Hot Water Bottles?

Toolach

With this cold spell - where can you buy hot water bottles?

I am frozen.

Tried Tesco but they don't seem to have any.

3greenrizla's

Mrs Rizla says in a chemist

faceman

Roches Stores? Just ask someone's granny, they're bound to know!

alleepally

Heatons, Argos, knicknacky places.. etc.

netwhizkid

Have you ever head of electirical blankets they are the modern alternative, Hot water bottles have the habit of bursting. Plus they freze your feet when they go cold. They are extremly uncomfortable to touch as the rubber feels weird. Unless you wrap it in a cloth or knit a hot water bottle jumber for it

watsgone

Hey,
I know the weather is freezing but if your one for taking a hot water bottle to bed, I would recommend those ones you stick in the microwave. Safer, kept heat longer and have a longer product life. And cheaper than a electric blanket(and much safer)
Check out Argos

TheIceMaker

Rochas or Dunnes...I love my hot water bottle, have one on my stomach rite now...eases the cramps!

CerebralCortex

Toolach wrote:

With this cold spell - where can you buy hot water bottles?

I am frozen.

Tried Tesco but they don't seem to have any.

What cold spell?

ShiverinEskimo

CerebralCortex wrote:

What cold spell?

You're in the bahamas aren't you?

He;'s right though, we ain't seen nothing yet. Friday is supposed to be the first real frost - temps go under -5 apparently.

Never could be arsed with hot water bottles. takes ten minutes to warm up in bed and then I dont notice til waking time. I'd rather use one to de-ice the car. :mad:

Rhyme

Buy an extra blanket

nesf

Rhyme wrote:

Buy an extra blanket

Two quilts ftw!

Rhyme

Or one of those itchy blankets you always see in your grandparents... scratches you up big time but warm as hell*

*Not actually warm as hell

nesf

Rhyme wrote:

Or one of those itchy blankets you always see in your grandparents... scratches you up big time but warm as hell*

*Not actually warm as hell

I could never sleep with them as a kid. The itching made it really hard to sleep.

Rhyme

I found moving around in the bed until warm and then laying still sent me right off... Must root out those blankets, my current ensemble just isnt cutting it

grimloch

I've been using hot water bottles for years and not once has mine ever burst.

Try getting a duvet with a higher tog(?) value on it. Normally at this time of year I'd have a plethora of blankets, duvets, jumpers and so forth on in the bed but since the arrival of the new higher tog value duvet I have the window open and the pants are off.

Flukey

Get an electric blanket alright. Even with that though, the hot water bottle can be good too, as often the bottom of the electric blanket, where your feet are, is not so warm. For those really cold nights, the combination of the two is great!

simu

I want a hot water bottle now! You can get heart-shaped ones in Luv It in Galway iirc!

Yeah, my grandparents had those scratchy blankets too. Ah, the memories!

galwaydude

ah i remember hot water bottles so well staying in my grannies house when i was a child.Would be frozen without one.Can get messy if they spill though.

Oriel

I love hot water bottles!
That is all...

skywalker

nesf wrote:

I could never sleep with them as a kid. The itching made it really hard to sleep.

How did everyones granny get one of these? Was it in some pack distributed to first time grandparents, along with sucky sweets & the reciepe for amazing stew.

RotalicaV

Pharmacy

dundalk cailin

i dont like hot water bottles; cos they are nasty when they go cold!!
i usually get a second or alternative heavier duvet, works a treat

Hagar

Mrs Hagar says I'm her hot water bottle.

I give heat in the Winter and shade in the Summer.:D

ferdi

electric blankets are death traps.

as was mentioned earlier - i find that 2 duvets is an unbeatable compo.

watsgone

Flukey wrote:

Get an electric blanket alright. Even with that though, the hot water bottle can be good too, as often the bottom of the electric blanket, where your feet are, is not so warm. For those really cold nights, the combination of the two is great!

Electricity and water not a good idea.

I wouldnt let a electric blanket in my house let alone my bed.

Angels

Toolach wrote:

With this cold spell - where can you buy hot water bottles?

I am frozen.

Tried Tesco but they don't seem to have any.

To honest your better off with an electrical blanket :cool: oh they are so lovely, cause all u have to do is plug them in about 20 mins before u go to bed & its just sheer heaven when u get into bed then!! You can try Sam Mcauleys Chemist Boots etc for the hot water bottle & any home bedding store for the electric blanket

IceHawk

Hot water bottles are the business! Saw them in Roches in Limerick a while ago, otherwise I have no idea where to go.

Miss Fluff

Just get a goose down or duck down duvet, they are a bit more expensive but extremely snug and you won't get cold as they keep in the heat....very decadent. Still considering we spend so much of our lives in bed, worth investing in some lovely bedding me reckons. If you REALLY want a hot water bottle, there's a chemist in Baggot Street that does wicked Bert and Ernie ones (from Sesame Street)

keevita

i love hot water bottles,but last xmas eve i broke up with my bf and got drunk on my moms mulled wine and then i made a hottie-wattie-bottie and it was too hot and i didnt feel it cos i was sooooo drunk and it gave me a 3rd degree burn on my leg which took two months to heal and now i have a big scar *keevita takes a deep breath and realises she should have used punctuation*