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Hot water bottles & electric blankets

  • 22-02-2010 1:49pm
    #1
    Luno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭


    What's everyones opinions on them?

    I personally have an electric blanket as my house is like an ice box and too lazy to fill up a bottle... & yes ye can all come around sometime

    Anyone else use them or am I just strange and getting old?

    Your form of heat at night? 87 votes

    Hot water bottle
    0% 0 votes
    Electric blanket
    27% 24 votes
    Partner
    40% 35 votes
    None
    32% 28 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Neither. I like a cold bed and cold room. Makes snuggling into my duvet soooo much nicer :)


  • #3
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Yeah I like getting in between slightly cool sheets and gradually warming up. Then if I get too warm I just move over to a cool spot. Getting into a very warm bed makes me feel a bit sick for some reason!


  • #4
    junior_apollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 740 ✭✭✭junior_apollo


    +1 for the above


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Let my own body heat warm it...
    Then it's just right.


  • #6
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Neither.

    I command my wife to enter the bed twenty-five minutes before me and to warm the most favourable side of the bed for my needs.


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  • #7
    nibtrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭nibtrix


    Hmm... tough choice.

    I like a cool bed but it can take me a long time to warm up, so I'm lucky that my partner gives off more heat than a furnace :D


  • #8
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    I'm a cold blooded ladykiller so I don't need no electric blanket.


  • #9
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    I'm a cold blooded ladykiller so I don't need no electric blanket.

    Not even to wrap their corpses in?


  • #10
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    stovelid wrote: »
    Not even to wrap their corpses in?

    Quiet you.


  • #11
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    My girlfriend calls her hot water bottle Phil. Got a right shock the first time she mentioned it.


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  • #12
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Pillow HAS to be turned regularly to cold side. I give off monumental body heat so bed doesn't be long warming up, but, I miss having someone to cuddle so I bring a hot water bottle the odd night :o


  • #13
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Bonito wrote: »
    Pillow HAS to be turned regularly to cold side. I give off monumental body heat so bed doesn't be long warming up, but, I miss having someone to cuddle so I bring a hot water bottle the odd night :o

    Aaaahhh is snookums cold? Poor wittle baby. :p


  • #14
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Aaaahhh is snookums cold? Poor wittle baby. :p
    *sprays Anono's scent on hot water bottle*

    It's ok baby, you're here with me really ;)


  • #15
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    No duvet, no sheets, no clothes, no water bottle, no woman. That's the way to have a good nights sleep. I do find myself reaching for a blanket at about 3 or 4, It only goes over half my body though :P


  • #16
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Jamari Salmon Campus wrote: »
    No duvet, no sheets, no clothes, no water bottle, no woman.

    Ghey?:confused:


  • #17
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Hot water bottle ftw :).


  • #18
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Jamari Salmon Campus wrote: »
    No duvet, no sheets, no clothes, no water bottle, no woman. That's the way to have a good nights sleep. I do find myself reaching for a blanket at about 3 or 4, It only goes over half my body though :P
    Are you fat?


  • #19
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kiera wrote: »
    Are you fat?
    This is gonna backfire if they are....


  • #20
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Bonito wrote: »
    This is gonna backfire if they are....
    Too right, fat farts are the worst :P


  • #21
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Confab wrote: »
    My girlfriend calls her hot water bottle Phil. Got a right shock the first time she mentioned it.

    Any particular reason she calls it Phil or is it just random. Thats quite weird imo...:p


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  • #22
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kiera wrote: »
    Too right, fat farts are the worst :P
    I wouldn't know TBH :pac:


  • #23
    Orla K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    I have a hot water bottle, which are great for period pains, only reason I have it. If I'm in bed and cold I will either get another blanket or grab the cat and put him beside me under the cover. Cats let out alot of heat and there's the added bonus of him purring away relaxing you into a good nice sleep.


  • #24
    anniehoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Oh my god theres nothing better than hoppin into bed when the electric blankets on full. Tooooasty! Turn it down to low and its the perfect heat combo for the rest of the night!


  • #25
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    moocat wrote: »
    I have a hot water bottle, which are great for period pains, only reason I have it. If I'm in bed and cold I will either get another blanket or grab the cat and put him beside me under the cover. Cats let out alot of heat and there's the added bonus of him purring away relaxing you into a good nice sleep.
    Thats soooo wrong! I can understand on top, but under?


  • #26
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kiera wrote: »
    Thats soooo wrong! I can understand on top, but under?
    Like you never stroke your pussy under the covers :p


  • #27
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Bonito wrote: »
    Like you never stroke your pussy under the covers :p
    I hate cats!


  • #28
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kiera wrote: »
    I hate cats!
    But love your own :pac:


  • #29
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I dont have a cat. Or a dog. In fact i have no animals, Bonito.


  • #30
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    I slept uncovered last night. It was great


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  • #31
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Kiera wrote: »
    I dont have a cat. Or a dog. In fact i have no animals, Bonito. Now fúck off.:mad:

    FYP.


  • #32
    Orla K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Kiera wrote: »
    Thats soooo wrong! I can understand on top, but under?

    He loves it, I leave space for him to stick his head out but he likes being completely under the covers.


  • #33
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    moocat wrote: »
    He loves it, I leave space for him to stick his head out but he likes being completely under the covers.
    Dutch oven?


  • #34
    Orla K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Kiera wrote: »
    Dutch oven?

    He tends to fart more (poor digestion even on good food) and they are right stinkers, it's safer for me when he's under the cover.



    Sometimes after he's done one he turns to me looking pleased with himself! They're the ones where I have to leave the room.


  • #35
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    I'm always freezing in bed, despite the fact I've two duvets and several blankets on it. For the first hour or so I make myself into a ball in the middle of the bed and shiver. I have no body heat at all :/


    No hot water bottle, too fussy. Electric blankets are for OAP's =P


  • #36
    bluto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    None. Whenever another person is in my bed, they tend to take up the sheets and leave me cold :mad:


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  • #37
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I have an electic blanket on the bed. I got it as a present. I only use it rarely-its great when i run out of oil and ive no heating to jump into a warm bed. And when its freezing out. There the only times i use it really-i kinda like hopping into cold sheets and curling up into a ball till im nice and cosy:)


  • #38
    spume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭spume


    After a night out last year i pis*ed myself in bed. Had the electric blanket on in bed and sure didnt i get the shock of my life running through my mickey! Safe to say i never used an electric blanket again:mad::mad::mad:


  • #39
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Electric blanket FTW!

    ^ altho i dont fancy wetting the bed! :eek:


  • #40
    Orla K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    spume wrote: »
    After a night out last year i pis*ed myself in bed. Had the electric blanket on in bed and sure didnt i get the shock of my life running through my mickey! Safe to say i never used an electric blanket again:mad::mad::mad:
    faceman wrote: »
    Electric blanket FTW!

    ^ altho i dont fancy wetting the bed! :eek:


    I'm sure he's only messing, unless the blanket was badly damaged they're water proof, many a glass of water was spilled on ours, one even wash washed. And anyway who admits to píssing themselves.


  • #41
    HereticPrincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭HereticPrincess


    Partner, sometimes a water bottle (iz shaped like a star:D)
    I get cold very easily.


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  • #42
    bazmaiden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭bazmaiden


    Just fill my girlfriend with boiling water, does the job:D


  • #43
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Bonito wrote: »
    Ghey?:confused:

    Why? Are you interested?
    Kiera wrote: »
    Are you fat?

    Ho ho ho... :pac:


  • #44
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    How cant anyone choose anything but partner in that poll (unless the lack of a partner is an issue).

    Personally, i had a electric blanket when i was 5 and the control box which controlled heat level started sparking as i was nodding off. Have not gone near the things since. Sleep with two duvets instead.


  • #45
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,579 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    I can't sleep in heat at all, must be freezing cold. The radiators have been turned off in the bedroom and the windows stay open unless it snows or the wind is strong enough to blow the rain inside.


  • #46
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    I actually got an electric blanket for christmas one year, **** present :(

    Our house is effing freezing though


  • #47
    YourSQL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭YourSQL


    electric blankets cause cancer


  • #48
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    YourSQL wrote: »
    electric blankets cause cancer

    Everything causes cancer dude... :(


  • #49
    Shivers26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Shivers26


    Partner when he is available (he has been away with work for a few months).
    Hot water bottles are for period pains only.
    I dont do electric blankets, fear of electrocution no matter how irrational, it wont go away.

    I also have central heating so my house is pretty warm anyway. I do love the cool side of a pillow though.


  • #50
    YourSQL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭YourSQL


    Jamari Salmon Campus wrote: »
    Everything causes cancer dude... :(

    everything that's enjoyable causes cancer.


  • #51
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    hot water bottle and a second duvet in my college accommodation. It's ridiculous how **** and cold these houses are...I'm really cold right now. I think I'll just jump into bed early with my hot water bottle tonight.

    The home house is epic though, my room is the warmest in the house so just the one duvet needed.


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