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

A friend of mine was pressing the hot water bottle against her chest to get the air out, with the lid partially screwed on. She squeezed too hard and the water squirted out and scalded her chest. She ended up at A&E and had weeks of getting her dressings changed at the burns clinic. I used to do exactly the same thing with my own hot water bottle from I was 11 or 12. Sheer luck I wasn’t scalded. It’s a bloody stupid thing to do to be fair.

I can’t stand the sickly smell of those wheat bags though.

😂😂😂

You’re going to see and catch a fire.

Reading the article, this was an extreme case as the poor lady had pre-existing nerve damage, which meant she couldn’t feel the dangerous heat until it was too late.

"Because I have nerve damage, I couldn't feel the hot water bottle against my leg so a huge blister developed."

I do use bottles, but I replace them regularly as I was once burnt by an old one that leaked. I could feel it right away though so it wasn’t as severe.

Why don't you use electric blankets? They are life changing.

If you're fast asleep?

I’ll take my chances, because as a fully grown adult I don’t need to be patronised. I’m well aware that very hot water can cause burns. I don’t need the reminder.

I wouldn’t use an electric blanket. Just a throw whilst downstairs.

To think I've been moaning about all the random fireworks going off in my area at odd times of the year.

It all makes sense now.

They were exploding hot water bottles 💣🔥

Yes because no-one has ever fallen asleep under a throw.

They can also burn your house down

So far you can get severely burned or die any tips on how to actually stay warm and not be injured?

When I was growing up we had glass irn bru bottles filled with roasting water wrapped in a towel 😂

Your water bottle actually exploded? Was there something ignited within it? Did the water not dampen it?

I mean, come on. Use anything dangerously and it will be dangerous, use anything safely and it will be….safe

Well that’s just fucking stupid isn’t it

Electric blankets cool down far too quickly once you switch them off and get in. If you have feet like blocks of ice (like mine) only a hot water bottle works.

Plus I'm another one with a tale of an electric blanket that went on fire...

In dire straits with no hwb, I have even been known to hairdry the bed before I get in!

As are millions of people every day who get in a car..but there are some who end up in collisions.

Exactly!!

They stink, though. I’ve never seen one that doesn’t absolutely reek.

Me too. And it was only in for about 30 seconds.

Won't use them again.

It would cover an awful lot of over dramatic nonsense!!

I always seem to have lost the stopper for the HWB whenever I've needed it in a hurry (period pains).
The wheat thing overheated in the microwave and smelled permanently scorched so the was useless too!
Guess I'll be on the safe side and stay cold!

Dear friends, Please do not ever go to bed. So very many people die in bed.

Plus they smell horrible!! (Nothing wrong with them, just the heated wheat stinks!)

& I don't own a microwave 🤪🤪

It exploded spontaneously? Are you sure that it wasn't accidentally sat on or squashed? What was it doing on the sofa in the first place? They're supposed to be laid flat in a bed, to warm the sheets.