When it's a super cold day or you have aching joints, nothing quite beats the soothing heat a microwave heat bag can deliver. With some basic sewing skills, you can make your own right at home.

A wheat bag heat pack has been blamed for setting fire to a bed in north London. Wheat bags are marketed as a comfortable alternative to a hot water bottle to relieve pain or ward off winter chills.

Microwaving steam-in-bag veggies, rice and other foods is a quick and convenient way to meal prep. You heat the bag for a few minutes, and the contents are ready to eat — no portioning, chopping or ...

Cold-packed lunches and soggy sandwiches could soon be a thing of the past with this high-tech satchel. The world's first 'microwave bag' offers piping hot food in minutes, no matter where you might ...

Group Manager Paul Murphy holding an example of a heat bag with colleagues from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Credit: Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service A microwaveable wheat bag could have been ...

During this cost of living crisis we're all looking for quick and energy-efficient ways to help us stay warm. While you may be thinking you have an old hot water bottle somewhere in your house, Dr ...

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