The clever way you can ensure your paddling pool is kept warm even on cold days and there's zero kettle-runs involved
"MUM, it's freezing!" is a phrase you'll likely hear more than a few times over the summer.
And it usually comes when you've spent ages setting up the paddling pool and filling it with water.
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But to avoid any whining, one man has shared his clever way to keep the pool feeling warm whatever the weather - without having to run backwards and forwards with the kettle.
He took to TikTok to share the nifty hack, as he explained that you first need to make a hole the size of the end of the hose in an old plastic bottle.
Pop the hose through the hole, and turn the hot tap on.
Then, make your way to the end of the hose, and "suck and siphon the water until it comes out of the hose".
"You will get spurts of air until the water is cleared," he added.
He then showed what the setup should look like at the end - "free flowing water going through the hose with no water coming out of the bottle".
"This is so clever, I love it! Thank you," one person wrote in the comments section of the video.
"You're a lifesaver for this!!" another gushed.
As a third raved: "This is awesome, love it!"
"Game changer," someone else said.
Mum shares the £64.99 paddling pool that won't leave you puffed out blowing it up & it's perfect for the warm weather
But there was one aspect of the hack that caused issues for many people.
"Ewww my hose has been outside all winter!" one wrote.
"No way I'm sucking that till clean water comes out."
"Was a great idea till this," another added.
"Now I just see gob fulls of spiders and dirt!"
"I was all in for the idea until you had to put the hose in your mouth," a third commented.
"I turned my hose on once and earwigs came out of it," someone else revealed.
"Wouldn't recommend sucking the hose!"
"I can't lie, I wouldn't never of known to suck it and would still be waiting to see the water come out the other end!" another wrote.
While someone else added: "Or better still just put the plug in the sink and run the tap!"
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