KOOLGATOR Evaporative Cooling Neck Wrap – Reusable Neck Cooler with Long Lasting Relief During Hot Weather Activities, Sports, & Outdoor Work, Water Drops, 1 Pack

J'ai utilisé une seule fois à date, aussitot qu'on le met on sent le refroidissement, mais cet effet disparait plus le temps avance. Je présume que si on le retire et qu'on le remet après quelque temps l'effet de refroidissement se fera sentir à nouveau. Le point que je n'aime pas du tout, c'est l'attache, c'est une petite attache à pression (snap) en plastique qui est difficile a attacher et qui à beaucoup de difficulté à rester attaché, a un point tel que l'on est jamais certain s'il est attaché ou non. Pour le prix il y a surement d'autres produits qui offrent de meilleure performances.

Does not cool enough

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The basic idea of a water-activated, reusable cooling method is a good one. Follow the directions and you will indeed get some cooling relief for a time. Unfortunately, the small neck wrap warms up quickly from body heat and and the cooling effect from the beads inside is quickly dissipated. Not useful beyond about 45 minutes in hot summer weather. In addition, this neck wrap gets VERY sweaty (and possibly dirt-covered) when wearing it to garden, mow, do other yardwork, sports, etc. You really need to be able to handwash such a thing; who wants a sweaty/crusty neckerchief? The only problem is that the neck wrap this takes DAYS if not WEEKS to dry out after being handwashed washed and hung up. You don't really want to store it away when wet, so the only recourse is to leave these damp, floppy tubes hanging over a towel rod or over a doorknob (or on a drying rack in front of a fan) until they are dry enough to put away. (Rather unsightly.) I think your best bet-- rather than purchasing this item-- is a cooling ice-pack style neck wrap that you can hand wash-- one that dries quickly and can be kept in the fridge or freezer between uses. This is the solution I eventually went for; it lasts longer and is far more effective and practical.

I use this to help me stay cool while out in the summer sun here in the US Southwest. It really works! I have two, and alternate between them, putting the one I'm not using in a cooler with some blue ice to chill it even more. My only complaints with it are 1. the tube could use a few more beads so it's more uniformly filled, and 2. the plastic snap doesn't hold very well. A stronger snap or button or other fastener might work better.