Cooling Vest with 8 Reusable Polymer Crystal Ice Packs - Long-Lasting Cooling Vest for Men & Women, Adjustable Fit for Outdoor Work, Motorcycle, Sports & Heat Relief

I own and run a small lawn service in Florida. I got very sick last summer due to extreme heat and humidity. I found this vest with icepacks included. It changed the game. I wore this the rest of the summer. It keeps you cool and the icepacks seem to last about two hours or maybe a little longer. It a very handy thing to have if you need to stay cool when your outside in the summer

Some people buy cooling vests with some misconceptions on their mind. Let me clear those up first. Cooling vests are not particularly comfortable to wear, they will not make you feel like you're not hot, and they are by no means fashionable. Cooling vests are not particularly useful to the average person. I'd recommend getting one only if you need to be in 100+ degree heat regularly, or if you have heat sensitivity issues like I do. Cooling vests are less about comfort in the heat and more about not getting heatstroke in extreme conditions. This is true of ALL cooling vests. With that out of the way... This thing is a life saver! As I mentioned just above, I have a lot of trouble tolerating heat. I barely sweat, it can be nearing 90 degrees and I'll be bone dry. But with this cooling vest, I can survive working even in extreme heat! Just last week it was no joke nearing 115 F where I live, and I had to walk a mile and a half in the sun. Without this vest there's no way I'd have made it. It was a miserable day, absolutely, but I'd have ended up in the hospital if I hadn't had this vest to keep my core body temperature down. Though there's no such thing as a comfortable cooling vest, this is one of the more comfortable ones out there. It's made of light, breathable material. The extreme V shape of the front allows women to wear it without issue, where other cooling vests just won't fit properly over the chest. How long this lasts and how well it works depends on the temperature and exactly how well your body can cool itself. In 100+ F heat the ice packs might barely last an hour, where in temperatures nearer to the mid-80s they can last 3 or 4 hours. I've found that combining this vest with a spray bottle of cool water to spray on myself, I can survive up to about 95 F as long as the ice packs stay frozen. Above that temperature, I can last a while but will need to take some breaks to avoid overheating. How long you can last and at what temperatures will depend on your own body. I appreciate that this comes with a little carrying bag. If you have any extra ice packs around (I highly recommend buying a few cheap extras), the little bag can help to keep your extras frozen until they're needed. Make sure to swap for new ice packs as soon as the ones you're wearing melt. Melted ice packs tend to insulate more than to cool, so swap quickly!

Pros: Working in the heat with the ice packs is awesome. I put it over a t-shirt, and usually I wear another t-shirt over it to secure it and hold the cold packs tight to my body. 2 sets of cold packs is mandatory if you're working more than a couple of hours; I appreciate that it comes with 8. The light mesh is great. It breathes and doesn't add more weight. Cons: Materials are all a little cheap, but the price of the item is low, so I feel like this it's a wash One of the straps came unraveled after about a month of occasional use. I'm just going to sew it back and not worry about it, but the elastic is the cheap kind that will eventually just lose all of its elasticity. If you work outdoors in the heat, or especially attic spaces (HVAC, etc.) you should try this out, but if it is really useful, you may end up spending more to get a better quality vest

This lightweight, inexpensive cooling vest works well for me. When put on partway through my yardwork, the vest let me work a couple hours longer than I could without it. The gel packs stayed cool for a long time even after they melted. I don't think the lightweight mesh material would last long if used daily, but it's fine for weekend projects and chores. The front pockets (see photo) are not stitched across the top, so there's a stress concentration at the top corners of those two pockets; I expect that's where it will eventually wear out. The gel packs are the same size as the pockets, so it took a little work to get them started into the pockets when they were frozen. The info card says don't make the vest too tight, but it does have to be a little high and snug to keep contact with your chest. Pay attention to your "body signals" the first couple of times you use a cooling vest, since you may get dehydrated without noticing, and don't drink plain water! There may be better cooling vests, but I give this one 5 stars for what it is.

I bought an Ice Vest for field work in the Mojave and Colorado Desert during the peak on summer heat I am a field botanist and my crew and I were working on a project that required us to be in the field, despite us starting earlier in the summer, come around to 10:00 it would be hot. This vest kept me cooler which helped tremendously. Along with salty snacks, electrolytes, and lots of water, with the occasional use of a sunbrella the ice vest was indeed a helpful tool that kept me safe and cool. The gel packs are bulky, maybe i overfilled it with water, the vest when worn with the gel packs is bulky, a bit goofy looking, but then again, I am not trying to impress anything or anyone. I even used it for yard work in the summer. I like the insulated storage tote, I would freeze the gel packs and store the vest in with it. It was like a little suitcase that can fit in the freezer. In the morning I would pull the tote out and leave everything inside the tote until we got to our destination, put it on and stay cool. I even used the vest at home when working on projects that required me to be outdoors. Have to work smart and safe! This helps.

Causes extreme pain in chest as packs can't be evenly distributed, only around your heart and stomach. Pack guidelines are not clear at all. The best feature is the bag that does help keep things full, but otherwise I would avoid this. I was unable to fursuit for any longer than normal in the suit

Pour un usage moto,sous le blouson avec la dorsale,c'est un peut encombrant.Surtout au niveau dorsale supérieure.Sinon niveau rafraîchissant.C'est un petit plus mais ne pas en attendre une grande sensation de fraîcheur.

Straps actually ripped off the vest with no pressure. Not fit for the purpose. Straps basically just disintegrated. Very cheaply made.

Quality isn’t that good for the price, I’m mean it’s ok but you can tell the quality isn’t very good and it’s small thought it would make bigger.. wouldn’t purchase again