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Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by masklinn on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:55AM (#30026228)
What is the "proper" name for these? Last time I looked for foot warmers all I got was electric bootstie things, or hotplates for foot. So I got a small radiant heater instead.

Though I guess a microwavable grain bag on a normal footrest would also work.

Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by Someone on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:34PM (#30028831)
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_stove) says its restricted to wooden ones with hot charcoal, but I would call them “Foot Stove” regardless of construction material or heat source.
Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle by thom on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:29PM (#30030233)
Never seen one of these, but my dad used to have charcoal hand warmers similar to this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Hand-warmer-charcoal-includi...

We used to take them to football matches but eventually they became the sort of thing they'd confiscate cos fire and idiots don't mix.