Chill Pal Multi Style Cooling Towel

Works well in warm weather.

I bought cooling towels last year, 2019. Several of them. They kept me cooler than I would have been without them. However, they were towels draped across the neck. I even resorted to putting the towel inside my hat to make a legion type head peace to cover my neck. It was awkward but worked. This year I went looking for more cooling products and came across a few products called cooling neck gaiters. I had a choice between two cooling neck gaiters when I started looking for one. People gave Chill Pal the better ratting and better reviews. So I choose that one. My Chill Pal Neck Gaiter arrived pretty quick and was a nice gray color. This is my only complaint so I will mention it now. It smelled. So I washed it and the smell went away. This product is the bomb. I can wear it many ways which I could not do with a cooling towel. My favorite ways are the "pirate hat", the "ninja (aka Balaclava)", "face mask" and the "foreign legion". I have sever allergies from pollen and grass dust when mowing or going from car to home, work, or stores. This year I have run out of medical masks due to the COVID-19 virus. I usually wear a medical mask from March to October whenever I have to go outside. Guess what? Wearing the Chill Pal "ninja" style or just pulled up from my neck as a thin "face cover" blocks the air born allergy causing stuff. The "ninja" blocks the best but is a little harder to breath and warmer than the cooler thin layer "face mask" style. A plus, is that I can breath better with the Chill Pal than I was with the paper medical masks or dust masks. One important thing, don't wet the Chill Pal if you are going to wear it as a mask as it is very very hard to breath, almost like being water-boarded. I had to choose. Wet it and be cool or keep it dry and breath. Not a problem. The very next day I ordered a second gray one because I loved my Chill Pal. A few days later it arrived. Now I can wear one as a dry mask and wet the other and wear it on my head and neck. Best of both worlds. Seeing as the Chill Pal Neck Gaiter acts as a sun blocker I can forgo my floppy summer hat and my head can release the heat better through the Chill Pal better than the hat. My Chill Pal Neck Gaiter beats any of the cooling towels I own. Just wet it every hour to keep it wet. You can even snap it or whirl it around to get it cool again in between wetting it. After I'm done with them I hand wash both with a little mild hand soap and warm water in the sink. I wring them out and hang them up and they are dry within an hour or two. I fold them back up and put them in their very nice and thick zip lock pouch. I hang them in my closet on a wire hanger using the included carabiners all ready for me in case I have to go back outside. I hope I don't forget to pack them when I go hiking and camping. I may just hook them to the mollies on my backpack so I don't forget them. PS: After buying the Chill Pals I did buy the other brand. I wanted to be sure I bought the right one. The other brand is more like wearing pantyhose on your face and dries more quickly if you wet it. It is scratchy to my skin. The Chill Pal is more like a bathing suit material, soft and cool, and stays wetter longer.

Im a huge fan of cooling bands for migraine use. I like them to keep on my head and neck. The nice thing about cooling bands is they work as well as ice packs without being actually frozen. This cooling band is a bit different. Its not as thick as some of the other ones ive had. Its more like swim suit material then fabric which is interesting. It holds the chill pretty dang well. which well, is the point right. The thing about this band, its really long. I expected a headband. Except its about as long as my elbow to wrist. and just a bit wider then my head. So you can wad it all up and put it around your head, Or your neck, or lay it flat and drape it like a scarf. Double wrap it around your wrist or whatever. my plan is to use this one around my head and my ice pack around my neck for migraines. So thats going to work well i think.

Great product

I took a chance on this knowing it probably wouldn't work for cooling purposes in Florida due to the high humidity- and it didn't. I never got the "cooling" effect. But, it is still usable for me on long runs. Here is how I used it: around my wrist as a sweat rag, around my neck after soaking in cool water, and stuffed with ice and hung around my neck. It is a little tight when pulling over my head, I need two hands to do it without wiping all the sunscreen off my face (and I have a small head apparently- I have to buy my hats in children's sizes). 3 stars because it is usable for some purposes; took one star off because of the size. Also- I don't know how anyone could comfortably wear this as a buff, it gave me a headache when I tried it briefly. Overall- I wouldn't repurchase, but I will keep it in my race bag. I will update this review if I'm able to try it in a different climate and the cooling effect works.

I used this for the first time last weekend hiking up a hot, steep mountain trail and was so impressed I kept talking about it to my hiking partner. I am a field biologist and love hiking and backpacking, but my Achilles heel is always a (probably genetic) tendency to overheat. Put me in a group of people exercising in a hot environment, and I will always be the first one to fail - sometimes dangerously so in extreme conditions. I have tried everything over the years to keep myself cool: long loose clothing, sun hats, dousing myself with water, and wet bandanas around the neck. However, this thing is a game-changer for me. I got it in anticipation of a 40 mile backpack trip I have planned, and am (being well into middle age) slightly intimidated by, and so was looking for any advantage I could get. Although the Chill Pal doesn't appear at first glance to be much different from a standard "wet bandana" option, the material has such different properties than cotton (which just gets hot and wet) that it was light years more effective for me. I did as directed - wetting it, "snapping" (no special technique - just air it out), then wearing around my neck as soon as I started to overheat. It feels like slippery, soft, bathing suit material, and is comfortable and actively cool - even cold feeling. Basically it stopped my overheating process in its tracks - more effective than anything I've tried short of dumping a bucket of water over my head. I was in hot, dry conditions outdoors, where I'm guessing it excels most. When the sun got its most intense, the Chill Pal is long enough that I pulled it up over my head like a hood, which probably looked goofy but I didn't care - it kept my ears from sunburning and my head cool. I'm totally sold and won't hike or do field work in deserts or hot conditions now without this.

Over years, I've tried a number of products for motorcycle adventure riding in summer with full gear. This Chill Pal gator actually works. Once wet, material feels very cool to touch. Depending on the dew point, my guess it will keep you cool for about 3 hours before you have to wet it again. Fantastic product. Highly recommend.

I used this on a 4.6 mile hike about 40% in the sun. It was 88 degrees. It definitely worked for longer in the shade where it took a lot longer to dry. If your hike is in the sun, be prepared to wet it multiple times. I wet it once at the beginning of my hike and once in the middle. I liked that you can wear it a lot of different ways. I tried it around my neck, draped over my shoulders, and as a headband with the extra covering my neck. I think I liked it best around my neck or draped over my shoulders. I would consider my head normal sized for a woman and the ends are a little tight. Overall, would recommend to a friend!