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One of those (or similar, I think cherry seeds) caught fire in my microwave once.
by phreeza 5y ago
One of those (or similar, I think cherry seeds) caught fire in my microwave once.
- ColinWright 5y agoIndeed. It needs to be heated for 30 seconds, then "stirred", heating again, etc., and the temperature needs to be limited. We had one catch fire, but we patched it and it's good to go again. I still prefer them over hot water containers. We have some that are floppy and flexible, ideal for wrapping around the back of the neck and over the shoulders.
- jgrahamc 5y agoI have one of these that has cherry stones in it. I much prefer the hot water bottle for two reasons. Firstly, I fully understand the failure mode of the hot water bottle and have rarely seen one fail; on the other hand the "cloth thing that catches fire inside the microwave" is not a failure mode I really want. But most importantly, hot water bottles are really hot and much better at keeping me warm.
- ColinWright 5y agoWe've had more than one hot water bottle fail and it's resulted in one case in a soaked bed, which was unpleasant and difficult to deal with. I much prefer the failure mode of "catches fire in the microwave". The fire is small (and mostly just a smouldering edge of fabric), easily contained, easily put out, and the failure is easily avoided. We've used both and settled on the wheat bag, but I recognise that other people will make other choices, and that's fine.
- monkeybutton 5y agoNever had one catch fired but definitely overdone it before and had it forever smell vaguely like burnt popcorn.
- drewzero1 5y agoI tried to heat two rice bags at the same time once and they melted together. I didn't think about the fact that they had used synthetic fabric! I'm so used to doubling the cooking time because our microwave is only 600 watts (compared to the usual 1000-1200 watts).