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Battery-powered wrist warmers

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katie ta achoo

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So, as some of y'all may know, I'm tendinitis'd up. In the winter months, it's especially bad.. I can't deal with the cold.

SO, I want to make a pair of wrist warmers... but not normal ones... I want them to be battery-powered, so I can be super-warm.

I've googled it, and I can't find ANYTHING relating to it. I know it's been done to a jacket before!

I would use my heating pad, but I don't always have access to an outlet.

Any of you electronics gurus know how to jimmy up a pair of these? I can follow instructions, so if anyone can come up with some simple ones, I could follow it. (and if I can't, I'll bug my dad. :))

I'd be much obliged.
 
Yeah.. there's battery-powered socks. I don't see any reason that a pair of scissors and a darning kit can't be employed to create a new sensation for the kids today..
 
:eek: :eek: PRICE!
much the high!
I'm not made of money!
EEGADS, I'll just microwave my wrist warmers!
Question answered!

stridey said:
I've got one. I call it an iBook. Just rest your wrists right in front of the keyboard... mmmm... all toasty and warm! ;)
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Mmmm, iBook'd! In addition to my PB? I think so! :D
 
Your local drugstore probably carries air-activated heating pads, which cost more than nothing but less than an iBook. They'll probably run you ~$1.50 each (so $3/treatment) and last ~8 hours.
 
You could always take a sock, fill it with rice, sew/darn it into a shape that fits around your wrists, and then microwave the sock. The rice will hold the heat for a good amount of time.

Just be warned.. start with a very SHORT time and work your way up. My wife had pain/back troubles about a month ago and tried this and nuked a sock with rice for I have no idea how long and set it on fire. The stupid nukrowave STILL has the stench of "teh burning".

But this does work, and it's pretty inexpensive.
 
Oo! We do have a BUNCH of rice in the kitchen! Score!
Now, to find some awesome fabric for it.
(no socks for me. I'm not a gym rat. Haha)

yellow said:
Just be warned.. start with a very SHORT time and work your way up. My wife had pain/back troubles about a month ago and tried this and nuked a sock with rice for I have no idea how long and set it on fire. The stupid nukrowave STILL has the stench of "teh burning".
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Oof, thanks for warning about that. I can totally see myself setting the microwave at school on fire.
(Yesssss... I'll be famous at school one way or another!)
 
Might I suggest something flesh colored? I have it on good authority that the next big trend in fashionable youth will me popeye-like forearms. Get ahead of the trend!!
 
how bizarre... I've got gloves on as I type to help ease the pain, and you know what the strange thing is... I'm finding that it's easier to type wearing woolly gloves than without. :eek: :confused:

It's like writing on a banana with a biro, you wouldn't think it... but it works like a charm, sooooooooo much better than on paper. :)
 
katie ta achoo said:
So, as some of y'all may know, I'm tendinitis'd up. In the winter months, it's especially bad.. I can't deal with the cold.
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ummm, I didn't know Houston got cold :confused:
 
yellow said:
Might I suggest something flesh colored? I have it on good authority that the next big trend in fashionable youth will me popeye-like forearms. Get ahead of the trend!!
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Spooky! My mom has told me that my first words were me singing "Popeye the sailor Man"
I know that has nothing to do with anything... maybe it IS coming back! trends come in 17 year cycles, right? Haha
iGav said:
how bizarre... I've got gloves on as I type to help ease the pain, and you know what the strange thing is... I'm finding that it's easier to type wearing woolly gloves than without.
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Oo! At school, I've had to start typing in my gloves. It's soo niiiceee... mmm Gloverly.
iGav said:
It's like writing on a banana with a biro, you wouldn't think it... but it works like a charm, sooooooooo much better than on paper.
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What??
Is that a british thing?

/anything I don't understand I assume is british :)


Koodauw said:
ummm, I didn't know Houston got cold
:confused:
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I'm a sissy.
Yesterday, I was out in the ~60° weather, and all my joints just froze up. It was pretty bad.
 
dubbz said:
"cold" is relative ;)

Edit: yellow beat me to it :D
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Yes, yes, I'm a sissy! Everyone north of Houston commence laughing and pointing at me.

Ha Ha HA! Kt gets cold when it's below 80! Neener Neener!
She puts on a sweater when it's 74! Haaa!

...It's all true. :eek:
 
katie ta achoo said:
Oo! At school, I've had to start typing in my gloves. It's soo niiiceee... mmm Gloverly.
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Gloverly hahahahahahaha. :D

I've got a support bandage around my right wrist as well, as I suffer terribly with that when it gets chilly as I broke my arm badly when I was younger and as soon as it gets cold and damp I can't grip :( tendinitis and arthritis in my right hand and joints too. :(

katie ta achoo said:
What??
Is that a british thing?

/anything I don't understand I assume is british :)
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Nope try it... ;) buy a banana and write on it with a biro, works like a dream :)
 
katie ta achoo said:
Yes, yes, I'm a sissy! Everyone north of Houston commence laughing and pointing at me.

Ha Ha HA! Kt gets cold when it's below 80! Neener Neener!
She puts on a sweater when it's 74! Haaa!

...It's all true. :eek:
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Whew, don't come to Cleveland if the 50s are too cold. :eek:

You Texans.....<shakes head>
 
Lord Blackadder said:
Whew, don't come to Cleveland if the 50s are too cold. :eek:

You Texans.....<shakes head>
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Works the same way for people in florida. family and i went down there last year over christmas and it was in the mid 60's to mid 70's most of the time. We went for a walk on the beach at about 6 and there was a couple standing there with huge winter coats on...we were in shorts and a shirt with a wind breaker type coat on. My dad stopped to talk to them and the first thing they said was, "your from up north arn't you." We just kinda laughed and walked on.

On another note... Florida and an uncles condo with a good view of the beach is VERY nice and relaxing.
 
katie ta achoo said:
Ha Ha HA! Kt gets cold when it's below 80! Neener Neener!
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That's considered hot here... in the summer. :p

Mitthrawnuruodo said:
Cannot find much battery powered, but this site had some products that might be interesting...?
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Err... that redirects me to Microsoft.com :confused:

Edit: Not anymore; fixed quoted link ;)
 
dubbz said:
That's considered hot here... in the summer. :p



Err... that redirects me to Microsoft.com :confused:
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Hmm... I see, I was just in there... give me a couple of minutes to check it out... :confused:

Edit: Aaa... I didn't manage to delete the default http:// when adding the URL... I'll go fix it in shame... :eek: :eek: :eek:

Fixed... ;)
 
StokeLee said:
the only problem, is they seem expensive, im sure there's cheaper versions out there, I used to have a pair of battery powered gloves that kept you warm. Either that, or another strange dream.
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yeah. Kt doesn't do expensive.
Or moderately priced.
I'll do cheap (rice in a sock) or free (A PowerBook ;) )
 
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