Gadgets
Microwavable Boots Keep Your Feet Warm, and Your Microwave Stinky
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 7:50 AM on November 4, 2008
Winter is almost upon us, and chilly feet can be a chronic issue. Thankfully humanity no longer has to suffer this unpleasantness with the introduction of CozyFeet microwavable boots. The modern-day equivalent of warming ones feet by the fire, these boots "contain a special blend of natural wheat grain and dried French lavender that, once heated, stay warm for up to two hours" after just two minutes of microwaving. Wow, it makes all those electric heated-boots seem clunky and old fashioned because, hey, what's more modern than a microwave? They make no mention, however, of how this affects the taste of your food; I'd like my frozen pizza with a waft of foot-odour thanks! CozyFeet cost about $US24. [Gadget Shop via Shiny Shiny]

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Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:40 AM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Touche`
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:37 AM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: I have vicodin and beer. :}~
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:34 AM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: No, I never insulted the Uggs. The aromatherapy packs smell nice. Some are nasty and smell like wet dog (hebetudinous or otherwise) when heated so you gotta be careful. When you have a headache just heat one and lay it across your forehead and take a 10 minute nap. You'll feel much better afterwards..
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:20 AM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: No, I was insulting the west coasters, I've actually seen the surfers wearing them. *shrug*
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:18 AM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Well I wasn't insulting you Left coasters. I'm just saying I don't get the whole furry boots thing. I mean it's gotta be like foot soup after about 15 minutes in 85+ degrees..
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
bilyeu
Posted 10:16 AM 4/11/08
This also serves the perhaps unintended purpose of killing the toe scabies garnered from years of foot fetishism.
I'm talking to you*, Fleshbot patrons.
*us
bilyeu
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:14 AM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: And you insulted Uggs...
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:13 AM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: But I'm also originally from the east coast, and raised for the most part out side of the country. I'm an equal opportunity insulter.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:11 AM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: Yeah, I think they look stupid, which is why I'd wear them. Truthfully, my shoe collection is about twenty dollars worth of flip flops.
Yes, I have ten pairs of shoes.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:11 AM 4/11/08
My gf has an aromatherapy pack like this that can be heated or chilled. It's nice for relaxing and relieving aching muscles.
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:10 AM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: "I'd buy them."
Being from the East coast it cracks me up when I visit the West coast and see women wearing these things. It makes me wonder what you'd do if it ever got really cold..?
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:08 AM 4/11/08
I call them foot sweaters...
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 10:07 AM 4/11/08
heh heh, I've yet to see a day under about 75 degrees and most are over 85. I need the freezable flip flops.
My fireplace is useless.
Anyhow, I doubt you can wear these things outside so I guess I don't have to mention that these are one step douchier than Uggs.
I'd buy them.
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
Posted 9:59 AM 4/11/08
Good hygiene and regular washing of house trotters should spare you the suffering of your microwaveable vittles from the futuristic present tasting like foot n' ass.
Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
Posted 11:03 AM 4/11/08
@RacecarBoobTat: How many other people caught dysentery afterwards?
shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog
RacecarBoobTat
Posted 10:58 AM 4/11/08
Hmmm ... I'll admit, after getting caught in the rain on my motorcycle, I've microwaved my socks at the office to avoid hypothermia.
RacecarBoobTat
Con Seannery
Posted 12:08 PM 4/11/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: I bet some people out there would love the foot n' ass flavored Hot Pockets...
Con Seannery
s0crates82
Posted 11:54 AM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: All of them. It was in the NY Times.
s0crates82
Con Seannery
Posted 12:13 PM 4/11/08
@RacecarBoobTat: Why didn't you just take off your socks and lay them on your desk under a lamp for a few minutes?
Con Seannery
Con Seannery
Posted 12:12 PM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: You know, accenting an e makes you look like a douche, so using e` in place of é is like these shoes compated to Uggs, it makes you a SUPER DOUCHE! Or as I like to call it, a douché.
Con Seannery
Con Seannery
Posted 12:10 PM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: I will never understand people on that half of the country, and I don't think I want to. I maintain that you have to have a winter of some sort to keep sanity. They don't get a proper winter. Hell, here in the South, we don't get too much of a winter, explaining the crazies here, but we have more of one than California, so...
Con Seannery
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Posted 1:17 PM 4/11/08
@Con Seannery: Dude, you got issues BIGTIME!!
Do you just Troll to bitch about stuff or what?
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Posted 1:16 PM 4/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: You do get aclimated to the weather however. I am from WA state where there is always plenty of cold weather, and just went to Big Bear last week and it was 18 degrees at night, so you can def. get cold once you become acclimated to the warm weather, the cold definitely feels cold for sure.
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Posted 1:13 PM 4/11/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine:
Ummm, yeah....probably not.
Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass
Con Seannery
Posted 1:34 PM 4/11/08
@Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass: Dude, that was all a lead-up to "douché".
Con Seannery
Eric 'Vote 4 Me' Alder
Posted 2:07 PM 4/11/08
@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: 'Douchier'?
Eric 'Vote 4 Me' Alder
Barry99705
Posted 2:34 PM 4/11/08
I found out not to put your nomex flight gloves in the microwave to dry them. The leather shrinks.... As for the folks worrying about the germs, I'm pretty sure they get nuked just as well as the frozen "burrito" you had for lunch. Still doesn't stop the yuck factor though.
Barry99705
Faslane66
Posted 3:10 PM 4/11/08
@Con Seannery: Gotcha, guess I didn't get it, LOL My Bad!!!!
;-)
Faslane66
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 3:59 PM 4/11/08
@Con Seannery: Sorry, couldn't find my 'é' so I had to settle for a 'e`' which is ok cuz I knew some douche would have pointed out my mistake... ;)
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 3:56 PM 4/11/08
@Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass: I know. I lived not too far from Seattle for a year. I enjoyed the jokes you Washington State folk tell about them crazy Californians..
Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another dude
capitalass
Posted 5:07 PM 4/11/08
@Con Seannery: I'm hot just thinking about it. Who wears boots on there ass?
capitalass
Gann
Posted 2:50 AM 5/11/08
My gf has these. She loves them.
Gann
sartoman
Posted 3:58 AM 5/11/08
We had a guy at work who put an ass cushion in the office microwave.
Pretty soon, a sign was posted saying "Microwaves for food only".
Never thought I'd need to see a sign like that.
sartoman
Con Seannery
Posted 8:33 AM 5/11/08
@Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: Alt + 130
Con Seannery
muchenik
Posted 11:07 AM 5/11/08
So is there anyway to get a US distributor for this things? The wife would love them but seems to be a UK thing.
muchenik
clickable
Posted 12:00 PM 5/11/08
@muchenik: They sell 'em at BedBathandBeyond [www.bedbathandbeyond.com] I believe you can find them in the Beyond section.
/jk
Actually, they're in the spa accessories area. Also, you may find one of the 20% off coupons floating around to sweeten the deal. BBandB accepts expired coupons and also Linen 'n Things coupons, or at least they did - not sure if that's changed now that LNT is in bankruptcy.
Re furry boots, if you get genyooowine sheepskin, you can slip into them in bare feet and they will keep your tootsies warm without sweating.That's why they became popular in the first place. In fact, you're supposed to wear them without socks for the full effect.
Also, you can make a rough-and-ready homemade heating pad using similar materials to the microwaveable boots. Fill an old, clean gym sock with raw flax seed, barley, or rice. Fasten the open end. Beginners can use a rubber band, experts can sew the end closed. Just make sure the grains don't leak out. Heat this for about a minute, maybe less in a high-power microwave, and you will have a pretty efficient heating pad that will easily bend to fit sore spots like shoulders or neck. As the contraption ages and the grains inside get older and more dried out, keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't start burning. You can prevent that by placing a glass of water in the oven at the same time you're heating up the grain-filled sock.
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