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foot warmers
Saturday, January 30th, 2016 02:44 amQiao could use something good to keep his feet warm.
This Medisana Foot Warmer looks good to me, but is from Germany and requires a 240 volt power supply. My German grandpa always had a single-houseshoe-for-both-feet like that under his desk, except his wasn't electric. The Medisana one is for sale on eBay, but for it to work over here, I'd need a 110-to-240 volt transformer too, and I'm not sure it would be worth it. The reviews for this product on the German Amazon site are mostly positive, but as with many American products, some purchasers got ones that didn't work to begin with, or which failed after a certain amount of time.
There are some USB-powered ones from China that don't sound very good.
The only similar American products I can find for slipping both feet into, don't cover the heels, and/or are only made for small feet, and/or don't warm well based on reviews. And they mostly include vibrators/massagers too.
A few weeks ago, I had the great idea of taking my old electric blanket, folding it over and placing it at the bottom of the bed under the top sheet and blankets. That way, with the blanket heated up, we could slip our feet inside the folds and warm up our feet. It was so nice to get into bed and feel that warmth on the feet, rather than waiting for my feet to warm up the slow way, which sometimes took hours (even with our fleece sheets which are much warmer compared to cotton sheets).
Yesterday, the electric blanket control unit started making a buzzing noise, so it probably isn't safe to use anymore. The blanket must be over 10 years old, even though I hadn't been using it for most of those years.
I checked for alternatives to put at the foot of the bed, but it seems that my original approach was best - I'll get a new electric blanket and fold it over again. I only found a single product, this Serta Foot Warmer, which has a pocket for the feet. But the top layer of the pocket isn't heated - it's plain fabric. Pah. I'm spoiled now, and want heat on both the top and bottom of my feet.
Then I looked for heated slippers for Qiao. I thought that plug-in ones would be simplest to use, for when he's sitting down. But I couldn't find any good electric corded ones (only some flimsy USB ones again), so maybe we'll try some that heat up in the microwave instead.
The whole time I've been doing the above searches, my feet have felt cold to me, even though when I reach down to touch them, tucked in under my legs as they are with me sitting cross-legged, they actually feel warm.
This Medisana Foot Warmer looks good to me, but is from Germany and requires a 240 volt power supply. My German grandpa always had a single-houseshoe-for-both-feet like that under his desk, except his wasn't electric. The Medisana one is for sale on eBay, but for it to work over here, I'd need a 110-to-240 volt transformer too, and I'm not sure it would be worth it. The reviews for this product on the German Amazon site are mostly positive, but as with many American products, some purchasers got ones that didn't work to begin with, or which failed after a certain amount of time.
There are some USB-powered ones from China that don't sound very good.
The only similar American products I can find for slipping both feet into, don't cover the heels, and/or are only made for small feet, and/or don't warm well based on reviews. And they mostly include vibrators/massagers too.
A few weeks ago, I had the great idea of taking my old electric blanket, folding it over and placing it at the bottom of the bed under the top sheet and blankets. That way, with the blanket heated up, we could slip our feet inside the folds and warm up our feet. It was so nice to get into bed and feel that warmth on the feet, rather than waiting for my feet to warm up the slow way, which sometimes took hours (even with our fleece sheets which are much warmer compared to cotton sheets).
Yesterday, the electric blanket control unit started making a buzzing noise, so it probably isn't safe to use anymore. The blanket must be over 10 years old, even though I hadn't been using it for most of those years.
I checked for alternatives to put at the foot of the bed, but it seems that my original approach was best - I'll get a new electric blanket and fold it over again. I only found a single product, this Serta Foot Warmer, which has a pocket for the feet. But the top layer of the pocket isn't heated - it's plain fabric. Pah. I'm spoiled now, and want heat on both the top and bottom of my feet.
Then I looked for heated slippers for Qiao. I thought that plug-in ones would be simplest to use, for when he's sitting down. But I couldn't find any good electric corded ones (only some flimsy USB ones again), so maybe we'll try some that heat up in the microwave instead.
The whole time I've been doing the above searches, my feet have felt cold to me, even though when I reach down to touch them, tucked in under my legs as they are with me sitting cross-legged, they actually feel warm.