Thread: Just bought a towel warmer

Originally Posted by JXLT

I got one of these for Christmas. It works like a dream and my shaves are even better with these

Every fall asleep with the towels on? I get up 20 minutes early to wake up slowly with a warm towel. Sometimes, I over wake up.......(and wind up a bit late)

Life is good huh? Not so good for whiskers.

this just seems so much easier and safer than my weekend experiments with the vegetable steamer

I purchased a tea kettle from Target for about twenty-five bucks. I'll take a wet washrag and lay it in the sink and then pour very hot water on it. It's easy to control the temperature by how much hot water I pour, etc.

I can reuse the same towel. It doesn't have to be hot, I can make the towel warm, luke-warm, or leave it cold. Plus I can use the hot water from the tea kettle to fill my scuttle and my shaving mug (if I make an uberlather I can have much hotter water in the scuttle without drying out my lather); I use the water in the shaving mug to re-heat the blade after each rinse. I also use the hot water in my shaving mug to wet and re-wet my shaving brush.

I'd think a towel warmer would be nice, but the tea kettle takes very little room and provides hot water for my hot/warm towel, my shaving cup, and scuttle. And it's only $25.

I like it a lot! Double O

Originally Posted by markdfhr

I purchased a tea kettle from Target for about twenty-five bucks. I'll take a wet washrag and lay it in the sink and then pour very hot water on it. It's easy to control the temperature by how much hot water I pour, etc.

I can reuse the same towel. It doesn't have to be hot, I can make the towel warm, luke-warm, or leave it cold. Plus I can use the hot water from the tea kettle to fill my scuttle and my shaving mug (if I make an uberlather I can have much hotter water in the scuttle without drying out my lather); I use the water in the shaving mug to re-heat the blade after each rinse. I also use the hot water in my shaving mug to wet and re-wet my shaving brush.

I'd think a towel warmer would be nice, but the tea kettle takes very little room and provides hot water for my hot/warm towel, my shaving cup, and scuttle. And it's only $25.

Shaving cups and scuttles fit perfectly into a towel warmer. Add an electric timer and all are ready and hot for you when you wake.....(with steam rising)

"The best part of waking up is a warmer in your cup"

Originally Posted by yohimnbe2

Shaving cups and scuttles fit perfectly into a towel warmer

I never even considered putting a scuttle in it but that is an awesome idea! I might have to get one as soon as I find a good place to put it.

Originally Posted by groovyd

I never even considered putting a scuttle in it but that is an awesome idea! I might have to get one as soon as I find a good place to put it.

I'll have to give this a shot when I shave in the morning. It never crossed my mind to put the scuttle in with the towels. Great idea.

Does it actually steam the towels? Guess I am wondering exactly how hot it gets and if it effectively kills bacteria or not. Currently I have a few towels and don't really clean them (sterile) very often as I probably should. Would be nice to know it takes care of killing any bacteria on the towels.

Originally Posted by groovyd

Does it actually steam the towels? Guess I am wondering exactly how hot it gets and if it effectively kills bacteria or not. Currently I have a few towels and don't really clean them (sterile) very often as I probably should. Would be nice to know it takes care of killing any bacteria on the towels.

If I'm not mistaken, most of these professional towel warmers don't kill bacteria through the heat they produce, but through ultra violet light.

Originally Posted by Theseus

If I'm not mistaken, most of these professional towel warmers don't kill bacteria through the heat they produce, but through ultra violet light.

Does that mean you cannot roll or stack the towels up inside it? Does it only hold one? Would this be useful for the brush as well instead of soaking it in the sink?