Expert warns hot water bottle users to check expiry dates before using them

This Morning consumer expert Alice Beer investigates the dangers of hot water bottles.

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Video transcript

So the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents say that there is an expiry date of hot water bottles, which is two years from the date of manufacturer.

And you can tell the date of manufacturer by studying your hot water bottle.

We have a daisy wheel system.

Now, this one here, you can see that here not a hot water bottle burn.

By the way, you can see the year in the middle and you can count the segments that have dots in.

And as you go around, you can see that this is the seventh month.

So this was made in the seventh month of the year, which is July in 1919.

What century am I in in 22?

OK, actually, the last dots tell you it was the third week of that month.

So that's only got nine months left in it for it to be beyond its if you listen to Ros.

But But we went around the High Street.

All the major retailers was plenty of stock.

2023 2024 2022.

But we did also find, for example, this Marks and Spencer's tody bear really lovely, cuddly so perfect for a gift he is.

His Daisy Wales system shows 2021.

According to Rosa, this would be past its safe expiry date.

But the manufacturers and retailers stress that they use the expiry date as from the date you first use it and not from the date it is first made.

And Marks and Spencer's boots and Superdrug have all said that all their hot water bottles are tasted to a British standard, which is really important that you look for that British standard mark that is on all hot water bottles.

You'll see it the BS 1970 2012 and it's really important that you look for that.