Classic Red Rubber Hot Water Bottle, Hot Compress, Pain Relief from Headaches, Cramps, Arthritis, Back Pain, Sore Muscles, Injuries - 2 Quart Capacity

Water stays warm for about 2 hours if nice and hot water is poured may be 3 hours. Design is mostly fitting but there can be a better design for neck and shoulders.Easy to fill up and use. Soft silicone very decently effective.Relieves cramp pains on stomach and backs too

oh my goodness is this amazing for back and neck pain. I am in my 50s and never even tried one before but my back is failing and this is a god send. so nice to use . easy and its just perfect. the screw top is great zero leaks. good purchase

50 years ago, hot water bottles were made with rubber, thus making them soft and flexible. They had metal sleeves/flanges in the filler opening, thus making them durable. They had rubber washers on the stopper to seal against the metal sleeve in the filler opening, thus making them water-tight and leak-proof.Last year, I tried to find such a water bottle in a store - any store - and failed. I ended up with a "latex-free" plasticky thing that was ALL plastic, no rubber, no metal, and no washer to seal. It was "okay" for a while, until the all-plastic fill spout cracked (like cheap plastic often does) and water leaked past the washerless stopper. That was enough! No more chain-store water bottles for me.So I broadened my search to anything I could find on Amazon dot com. I was fortunate to stumble across this bottle! It is everything I'd hoped for, and more! I had three "musts" and got three more "plusses" in the deal.Point by point expectations met:(1) This water bottle actually feels like soft, flexible rubber. It's friendly, not plasticky. Sure, there's a bit of rubber smell to it, but I'm not using it as a face mask - and I expect it will fade with time.(2) It actually has a metal sleeve in the filler - just like my 50-year-old water bottle, so I don't expect it will ever crack like one made just of plastic.(3) It has a real rubber washer on the stopper to seal against the metal fill-spout flange/sleeve. And it does seal, exactly as they did 50 years ago.The unexpected blessings:(1) This bottle wasn't exactly as pictured. It was better. Each of the two flat sides is completely covered with a soft ribbing pattern. Not only does it feel softer that way, but I realized (as I never had before) that the ribbing creates a little air-gap between the hot rubber surface and my skin - so that the heat from the water is less likely to overpower my skin - and I'm less likely to stick to the surface as well.(2) It was priced below the inferior bottle I'd gotten locally. Yes, I expected that when I placed the order because I could see the price - but I hadn't expected to find a better bottle at a lower price when I first started my search!(3) It came very quickly - on the short side of the delivery promise, not the long - and that was with free shipping!I was tempted to order about a thousand of these and open a hot-water bottle outlet store here in town. Nobody would buy anywhere else! But then it occurred to me that there may not be a universal demand for hot water bottles. So, I'll just stay happy with my new little red-rubber friend, and share the good news with anyone else who remembers "the good ole days" when you were confident that what you bought at the local general store was going to be just what you needed.

Smaller than I expected, but it hold hot water just fine. It was the cheapest solution and in some ways you can tell that the quality of the material could be a little better, but it works.

I use this as a comfort measure for laboring moms, it has been the hit so far! It lasts a long time and much more portable than the electric ones.

It might be hit or miss based off the reviews. I received the one with the outer ridges like in the photo vs a smooth flat exterior. This helped me SO MUCH through a recent IBS attack. It calmed the cramps and relieved pain. I refilled it 4-5 times and each time lasted an hour or more. Didn't really time it but I used it for about 8 hours. It stayed hot and then warm the entire time. Really kept its heat. Cheaper than an electric heating pad too. My only concern is im not sure how to dry the inside and/or clean it but should be fine.I had originally bought this for our at home first aid bag thinking nothing of it, just to have something if we need it. And I'm soooo happy I bought it, literally felt like it saved my life.I did have it under my clothes and under a blanket and my room was warm so maybe that helped with retaining the heat but I think it held up REALLY WELL.

I will be returning this. Smell of unclean rubber. 1 ok 1 not ok. This was without heating and using.I even tried to wash the outside and the dirt/rubber smell still remained.

Have purchased this item 3 times now. While they work well initially and hold a lot of water, they all have eventually developed pinhole leaks. My typical use-case is behind my back so maybe the gradual pressure weakens the material. However, I had a hot water bottle for years that I used in the same situation with no issue.