My Heating Pad Microwavable s for Lower Back, Neck, and Shoulder Pain Relief - Moist Microwave for Muscles and Joints - Microwave Hot Pack Heat for Cramps - 1 Heat Pack Purple

I love this heated pad, easy to use and although I did find it had an interesting smell once heated you get used to it. My only issue with it is that for me it doesn't stay hot/warm for long enough.

I’m very satisfied with this lavender scented microwaveable heating pad. It’s well sewn with no flaws. After 2 minutes in my 1000 watt microwave, it had the perfect warmth to help ease the tight muscles on my neck and shoulders. The heat lasted quite a while. The natural lavender scent is very pleasant, soothing and calming. This pad replaces another brand pad that was too thin and flimsy and had only one chamber to hold the rice, which would never distribute itself evenly. I really like that this pad is wider and feels more substantial. It has three separate chambers sewn down the whole length to evenly distribute the rice and hold it firmly in place. The pad has a comfortable weight to it and feels like a healthy warm hug! I will probably buy more of these as gifts for friends and family.

This thing has become my security blanket- I have nerve damage from Spina Bifida and in the morning the nerve issues in my neck makes my hands and wrists painfully numb and cold. I simply put this in the microwave for about three minutes, drape it over my shoulders, and the pain is eased. I reheat it several times each morning and it really helps out a tremendous amount. I live in Southwest Florida so I wasn't necessarily looking for something enormous and major-heating- I just wanted something warm to drape over my neck and shoulders to try and ease the pain a bit. I think it's not only the heat but also the weight- this thing is FILLED (this is not like a loose sack with a full grains of rice in it, this think is packed to the top) so it's quite heavy. Some people find the weight comforting (I love it) but I know it kind of freaks other people out. My only issues with this thing are that is gets weirdly damp after it's been in the microwave- very humid- and I'm worried at some point the rice will start to cook inside the wrap if enough of that weird humidity builds up (we have the AC on all the time so it's super dry in our house... it just happens after warming up the wrap). Also, it smells a bit like cooked rice as you use it. That;s not a big deal. What IS a big deal is that one of my cats is determined to make friends with this thing and if he ever does, that's the end of the heat wrap. You can't wash it (the rice isn't sealed in a pocket inside the wrap so it would get cooked in the washing machine) and I'm not interested in placing some fabric my cat has gnawed in the microwave every morning and then draping that nasty smelling thing around my neck for a few hours! So it would be nice if there was a washable cover for it. Overall I love it- it's brought me so much comfort and pain relief.

This was a good purchase.

I bought one almost 4 years ago (when new the lavanda smell can be a little intense) but then it became less smelly. These pas months, My kids started to take it away from me, they love to heat it and put it inside their beds to warm the sheets specially on the feet zone, so I bought a second one for me again and I even bought the long one for the neck, I’ve never usedvv them cold, just for heat therapy. (Menstrual cramps, lower back pain, muscle pain) my 18yo son loves it during football season after practice on his shoulders/ back