What do you call your hot water bottle?

[Gabez]

A slanket... why am I only just now finding out about this? Never heard the word before, but googling it shows the most amazing images.

 

A blanket and a dressing gown in one!

 

 

This is what Obi Wan Kenobi would wear if he really let himself go.

[Det. Bart Lasiter]

i get used as a pillow by my current romantic interest in exchange for my body heat.

[Samnmax221]

I am a secret anglophile, I should go buy one.

[Stream]

Wow, I'm really shocked that so many people don't use hot water bottles!

 

It's not just about warmth, you know: I like to hug mine (in a protective cloth covering) as I fall asleep. It's a teddy bear for grown ups.

 

I have an Eeyore cover on mine.

 

Electric blankets: this is a subject that terrifies me. The danger of wetting the bed and electrocuting myself would make me so tense that I would wet the bed and electrocute myself.

 

Quality.

[Astor]

A slanket... why am I only just now finding out about this? Never heard the word before, but googling it shows the most amazing images.

 

A blanket and a dressing gown in one!

 

 

This is what Obi Wan Kenobi would wear if he really let himself go.

 

According to the advert i've just seen, I believe they're called 'Snuggies' over here, and you can get them from ASDA or your nearest JML stockist.

[Totenkopf]

That's actually the first term I heard over here for them as well.

 

As for hot water bottles, rarely have ever used one.

[LordOfTheFish]

It's to hot where I live to use one of those things. I just pile on the blankets when needed.

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

Ohh no! I HATE the snuggie! They come in 3 colors.

 

 

 

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Yucky yellow!

 

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retarded red!

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And blue!

 

 

I used to have a hot water bottle, but I only used it once in my life. I just drink hot stuff usually (tea, hot cocoa, and COFFEE) I also share a bed with my dog and I sometimes lay on my old duck pillow I named "Ducky" when I was three. That is usually during car rides though. Also, my aunt made me something called "The Quillow" which is half quilt half pillow. Much better than "The Snuggie" or "The Sack."

[TSR]

The whole concept is lost on me. I'm honestly shocked and alittle saddened that people still use them.

 

Dammit, 10 years ago i was told we'd have flying cars by now, and people are still using hot water bottles? I don't know what the hell i payed the maker, but when i bite the dust i'm going to demand my money back.

[jawathehutt]

According to the advert i've just seen, I believe they're called 'Snuggies' over here, and you can get them from ASDA or your nearest JML stockist.

There's actually a difference between the two. The main difference is cost and quality. Slankets cost $15-20 more but are a lot bigger and warmer. And I've worn both, snuggies are as useful as wearing an old beat up towel for warmth. Slankets have the warmth of a very warm blanket and are much longer reaching, I'm a tall person and it still drags on the floor when I wear it like a robe. Also, slankets come in waaaaay cooler designs.

Like mine looks like this http://www.theslanket.com/images/large/pirate_LRG.jpg

Thats right, its a pirate slanket.

And they sell slankets on skymall, the mall of the Gods.

[The Betrayer]

What in the seven circles of hell is a hot water bottle?

 

Also, no Yoda love?

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

Ahh, I see you read inferno. And BTW, a hot water bottle is something people who aren't married or are old to warm themselves up. Its like this plastic thing you fill with hot water from a kettle, and then you put a cover over it and sleep with it so it will warm you up.

[Gamma097]

I've never even heard of a hot water bottle until I read this poll. I use the heater and blankets.

[Gabez]

The advantage of a hot water bottle over heating is that it saves energy -- you warm up the area underneath your blankets/duvet rather than all of the outside.

 

a hot water bottle is something people who aren't married or are old to warm themselves up. Its like this plastic thing you fill with hot water from a kettle, and then you put a cover over it and sleep with it so it will warm you up.

 

Well, modern hotty botties are actually made of rubber, so that they're flexible and huggable. I'm not sure it's only for peoiple who are old or unmarried, either; I imagine that even people who share beds can still be a little chilly under the covers on cold winter nights. Of course, you can survive well enough without extra heat under your covers, but is nice to be extra warm, and farting will only do so much.

 

Hot Water Bottles will also ease a bad back, or any other ache or pain. They are, I am told, sometimes used for "women's problems."

 

Here's an example to help the convince the hotty-haters that they are missing out: if you have a double bed, or a wide single bed, you can put your hotty botty in an area of the bed away from you, wait for it to get really mattress-meltingly hot, and then remove the hot water bottle, and roll into the warm area. Ah, bliss!

 

The whole concept is lost on me. I'm honestly shocked and alittle saddened that people still use them.

 

Dammit, 10 years ago i was told we'd have flying cars by now, and people are still using hot water bottles?

Hot water bottle have nothing to do with progress. If we were all driving hover cars and living on the moon I would still like to feel extra warm and comfortable under my covers. It's a simple pleasure, like hearing the wind howl down your chimney, or the sound of rain on a tin roof.

 

Also, no Yoda love?

 

I come from a faraway and arcane land known as "Mixnmojo." It is not our custom to have "Yoda love" there.

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Wouldn't a hot water bottle get, well, f'ing cold overnight?

[Gabez]

Wouldn't a hot water bottle get, well, f'ing cold overnight?

 

No. The rubber keeps the heat in, and if you have a cover that keeps it warmer for even longer. I'd guess that a hotty botty could stay hot for about an hour, and takes at least two hours to cool down, if it's kept under the covers. Even a cool hot water bottle is never "f'ing cold" -- when hot water loses its heat it turns to "room temperature," which, if it's under your blankets, is still pretty warm.

 

That said, a hot water bottle that is no longer hot is a burden, and should be cast out of the bed (usually with a satisfying "plop"). There was a joke in the TV series Maid Marrion and her Merry Men in which King Richard threw a pig out of his bed saying "my hot water bottle is cold" (they didn't have rubber botties in the middle ages; only pigs).

[Rogue Nine]

this is the best poll ever

[Jasper_Kazai]

I didn't know people have used hot water bottles since the 1800s.

[Darth Avlectus]

Yea really, no Yoda lovin'? The Hell?!

 

I'm pretty much in the same boat with MAV, Jeff, The Betrayer, and gamma097. "WTF is that? Never heard of it" ...before this thread anyways...

Now I see what it is. Ehh, I use blankets and pillows. Nothing special and I grew up sleeping in unheated houses where it got below freezing, often.

 

Then again you're talking to a guy who once was homeless for a time--even if it was only a short time comparatively. Though I recall a few times where it was cold, wet, and inhospitable outside. So I found a carpet shop, and to their cutting scraps bin/shed out back... and burrowed down in there. I daresay it saved my life.

Have used plastic packaging, even digging up dirt. Emergency blankets (aluminum covering bag) and rain ponchos.

I don't want to experience any of that again.

 

Had pets. Dog not allowed on bed. Cats died a few years ago. Rats tend to be mostly problematic unless it is late morning. There are exceptions, though. Had a few girls here and there for mutual warmth, but those days are gone.

 

At night, as a semi asthmatic, concerns are more towards keeping the lungs from seizing up and/or accumulating too much fluid when "the condition" decides to return.

 

Ohh no! I HATE the snuggie! They come in 3 colors.

There was hillarious 4CHAN a meme that read something like:

 

" Snuggie

 

Dress your dog in one so it too can look like a douchebag, just like you! "

 

The meme pic had some little dog in a blue snuggie. Pretty funny actually

[ZimmMaster]

Not only do I love the cold, I too give off an enourmous amount of body heat (my normal temp is 99.7) no matter how cold it is. So I keep my fan running 24/7 to keep my room at a bearable temp. On a hot (warm or pleasant to others) 70 degrees and up my temp can get over 100 without me being sick. You can see me outside with a short sleeved shirt and shorts at 50 degrees and I will not complain one bit. So I use no blankets, no heater, or water bottle (unless you count one of those big metal/rubber ones that keep the water ice cold that I fill up 5 times a night). I just sleep on top of my comforter. I actually almost died one time because my electricity went off during the night and my temp got to over 105 in a matter of minutes. The doc said I was lucky to be alive. But the point is no, I do not have a hot water bottle.

[True_Avery]

I just have a bed with a ton of pillows, a few layers of blankets, and a comforter. After 10 minutes the bed is nice and body warm.

 

Used to be more extreme when I was younger, since I'd build little "nests" out of my pillows. Something about be covered on all sides was comforting.

 

For a good part of high school I'd cuddle with a long pillow at night, but since then I just have a bunch of blankets and pillows.

 

Along with my pajamas that I wear on and off, don't need a heating pad or hot water bottle. If anything it would be another distraction when trying to sleep.

[M@RS]

A thin blanket is good enough for me, I don't have an unusually high body temp. but I prefer being cold rather than warm at night.

[urluckyday]

USA USA! In other words, I keep my heat on...or just have a blanket handy.

[Kyvios]

Honestly never heard of a hot water bottle until now, lol

 

Im old school just use the blanket, don't even need the heat sometimes.

[Jae Onasi]

A slanket... why am I only just now finding out about this? Never heard the word before, but googling it shows the most amazing images.

 

A blanket and a dressing gown in one!

 

 

This is what Obi Wan Kenobi would wear if he really let himself go.

Or you can just put your bathrobe on backwards as you sit on the couch.