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Hmm they do look good but I'd rather socks with some kind of reinforced sole, rather than actual slippers.
Not used the gas central heating yet. I have used a 700w far infrared panel for localised heating of myself whilst sat in a cool room.
Hmm they do look good but I’d rather socks with some kind of reinforced sole, rather than actual slippers.
Why molgrips?
£50.00 for slippers!
Cost of living crisis my arse - get yourself to your local factory shop! 🙂
We’ve been away somewhere warm for the last few weeks, coming back here was a noticeable drop in temperature here.
No heating on as yet, but we did pre-emptively stock up with a few tonnes of hardwood as we have a couple of stoves we use most of the time for heating. They have been lit a couple of times in the evening.
Thermostat is set to 21ºC here, and that's a compromise, as I'd prefer it at 23º, but my wife complains it's too hot. It's kicking in in the mornings and evenings. Being comfortable is important. No kids, so money to literally burn.
Out of interest; how many on here NOT putting heating on are from Yorkshire or Scotland? 🙂
I’d prefer it at 23º, but my wife complains it’s too hot.
She's right. Put a jumper on.
£50.00 for slippers!
Cost of living crisis my arse – get yourself to your local factory shop!
Yeah but I did a a £40 gift voucher so not too painful. However, I usually buy cheapo supermarket slippers which don't last long so expect these to outlast anything I've bought previously so better value for money hopefully.
No heating on here apart from switching on the oil-filled radiator for an hour max in the evening.
I bought these Men’s wool felt slippers
Want. But getting up and down stairs in mules is a matter of life or death.
Do these actually stay on your feet without having to scrunch your toes up to hold them on?
Want. But getting up and down stairs in mules is a matter of life or death.
Pah! Easy! You need something these for the full life or death buzz... 🙂
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My daughter bought me something similar last crimbo. They may actually be worn this winter.
Want. But getting up and down stairs in mules is a matter of life or death.
Do these actually stay on your feet without having to scrunch your toes up to hold them on?
I know exactly what you mean! The upper is a lot longer, as an example have just measured my size 7's and between the upper side length and centre of heel is 6 cm. Even though I could have done with half a size smaller they do stay on my feet coming down the stairs.
Like, say, slippers?
No, not like slippers.
Why molgrips?
Because slippers aren't flexible like socks, they are shoe shaped.
Because slippers aren’t flexible like socks, they are shoe shaped.
Fair enough, if you don't like slippers because they're too 'indoor shoe' then fine, each to their own feet. However, it would be remiss of me not to introduce sir to (which for full STW points are are hand-made, fair trade and Mongolian)the below...
https://madeinmongolia.net/products/grey-mustard-mens-felt-slipper
Shoe-shaped, yes. Not flexible, no. Proper lovely and warm, abso-flippin-lutely
My living room is currently 13°c at waist height. It is warmer outside the house than inside it (downstairs). Upstairs is a bit warmer as the sun shines through the windows. I need the leaves to fall and high winds to blow the trees over later in the year.
@onzadog The PM is wrong.
https://fullfact.org/economy/Truss-energy-price-guarantee/
OWith the current SVR, it means out bills have gone up by about £3000/month
Blimey, what really?
That's insane. As above, try to see if you can be interest only for a while. Where does your current mortgage end date sit in relation to your expected retirement date?
which for full STW points are are hand-made, fair trade and Mongolian
And also ****ing expensive 🙂
No they look alright actually, not a sole as such, but they are expensive. Totes are £18.
I'm well aware how it works thanks. it was amusing that the PM demonstrated that she doesn't!
Maybe my post needed a smilie or something.
Totes are £18.
Yep, a third of the price, but I bet my Mongolians will more than last three times as long. My previous pair of similar (these 'uns https://www.husandhem.co.uk/37-glerups-slippers) were bought in 2014 and are on my feet as I type. They're pretty ratty now, which is why MrsIHN bought me the mongolians to replace them, but still perfectly functional.
Think of them as the Chris King headset of slippers 🙂
It isn’t. That’s the expected average cost based on the price capped rate.
Yes, that's why he posted it.
You know there's an energy crisis when peak STW is discussion the deterioration curve of Mongolian slippers.
She’s right. Put a jumper on.
I have. I draw the line at needing a coat on indoors...
You know there’s an energy crisis when peak STW is discussion the deterioration curve of Mongolian slippers.
🤣
Yes, they're idiotically expensive (mine were b'day gift from my kids) but they are gloriously toasty
Everyone should get a pair of leather 'mule' slippers. I got a pair 4 years ago ,free and they're still going. They really bring the stairs alive,too:-)
I got through last winter with no central heating and aim to again, Herbert that's only possible through the extended use of two wood burners and a huge wood pile. I have had the stove lit the last 3 evenings, will again tonight but hoping the next week it won't be needed. I know it's not long now though until at least one stove is lit every day and often quite early. I like a lot of what is involved, cutting and splitting wood, tending a stove... But lugging the wood in from the stack is a ballache when it's done all winter!
I'm cold, working from home in kitchen, wife is in the spare room today. Waiting for October before heating gets turned on though.
Loving all the 'I'm not putting the heating on' posts followed by the 'but I light one of these all winter fueled by half a forest'!
Heat of any sort is putting the heating on! Whether you turn a dial or light a match. 🙂
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I’m well aware how it works thanks. it was amusing that the PM demonstrated that she doesn’t!
Ah OK! Put another way, half the country will pay more than £2500...
Furry crocs from Aldi are brilliant. Need washing occasionally mind.
Heating on for an hour morning and about the same early evening - just 18c. It's off by 6:30pm otherwise the bedrooms would be too warm !
You know there’s an energy crisis when peak STW is discussion the deterioration curve of Mongolian slippers.
That needs putting on tbe spine of the magazine....
It isn’t. That’s the expected average cost based on the price capped rate.
Does anyone actually think it's a cap in the other sense?
In the same way no one bothers to write a paragraph to correct you that the price capped rate isn't the actual rate either and will vary around the country as the standing charges are regional?
Ah OK! Put another way, half the country will pay more than £2500…
I've not actually seen it stated anywhere if its mean/median/mode?
Does anyone actually think it’s a cap in the other sense?
My bet is lots of people think exactly that. It's been widely reported as the 'price cap is going up to blah-thousand pounds, or the 'the government has fixed the price cap at £2500', or similar, without the explanatory caveat, so who can really blame them?
Some 'research' around some supposedly clever people at work suggest that yes, the general public do not have a bloody clue what a 'price cap' is, how it works, or what all the press are referring to.
Including, even, someone who beleived that "well, the price cap is based on an average house, and we have quite a big house so it works out quite good value for us, I feel sorry for all the people in smaller houses that will pay the same as us".
By dumbing down the information, they are just dumbing down the population. The only 'information' that is distributed should be the actual information - IE The cost will be XXX pence per kwh.
It like BP and Shell advertising 'Get 400 miles of driving for £50'.
Oh and top tip for those who WFH -
Position electrical equipment that is 'wasting' energy carefully to maxmise the benefit of that wasted energy. When sat at my desk, my feet rest nicely on top of my CCTV recorde0r living under the desk which gives off a lovely low warmth through its metal case!
Does anyone actually think it’s a cap in the other sense?
I think you overestimate the financial literacy of the general public. even the prime minister can't work it out.
When I first heard the term price cap being used, I thought to myself that seems terribly unfair as at the time my bills were well under the cap. I think it was someone on here that corrected me and pointed out it was a unit cap, not an absolute cap.
Since, I've explained to quite a few people the difference when they've complained how large their bills are compared to the cap.
I don't get the 'waiting till X month' for hearting but each to their own. If I need the house to be warm enough to work comfortably, then I do.
My heating has technically been 'on' all year but the thermosat has been set to 17 degrees overnight and 18 during the day. So far it has popped on a couple of times this week for a little over 10 minutes.
The only ‘information’ that is distributed should be the actual information – IE The cost will be XXX pence per kwh.
Yeah I got shot down the last time I suggested some thing as sensible as that on here. They walk amongst us even here.
Yeah I got shot down the last time I suggested some thing as sensible as that on here. They walk amongst us even here.
Didn't that argument revolve around price comparison sites and their opacity? In which case my point was that (AFAIK) the standing charge wouldn't change between providers as it's set regionally. So if you lived in a difficult to supply area with a high standing charge then the unit rate would be lower (based on that average cap) but there'd be no difference between providers as long as you were on the standard rate? And if they were different (because one provider seemingly had an excess of flats or mansions with swimming pools), then as long as the market is vaguely functional it'd correct itself each time they issued new products).
Unless it was a different discussion you're referring to.
So we can't apply a factual number to it so to appease the public and make it seem like we give a shit - we will make it an arbitrary number based on magic and sorcery that no one seems to under stand. - and you WILL like it.
Makes sense.- but in a world where folk use a calender to work out the temperature I don't even know which way is down anymore.
So we can’t apply a factual number to it so to appease the public and make it seem like we give a shit – we will make it an arbitrary number based on magic and sorcery that no one seems to under stand. – and you WILL like it.
I'd put good money that the number of people misunderstanding the concept of the 'cap' is a lot lower than the portion that have a clue what their unit rates or unit consumption is. I'm definitely not sat in front of the TV doing 3371 x 34 in my head, but I can just about do £2500/12 and then guestimate based on knowing my consumption is a bit below average.
e.g. this doesn't even stand the simplest of scrutiny, why would the news be full of people scared to put the heating, kettle, oven, etc on if it didn't cost anything. If this person really is that dim then I'm surprised they can read the instructions on the back of the food packet anyway.
Including, even, someone who beleived that “well, the price cap is based on an average house, and we have quite a big house so it works out quite good value for us, I feel sorry for all the people in smaller houses that will pay the same as us”.
Well, Mrs K’s new heated clothes rail has been on for 7hrs at 330w per hour and the clothes aren’t dry yet. Another 3.5hrs and it’ll reach the cost of 1 x Tumble dry.
Hmmm.
Well, Mrs K’s new heated clothes rail has been on for 7hrs at 330w per hour and the clothes aren’t dry yet
Has it got a cover on it? If not, chuck a duvet cover or similar over it, makes a big difference