[mercV12]

I found an $8.00 mini Crock Pot at Target that not only delivers HOT lather, but I can control how hot with the temperature dial. It works fantastic and for $8.00 I'd say it's essential.

[fpessanha]

Originally Posted by mercV12

I found an $8.00 mini Crock Pot at Target that not only delivers HOT lather, but I can control how hot with the temperature dial. It works fantastic and for $8.00 I'd say it's essential.

Wow! The ultimate scuttle! Does it work well? Doesn't it dry out the lather? Great find! And for 8 USD it's... free!

[mercV12]

Originally Posted by fpessanha

Wow! The ultimate scuttle! Does it work well? Doesn't it dry out the lather? Great find! And for 8 USD it's... free!

It works fantastic! I give this my highest recommendation.

[Quick]

Doh . I already bought the Mr. Coffee cup warmer for $12 (which doesn't work so well with a ceramic bowl). Off to Target...
I actually considered using my Baby Fry Daddy but decided it was just too big.

[kljr]

i have "warm lather envy"

[d. m. ellington]

What is your routine. Do use it just to heat the water - do you make lather in the bown.

Got to try this.

[Quick]

Here's how I will use it to replace my coffee mug warmer. I don't use the sink since I got all kinds of stuff going down it all the time.

1) boil some water on the stove and pour it into my insulated coffee carafe/pot. Move to bathroom.
2) pour hot water into lather mug/crock pot and put brush in to soak
3) pour hot water on top of soap in the bowl that the soap lives in - enough to soak brush and make lather.
4) use beard trimmer to trim beard to standard length
5) brush teeth
6) Into hot shower
7) exit shower, towel, empty water in bowl/crock pot that brush is soaking in and shake most of the water out of brush
8) put small amount of proraso and 4 drops of glycerin in lather bowl/crock pot
9) pour water off of soap into lather bowl/crock pot
10) load tips of brush with soap from the now softened cake.
11) swirl brush tips in lather bowl to mix proraso, glycerin, soap and water
12) mash brush into bowl to pick up mixture (amount of liquid determined by water poured off of soap cake should fully load brush)
13) build lather -- which at this point should be warmish
14) lather face, wait a minute, pour hot water on towel and apply to face for a minute or two on top of lather.
15) Wipe off face and re-lather -- by this time the crock pot should have the brush and lather pretty warm.
16) shave some
17) re-lather/more lather -- should be hot lather now and almost up to full temp where you have the crock pot set at.

repeat 16) and 17) until done. pour hot water on towel and use as necessary during this stage

[d. m. ellington]

Enroute to Target in AM. Thanks, this looks like the hot later discovery of the year.

[JimmyHAD]

That is pretty cool. I would think about getting one but I love my Moss Scuttle. Before I got it I used my "poor man's scuttle". Here it is back when I was using a DE. Cost me about six or eight bucks for the two bowls. Hot tap water in the bottom bowl and face lathered and then set the brush in the smaller bowl. Served the purpose.

[Quick]

Ok... we need manufacturer and model number please. I went to target and they had the crock pot Little Dipper as a bonus included with a larger crock pot but not separately. I couldn't find anything else like that (but i've found all targets do not carry the same stuff). Then I looked it up the little dipper on line and it seems itdoesn't have a temp control. You just plug it in (and people says it burns cheese dip). If you have a temp control on that then it must be something different?