Ergodyne Chill-Its 6602 Evaporative Cooling Towel, Blue 13 inches x 29.5 inches

As described
As described

Odd material, but it works.
Okay let’s start with the only reason this isn’t 5 stars — it feels like you’re wearing a doll sized yoga mat around your neck. In that way, it’s not that comfortable.That said, it really does work. I’ve seen people say it’s like a towel, it’s nothing like a towel, as I said it feels like a yoga mat while towels feel like a more traditional fabric. However, it does absorb and cool just as it says it does. I have multiple sclerosis, which tends to get way worse in the heat. Staying cool in summer is very important. I just moved from an apartment with central air to a one room hotel styled ac unit. I knew that wouldn’t cool the whole place and we have threats of record heat (Southern California record heat aka HOT HOT HOT). This arrived just in time.Would also be good for migraines as I find ice packs too cold, chilled gel packs lose their cool too fast, and wet rags too drippy. This does not drip.I had it around my neck (indoors) for 3 hours before re-wetting it (the ends were still cool but enough of the main neck area was completely dried out that it required re-wetting). Not too eager to try it outdoors yet, but we’ll probably be attending an outdoor flea market next month in what I expect will be extreme heat. If that happens, I’ll post about the results here. I would highly recommend keeping water bottles for the sole purpose of reactivating this in case you’ll be outdoors in extreme heat and don’t know if you’ll have easy access to water.I definitely wouldn’t do something like an all day trip to an amusement park without this.If the fabric were just a bit softer, it’d be perfect.

Cold, but leaves something to be desired, as it is just a towel.
I have three products with me to test:Ergodyne Chill-Its,Frogg Toggs Chilly PadYour Generic Paper Towels (Control)Examination:I tested all three with different parts of my neck. Paper Towels are okay, they still feel cool, since water absorbs heat like crazy. This is the control. However, after using Ergodyne and Frogg Toggs, I noticed that they were significantly cooler, since they stayed cool, where as Your Generic Paper Towels will stop being cool after a few minutes.Anyways, Ergodyne when opened, smelt like gasoline, corn oil, or diesel. Fairly off-putting, I had to use soap and water to clean it. As of right now, (15 minutes later) the Ergodyne is less cool than my Frogg Toggs, suggesting that they evaporate water much quicker than Frogg Toggs.In any case, when I opened the Frogg Toggs, it smelt as if someone wiped their…A** with it. Quite like if you had the mixture of manure and some sort of sour or expired milk. This was the most off-putting of smells. I still smell it faintly, even though it was washed with soap and water.And Paper Towels? I don’t think I need to evaluate them, since everyone can test with a paper towel.Findings: All seem to be cool to the touch, but some are a bit cooler than others. Why? I assume that Frogg Toggs absorb and retain the most water, making them the most “cool”.#3: Paper Towels: Paper Towels are cool, but don’t match up to the other two.#2: Ergodyne: Not as effective as Frogg Toggs, but if you’re hot you probably won’t know/care about the difference.#1: Frogg Toggs: The most effective, but Ergodyne’s is a close second.In short, this Ergodyne towel is nice and it works, but for ten dollars, I feel that I could just use some regular ol’ towel for a much cheaper price. At least they don’t smell.Edit: And you could just buy a towel, because I used a new test, a damp shirt. After getting a splash of juice on it, I applied some water and soap. I then questioned the efficacy between a damp shirt and this towel. I then placed my towel near the stain. There was no real difference in temperature between this towel and this a wet shirt. In order to get this towel cold, I advise placing it in a fridge, or as a chilled/frozen plastic bottle water cover.Update: If your towel starts to get warm, please grab the towel and spin it around in a circle. That’ll make it cool again.

Great size and definitely works. I put it under the tap, wring it out then give it a few shakes. Keeps me cool for about an hour before I need a redo. I work as a tradie so am always running hot!

I cannot emphasise enough how this product has helped us! We have a child with special needs who is unable to cope with alot of sun and unable to regulate body temperature also has allergies to most man -made fabrics . After searching for sun hats which made his head hotter and itchy and trying everything we possibly could think of my daughter found this product so we thought we would give it a try. Thankfully it has worked!! He is able to carry it in his school bag and put it on his head or wherever he needs it and no dripping which is also good as he doesnt like his clothes wet. We take it everywhere, its in a handy case and it helps with for his Autistic meltdowns sometimes.Massive relief that it hasnt caused a skin reaction and we are getting him the sunhat. School staff think its a brilliant idea too. Made life so much easier!