the time to throw them out
I don’t rate electric blankets you can’t cuddle them and wheat bags don’t stay hot enough for me bearing in mind I have no central heating in my house
Hottie bottles are my saviours both sitting at night and in bed

I had one burst on my feet, so please be careful.

I have a wheat bag, shaped like a hot water bottle. You heat it in the microwave. Works well and safer than hot water bottle.

We bought one of these a couple of years ago. Best thing we ever got. Not expensive and warms the bed in an hour. 3 settings according to what you want. www.dunelm.com/product/cosy-and-warm-electric-blanket-1000217572

I have an old stone one but I don’t use it these days. I have an electric blanket instead and a rubber bottle in case of power cuts. The stone ones could be very hot unless you wrapped them in something and if you kicked them out of the bed there was a heck of a thump😂