Frio Cooling Wrist Bands

Medical Accessories

24 May

Written By Muddy Madam

Do you overheat as soon as the sun begins to shine?

Do you have hot flushes?

If you said yes to either question then these Cool Bands from Frio are just the thing for you.

Worn on the pressure points of the wrists, these bands help in reducing your body temperature whilst you are taking part in activities such as hiking or playing sports. They are also perfect for just lying in the hot sun or at home or work if you are prone to hot flushes.

How they work

To activate the bands all you have to do is immerse them in cold water for as little as 5 minutes. Crystals contained in the band absorb water and expand into a gel, which remains cool for up to 45 hours - relying on the process of evaporation for cooling.

Then just towel dry and it's ready to go! (The instructions say it's best to use a paper towel as it is possible for a bit of the dye to run, but I had no paper towels so just used a tea-towel and there was no dye leakage.)
After a quick towel dry, the Frio Cool Bands are dry to the touch (a really good feature which means it doesn't wet all your stuff), and then fasten them to your wrist, and off you go.

When the gel starts to shrink back, all you do is put it back in cold water, and 'Hey Presto' it's ready to go.

Remember ...

When you want to store them away make sure you dry them out. Put them near a radiator, or on a windowsill, until the gel has dried back into crystals (it may take a few days), because if you don't, and just put it away it in a drawer, it could take weeks to dry out, and nobody wants damp drawers!