I bought a 10 cup old fashioned coffee percolater
for $4.00 at a second hand store and I keep it in my bathroom. While I shower, the pot heats the water to a boil; I use the boiled water for my skuttle, for a cup of sinus rinse (http://www.unimedprod.com/) - great stuff, and the remaining water neatly houses three "cylinder" hand towels. WARNING: unplug the pot so the water does not stay at 212 degrees! People use a crock pot too. I hand a piping hot towel over the water fawcet to let it cool slightly if t is too hot to handle. We keep our hot water tank at only about 115 degrees, so, the water never really is hot enough for a hot towel.