The hot water bottle - as popular as ever

IT’S just celebrated its 100th anniversary, but the rubber hot water bottle is still proving to be hugely popular with the Irish, if sales spikes last Christmas are anything to go by.

With the help of a rubber and PVC design from 1903, the hot water-filled container once known as a ‘jar’, has managed to maintain its position on the market, and the reliable heating device and several of its adaptations were big sellers across the country at Christmas.

Irish family-run business Avoca stocks novelty hot water bottles which proved a festive favourite for the store.