Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle hot water bottle stoppers?

By: susie

susie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:57:41 +0000

Hi Leslie, Just wanted to ask if you have any more water bottle stoppers to sell, I lost mine moving. Please email me if you have any.

By: Baziwe

Baziwe — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:24:22 +0000

I feel like crying I live in a growing flat very cold, I bought a hot water bottle last Friday but I don’t know where I misplaced the stopper I have looked every where but in vain, anyone with one to spare. Will pay for postage. Thanks

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:04:05 +0000

Sorry, I know it is too late for you but always leave a little bit of the cold water from the night before, before you add the hot water. It will taking off the scalding water and won’t be so harsh on the rubber.

By: Noreen Carvel

Noreen Carvel — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:29:44 +0000

Hi Lesley,

Wonderful to have found this site. Couldn’t believe it. My hot water bottle is perfectly good but washer has gone on the stopper. Mine looks very like the one on your picture. I have discovered there are quite a few different fits.
Amazing others follow our Mother’s little habits and mine has loads of old stoppers in her kitchen drawer too. She is almost 95years and I guess some of them are probably antique.

Please contact me if you would like to sell me one.

email: noreencarvel@hotmail.com

By: Karen Zetler

Karen Zetler — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:39:35 +0000

Hi, I too am the owner of 2 hot water bottles both without stoppers – very frustrating – I have tried every dollar store – no one has them. If you still have your stoppers and want to sell 2 of them, I would gladly pay for them and for the postage. Please contact me if you would like to sell a couple. The size is approx 2cm.

email: peter.karen@telus.net

By: Audrie Brown

Audrie Brown — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:18:58 +0000

Hi! I would love to provide a home for your hot water bottle stopper!
I have a bottle and no stopper for quite a while now.
I will happily pay for postage, or whatever you need.
My address is
Audrie Brown
609 Howley Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Thank you so much!
Audrie Brown

By: susan

susan — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:11:41 +0000

SOMEONE is in LUCK… I have a BRITISH WARM STOPPER. My BRITISH WARM hot water bottle recently “blew out” in my bed..YES with the boiling hot water. Hmmm a 2 inch tear. I just recently started using it to save on heating bills. Anyway..it is NO MORE. The STOPPER is VERY USED but WORKS GREAT ..NO LEAKS..I was very surprised but I had been thinking of this happening since using it every night straight for the past 2 weeks. Perhaps with Boiling water every night may have compromised it.. Still it was not pleasant what it did to me, my dog, two blankets, magnetic mattress pad, Puff Mattress Pad AND MATTRESS which I had to blow dry the next day everything for over an hour. Bad News. ANYONE WANT IT..Be careful, maybe it should also be put in another sealed bag B4 use. e-mail me: riddypolitti@hotmail.com

By: susan

susan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:00:16 +0000

Only a 1 1/2 years later BUT….
I HAVE a used BRITISH WARM HOT WATER BOTTLE STOPPER.
AnyOne out there still need it.. My BOTTLE just exploded
last night in my bed. VERY BAD, BUT the stopper is worn
but still good

By: edward

edward — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:22:40 +0000

hi lesley

i see all this was going on last year and i’m probably too late, but i’m another poor soul looking for a stopper because the rubber washer on my stopper has disintegrated. If you still have any left I, like other hopefuls, would very much appreciate one. This would be far kinder to the environment than throwing out a perfectly serviceable bottle. I’d gladly reimburse you postage and packing costs!

hopefully yours, edward
edwardmoakes@yahoo.co.uk

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:00:28 +0000

I need one too!!! did he send you one?

By: audrie

audrie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:09:54 +0000

Lesley~ hi!
I tried to order a replacement stopper for my British Warm hot water bottle from Vermont Country Store because I lost mine. They sent me a new wider one. My water bottle has the narrower metal insert that you described.
I would be grateful to get a stopper that fits my water bottle, so if you have one to share I will gladly take it off you hands and pay for the shipping at least.

Thanks!
Audrie Brown
laudriebrown@gmail.com

By: vie

vie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:34:16 +0000

I have two old hot water bottle stoppers from gordon rubber comany hot water bottles. one is missing the washer but the other is still in place. I just liked the tops. found them in an estate sale and could not throw them away.

By: Emma Leach

Emma Leach — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:19:32 +0000

I’ve also lost a hot water bottle top! Could you send me one – I’ll reimburse postage. Many thanks – emma.leach@yahoo.co.uk

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:56:43 +0000

Throw them in a washing machine with laundry, they will make clothes cleaner.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:54:55 +0000

Glue it to the wall and use as a hook.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:54:05 +0000

Place two tiny people or animal figures made of clay on both sides in front of flat part, as if they are sitting on a double chair. Glue them down and display proudly your creation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:50:59 +0000

Get short piece of pipe, insert stoppers on the sides, cut off excess off the handles. That makes neat little toy dough or clay roller.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:47:55 +0000

Drill small halls in the bottom, insert a none rusting nail without head and use as corn holders.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:44:57 +0000

Use to apply glue.

Sharpen the flat part and scrape paint with it.

Cover bottom with clay forming figurine. Hang it where you want it.

By: Marc L. Cooper

Marc L. Cooper — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:57:55 +0000

The stopper for our hot water bottle went missing after our cleaning lady visited. We thus need a replacement and would gladly purchase any extras out there. Marc.L.Cooper@verizon.net

By: ekan

ekan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:26:10 +0000

I accidently threw out my hot water bottle stopper with some flower trimmings on the kitchen counter. I can’t find a replacement. Want to make a deal?

By: Judy McMickens

Judy McMickens — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:46:21 +0000

I would love to find a stopper for a British Warm hot water bottle that I really liked. The neck of the bottle has a metal insert into which the stopper fit. The stopper also had metal threads. It was the best hot water bottle I have ever had and the stopper has been lost. The bottle has been in my closet for a long time, while I hoped that the stopper would turn up. The regular plastic ones will not work because of the metal.

I know I should just take a deep breath and toss the bottle in the trash, but I saw your question and thought I would write and ask if, by chance, you had a stopper of this type? I would be happy to purchase.

My email is djmcmick@bellsouth.net.

Thanks,
Judy

By: Karmae

Karmae — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:07:04 +0000

This is a longshot….Many years ago I was constantly seeking a certain kind of plastic wine stopper because it was the perfect size replacement for the one on the chainsaw that went missing every now and then after it got filled. Could this have such a use?

By: Maja

Maja — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:19:14 +0000

put them on water surface of garden pond,in winter they wont let the water freeze

By: lauren

lauren — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:26:04 +0000

earrings!