To remind people NOT to use hot water bottles?

[Laptopsas]

There is another thread running about cold weather and hit water bottles are being recommended as safe. They are not.

Get a heated throw or the microwaveable bags.

If you must use one, don’t use boiling water.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5068468-to-remind-you-all-to-throw-out-old-hot-water-bottles

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5176765-water-bottle-exploded

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2kd7k2e48jo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxnez4zxkno

Well I'm off to dig out my Granny's copper warming pan if we can't use hot water bottles.

Not sure where I'll source some hot coals to put in it though 🤔

You can wireless electric ones now. I've never used one though. https://uk.stoov.com/collections/electric-hot-water-bottles

I’ve had two hot water bottles burst on me before but I keep using them, the microwave bags are totally rubbish and don’t get hot enough or maintain it long enough. It’s a risk I’m willing to take for decent pain relief which the bags just don’t provide

I loved that book, as did my sister. We tried to find a copy a few years ago, but as you say, it was put out of print due to supposed safety concerns.

Abebooks and amazon.co.uk list it, but at £125!

If they were that dangerous, they'd be banned by trading standards or legislation. Advise people how to use them safely- yes, advocate banning - get a grip

Where on Earth did I advocate banning? 😂

You are getting a very hard time from some for just trying to give a bit of a warning on something, well at least you know you did your bit and the more people comment ( good or bad) the more your post trends and therefore gets to a wider audience so it’s all good

With heating up wheat bags in the microwave. I stop it halfway, give it a shake and continue with the microwave.

We don’t have a microwave or mains electricity, so we use HWB. Useful to be reminded that they perish and become more risky, but my grandparents had an electric blanket which caught fire while they were asleep, causing burns and smoke inhalation damage, so there’s an element of risk to all these methods.

You said "AIBU to remind you not to use them", which is kind of banning them. But perhaps MN saw what they wanted to see, as "ban this, ban that" is the MN response to many things. Perhaps if you had said "AIBU to remind you to replace HWB regularly" or "to use them carefully", it would come across as less nanny-state like.

Nothing on earth would make me give up hot water bottles !! And yes I was burnt with one years ago.

My mum has an electric one, I bought it for her at the market for a fiver, it’s brilliant because she can just plug it in herself. Her hands aren’t steady enough to fill a hot water bottle anymore with hot water.

But the one you linked looks very expensive. My mum’s is similar to this one , but not this brand.
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Perhaps the quality of manufacture is poorer than years ago and that is why there is now a problem.

We are living in a time when people apparently need warning that coffee is hot and a packet of nuts may 'contain nuts' so I wouldn't necessarily blame the hot water bottles.

What? Nut allergy anaphylaxis can cause death so of course biscuits are labelled for those who are so sensitive that cross contamination could kill them. That’s really not the flex that you think it is.

I didn't say biscuits, I said packets of nuts. A packet of nuts labelled 'may contain nuts'.

I was in Boots the other day and remembered this thread, so I looked at the hot water bottles on sale. Every one was dated 2022. So is the advice 2 years after manufacture (in which case all those bottles should be thrown out) or 2 years after you start using it?

And not remotely hot!

We use the electric hot water bottles as the are so safe and gorgeous and warm.

We have traditional HWB too and leave a little cold water in the end before filling with water from the kettle. I believe there is more danger in the filling of HWB than of them exploding. I know 2 people who scalded themselves filling the one inch wide neck of the HWB, it's not like filling a flask as the HWB won't stand on its own.

You’d have a fit in the Netherlands then. They put (metal) hot water bottles in babies’ cribs for the first week of life/until the baby has learnt to regulate their own body temperature.

I love a good hot water bottle but even we didn’t follow that advice.

It makes me sad that mumsnet got rid of the laughing reaction - the only suitable response for posts like this 😂

Can you recommend which one please.

Found out that the hot water from the tap in the bathroom is hot enough. I unfortunately didn’t put in the stopper properly the other night and it leaked (warm) badly. User error.

i saw the same
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