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I recently bought a tall Kotatsu table from eBay. A kotatsu table has a thick blanket draped over the table frame, while the tabletop sits on top of that. There
by bloopernova 4y ago
I recently bought a tall Kotatsu table from eBay. A kotatsu table has a thick blanket draped over the table frame, while the tabletop sits on top of that. There's a heater on the underside of the frame that heats the enclosed space created by the heavy blanket. You sit with your legs under the blanket and stay nice and warm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu?wprov=sfla1
We use it in place of a coffee table and also use it as a dining table. My wife has trouble keeping warm, and she adores this table!
Only downside is that most kotatsu futon are designed for the traditional low table, so finding new covers/blankets is going to be difficult.
But I'm completely sold on the kotatsu concept. Highly recommended for toasty spouses!
Oh, and another cold spouse tip: Bedjet. It's like having your bed sheet made like a hot air balloon! A heater and fan pushes warm (or cold) air into the bag-like sheet. It works much, much faster than a heated blanket and doesn't have wires throughout the sheet that break. Again wins the cold spouse seal of approval.
- elric 4y agoKotatsu are great. And you can apply the same concept to a desk. I have a tiny infrared panel mounted on the underside of my desk. IIRC it's rated 150W. I can comfortably work when the room is 15°C while the panel is on roughly 60%. That's 0.5kWh for a working day. A lot better than having to heat the whole room.
- Tepix 4y agoI'm wondering if PC cases could be optimized to radiate their heat away in one particular direction.
- bloopernova 4y agoYeah, the eBay listing described the table as a desk. Our original intent was to use the table for crafts, laptops, etc etc. It's very quickly morphed into the central location of our little townhouse :) I want to get some sort of reflective or insulating rug to alleviate some of the effects of the cold concrete floor. But until then, slippers do just fine!
- walterbell 4y agoRug + insulating foam board with foil on one side? https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/insulation/foam-board-insulation/johns-manville-foil-faced-polyiso-foam-board-insulation-4-x-8/w-n5075/p-1444438921381.htm https://www.menards.com/main/building-materials/insulation/f...
- bloopernova 4y agoInteresting! I will look into that, thank you!
- trillic 4y agoI have a 3080 and 5800x under my desk. I turned off ECO mode and keep it slightly overclocked all winter. The more efficient my code, the colder I get.
- rahimnathwani 4y agoThis sounds like exactly what I need. Would you mind sharing a link?
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoI do thay for my desk: got a small radiator next to my chair, a blanket above us. Warm all day.
- Wistar 4y agoI just bought a BedJet but have yet to hook it up. After receiving the unit, I realized that, due to the way the bed frame is constructed, I need the special flat hose which is on order.
- micheljansen 4y agoThese are really clever. Work especially well when wearing a yukata!