How a HOT water bottle can help you sleep through the heatwave – if you use it right

FANS, spray bottles and freezing sheets - Brits will go to all sorts of lengths to stay cool at night during a heatwave.

But it’s unlikely they’ve thought to look for their dusty hot water bottle in the cupboards.

A hack that has gone viral shows how useful the winter accessory can be in the middle of a scorching summer. 

In a clip posted on TikTok that has been viewed more than 2.7 million times in two days, user showed how she uses one to sleep in a heatwave without air con.

It showed her filling up a bottle with tap water and placing it in the freezer.

Once it’s gone hard, she takes it out and wraps it in a tea towel before placing it in her bed.

The trick isn’t new, but viewers were left astonished they hadn’t thought of it yet.

Last summer, TikTok user gained almost a million views for her video, in which she said she puts the water bottle in the freezer all day before placing it in her bed an hour before her bedtime.

She says: “Put it in your pillowcase, or just rest on it – it’s amazing!”

Warnings

However, Sam did have some warnings for those wanting to try the hack.

She wrote: “Three things – 1) Please don’t do this too often as the ice can damage the seal.

“2) Only fill it 2/3s up as it expands!!

“3) Be careful of ice burns.”

Other experts have warned of the risks of the hot water bottle hack because the rubber can be stretched and then burst in the future.