Heating Scuttle?

[Pyrate]

I'm wondering if anyone here has tried using a cup heater to keep lather heated. I use a copper scuttle and fill and submerge it in hot water with my brush while I shower. First lather is great but the second is barely warm and the third is cold. I like my Captains Choice scuttle but I'm thinking of either a pottery one with a reservoir or the cup heater.

 

[Coler]

I have a big bowl scuttle with a reservoir. Filling it with water as hot as comes out of my hot tap and letting it sit while I take a shower gives me warm lather throughout my shave.

I start the lather in the bowl, then work it on my face when pasty, then add water and work it up in the bowl.

 

[dmshaver]

I would consider using a ceramic scuttle instead of an electric cup warmer. I'm just one that tries to avoid having an electric appliance in my bathroom by the sink.

 

[EdHeart]

+1 on keeping electrical appliances away from wet areas.

A nice ceramic that is pre-heated should do the trick well enough: thermal mass that retains heat and has a slow release.

Possibly, he offered somewhat reluctantly, a larger ceramic bowl of hot water to sit the scuttle/ceramic bowl in between whipping and using to scoop out lather. This will invariably be a bit messier.

 

[NorthernSoul]

You can use a ceramic scuttle, just heat the water differently. Instead of taking hot water from the tap, you can heat the water in an electric kettle. My electric kettle has eight (I think) different temperature settings. Pour the water in hotter than you can comfortably use, let it heat the ceramic scuttle up and it will cool down enough to shave with. The scuttle will retain heat longer.

This way, you don't need any live electrical appliances where you are shaving.

 

[musicman1951]

How hot is your hot tap water? I use a Georgetown Pottery ceramic scuttle and the lather gets warmer each pass. Admittedly my tap water is pretty hot - around 135 degrees F. In the cold of winter I fill the well of the scuttle with hot water and fill the bowl with warm water so I can soak my boar brushes while I shower. Then I empty the whole thing and fill the well with hot water. I would have guessed that copper would hold heat better, but I suppose it could also transmit the heat into the room faster?

I would not use an electric warmer or water heated on the stove - easier to just buy a ceramic scuttle.

 

[m949]

I use my electric kettle for heating the water for my ceramic scuttle. I found that a temperature between 140 F to 150 F (60-65 C) is perfect. I wouldn’t go any hotter. Of course the water kettle is heated in the kitchen and not beside the sink.

 

[JCinPA]

I’m not a fan of HOT lather, and many lathers don’t hold up to the heat. I have a heavy ceramic Dirty Bird scuttle and fill it with hot water, then put it in the sink and fill the rest of the sink with 50/50 hot/cold taps on. It is completely submerged and water filled while I shower.

When I remove the scuttle from the sink it holds the heat very well, but it’s warm, not hot lather, and the lather holds up well. All I need is not cold lather on my face. Warm is just fine.

 

[Stikeyoda]

You can use a ceramic scuttle, just heat the water differently. Instead of taking hot water from the tap, you can heat the water in an electric kettle. My electric kettle has eight (I think) different temperature settings. Pour the water in hotter than you can comfortably use, let it heat the ceramic scuttle up and it will cool down enough to shave with. The scuttle will retain heat longer.

This way, you don't need any live electrical appliances where you are shaving.

Ditto. I do the same

 

[NorthernSoul]

You can use a ceramic scuttle...

Oops, I forgot you have a copper scuttle. Should work along similar lines, though...I think copper might lose heat faster.

 

[Pyrate]

Thanks for the input guys. I decided try a ceramic scuttle, since I'm already out of GRUME this month, and bought one of these.