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Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by soperj on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:34AM (#30025883)
I didn't think you were supposed to put boiling water in a hot water bottle? at least the rubber ones...
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by thrwy_ywrht on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:38AM (#30025942)
Every hot water bottle tells you not to use boiling water in it, but at the same time everyone I know who regularly uses hot water bottles uses boiling water from an electric kettle.
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by aulin on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:05PM (#30032466)
Used to know a girl with about half of the skin of a darker color, from face to toes, burnt by a water bottle burst when she was little. Still I regularly fill them with boiling hot water. Same for everyone I know. Sometimes we're just that stupid...
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by jimnotgym on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:38AM (#30025951)
...but everyone does. I just let it go off the boil and then use it.
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by blacksmith_tb on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:20PM (#30026635)
I do see that there are silicone ones available, those should take boiling water in stride (though you'd need to wrap them in a thicker cover to avoid boiling yourself...)
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by pandemicsoul on Friday January 21, 2022 @06:16PM (#30031214)
The article also says you shouldn't use boiling water and recommends just using hot tap water.