We found some new items that may offer welcome warmth for those with Raynaud’s this season. Here are our Hot Products for Winter 2024:
YUYU Hot Water Bottle
Thanks to fellow Frostie Alexandra for bringing this product to our attention. It’s an elongated hot water bottle that can be hugged, strapped or wrapped pretty much anywhere on your body. It’s very basic in that you supply the hot water and just pour it into the bottle – no batteries to charge or pads to microwave. Just old fashioned hot water heat!
Unlike a standard hot water bottle, these are long and thin with attached straps for holding them in place. One design also includes pockets to warm your fingers (yummm!!!).
One member of the YUYU team is a fellow Frostie who shared her experience with the product in a post on their site. Note, Raynaud’s is not a rare disease as she references, but you’ll find her tips on how she uses and benefits from the product to be of value.
Available directly from YUYU’s site in a number of fashionable colors and a variety of fabrics. They even offer some animal shaped versions that are great for chilled kiddies. Prices start at £20.83 – that’s about $26. Unfortunately they are not sold in the U.S., but YUYU does ship internationally. The manufacturer promotes the product as “the ultimate self-care accessory that delivers unparalleled warmth.” May be worth a try!
Kulkea Thermal Trekker Heated Ski Boot Bag
We’ve heard of heated ski boots, separate heaters that can be installed inside your ski boots, and heaters that you can place inside your ski boots for a toasty warm up. But this is the first time we’ve heard of a heated bag to be used for heating your boots prior to hitting the slopes.
While it’s headlined as a boot bag, it’s actually large enough to tote and pre-heat all of your ski gear, including helmets, gloves and apparel. This bag doesn’t just warm the outside of the boots – it claims to even heat up the inner liners. And it heats up really fast, boots are toasty in as little as 90 seconds. Frosties may want to skip the boots and just put their frozen feet inside the bag!
You will, however, need to be near an electrical or auto power plug, as the bag doesn’t offer a rechargeable battery. There are several extra features including 9 separate organizing compartments, adjustable shoulder and waist straps (to use as a backpack), extended zipper pulls (for easy use wearing ski gloves), plus a protective bottom and water resistant fabrics. Available in 3 different color combinations from our partners at The Warming Store. You can use our member discount code RAYNAUDS10 for 10% off the retail price of $279.95. If you’re thinking it might be cheaper to just buy heated ski boots, we did a quick search and most are in the range of $500 to $700, so maybe this bag is a good value for keeping toes toasty on ski days!
We’d love your feedback on our Hot Products for Winter 2024 column, or any of our previous Hot Products posts. And please share your new product finds with us. Write to info@raynauds.org, post them on our Facebook page or share them with us on Instagram, Twitter or Threads.
