@sawaustin@wbiddle That test was half assed. It’s evaporative cooling and different fabrics have different rates of evaporation. Not saying you need an expensive evaporative cooling towel but cotton gets wet and sticky and stays that way.
got one of these in an irk a while back and have been using it all summer. the “snap” thing is a gimmick, but the towel itself works surprisingly well. i’ve taken it on some hikes as well as using it on general “it’s hot as fuck!” days.
I’m in with frivolous-pumped-toothpaste. I use swim chamois for my indoor workouts to good effect. These seem to be a variation on that theme worth trying at this price.
I’d stay away from cotton or microfiber; they’re not really good at releasing moisture (via evaporation), which is how the cooling happens. I’m pretty sure the ‘snap’ is just a gimmick.
I like to use a swimmer’s/diver’s chamois as a towel or neck wrap when it’s really hot. Not really cloth at all but thin, high-grade sponge, like 13x17 or 17x27.
/image Cramer Stay Cool towel
The 4th and 5th photos don’t even appear to show the same product. Based on previous purchases (NOT Arctic Cool), the mesh-reinforced towels are microfiber not sponge. YMMV
Something isn’t right here, description says “PVA foam” and the photos and amazon pages clearly indicate these are a knit.
I’m hoping its the PVA sheets because a pva sheet is the best towel you will ever use! I use PVA towels as bath towels year round in my outdoor shower, rinse them and hang them to dry I’ve saved hundreds of washing, probably thousands, of towels over the years. I use them at the beach, on my boat, I even use them when I travel because they dry your skin instantly.
Bonus, I have a huge goldendoodle and I keep a PVA towel at his wash tub and it dries the doodle better than any towel in half the time…squeeze it out and hang it up and you don’t have to watch two or three bath towels after bathing the doggo.
These towels work great! Icy cold and you just re wet when they dry out. I bought extras at Costco but might buy this to throw in with Christmas gifts.
Anything having to do with “snapping” a towel brings back hideous flashback memories of 9th grade/ locker room/ showers/ large doughy bully with a wet white towel/ a whip-crack sound/ extreme pain in the posterior region. NO THANKS… 52 years later I’m still anxiously looking over my shoulder.
If you live where swamp coolers work, these will work. If you have no idea what a swamp cooler is, you almost certainly do not live where these will work. If you want to know if these will work, take a dish towel (or other similar-sized piece of cloth), soak it with water. go outside, and loosely put the dish towel around whatever you want to cool. Wait a couple of minutes. If it’s cooling, then these will work - and so does that dish towel (or whatever).
Where I live (Houston), these are useful only indoors where the air conditioning is running and working properly, in which case they aren’t needed.
These work great in central Virginia at least. I went to the Washington Football Team training camp and it was 90s, humid and sunny. I won one of these spinning a wheel at the department of health.
It was super nice. I had to put water on it every half hour or so. I’m taking it to the amusement park this afternoon.
@Num1Zero Yes these work. Maybe not for two hours but at least for an hour. Easy to just re-wet it and carry on. I used to work outdoors and these were a godsend in the hot, humid summer.
@Num1Zero, well, it surely won’t work by sitting in the closet, but you can answer your own A2A faster than the fast cat under the hat , or anyone here!!
@fuzzmanmatt@Num1Zero@sammydog01 No, hadn’t even heard of them before seeing this. Heat doesn’t bother me usually - I’ve always lived in the north so not too bad - but I remember how warm it was biking the other day. I figure one of these would be good for that, and I can give the other two to friends.
@JT954 Not really. The humidity makes these pretty much useless. I live in Indiana and bought one of these (same brand and everything) for my husband a couple years back since he works outdoors and it’s stupidly humid here in the summer. He said it just made him feel worse because the moisture has nowhere to go when it’s humid outside.
“snap it into action”??? WTF? they’re implying that there’s some sort of reaction that occurs when you “snap” it. I call BS. I’m pretty sure a wet rag will do the same thing as these towels.
That’s too bad. I thought it might work like the ice or heat packs they use in hospitals, where you give one a good whack and it activates. Of course even if that technology could be put in a towel, it probably wouldn’t be cheap and certainly not reusable.
@ohhwell International Phonetic Alphabet? Independent Physician Association? Innovations for Poverty Action? Institutional Property Advisors? Intergovernmental Personnel Act? Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance? International Permafrost Association? Institute for Portfolio Alternatives?
And no acetone in my place - all my furniture is finished in satin lacquer. I splashed a small drop off a Q-tip I was using to clean something (on to my dining table) and it was forever banished due to the tiny crater it made instantly.
OH MY GOD GLEN THREW IN THE TOWEL!!!
Consumer Reports did a comparison test in 2013 and proved that “cooling” towels work no better than any other fabric.
link to test
It works by evaporation. You can wet down any kitchen towel or handkerchief and get the safe effect.
There are wraps that you can fill with ice, and that’s what I use here on the Gulf Coast.
@wbiddle Thanks so much for that info! Great link!
Helped a lot, since I had thought of buying some. Thanks!!
@sawaustin @wbiddle That test was half assed. It’s evaporative cooling and different fabrics have different rates of evaporation. Not saying you need an expensive evaporative cooling towel but cotton gets wet and sticky and stays that way.
@sammydog01 @wbiddle thanks!
“Not sure why we’re saying em so much”
/image Auntie em
For your inner hoopy frood.
@Hiz Dont’ panic… or rather, don’t sweat it.
got one of these in an irk a while back and have been using it all summer. the “snap” thing is a gimmick, but the towel itself works surprisingly well. i’ve taken it on some hikes as well as using it on general “it’s hot as fuck!” days.
@carl669 Where the fuck do you live?
(General geographical location, please)
@G1 i’m in MN. humid as hell at times. but, i’ve also taken them for hiking in WI as well… also humid as fuck.
@carl669 @G1 Thanks - the location helps me feel better about buying these as I’m in MI.
I’m in with frivolous-pumped-toothpaste. I use swim chamois for my indoor workouts to good effect. These seem to be a variation on that theme worth trying at this price.
I’d stay away from cotton or microfiber; they’re not really good at releasing moisture (via evaporation), which is how the cooling happens. I’m pretty sure the ‘snap’ is just a gimmick.
I like to use a swimmer’s/diver’s chamois as a towel or neck wrap when it’s really hot. Not really cloth at all but thin, high-grade sponge, like 13x17 or 17x27.
/image Cramer Stay Cool towel
The 4th and 5th photos don’t even appear to show the same product. Based on previous purchases (NOT Arctic Cool), the mesh-reinforced towels are microfiber not sponge. YMMV
Something isn’t right here, description says “PVA foam” and the photos and amazon pages clearly indicate these are a knit.
I’m hoping its the PVA sheets because a pva sheet is the best towel you will ever use! I use PVA towels as bath towels year round in my outdoor shower, rinse them and hang them to dry I’ve saved hundreds of washing, probably thousands, of towels over the years. I use them at the beach, on my boat, I even use them when I travel because they dry your skin instantly.
Bonus, I have a huge goldendoodle and I keep a PVA towel at his wash tub and it dries the doodle better than any towel in half the time…squeeze it out and hang it up and you don’t have to watch two or three bath towels after bathing the doggo.
@SCHORERT Thanks!! I’m not familiar with that- pva…would you be able to give me some type of link ? Thanks!!
@sawaustin The “Cramer Stay Cool towels” and such are typically a PVA blend. Typically marketed as car chamois or swimmer’s towels.
@ninkumpoop thank you so very much!
@ninkumpoop @sawaustin See post above from yesterday
@ninkumpoop thanks!
@compunaut @ninkumpoop thanks!!
These towels work great! Icy cold and you just re wet when they dry out. I bought extras at Costco but might buy this to throw in with Christmas gifts.
@gazer0375 “I really wanted that bike - but these towels are great!”
Anything having to do with “snapping” a towel brings back hideous flashback memories of 9th grade/ locker room/ showers/ large doughy bully with a wet white towel/ a whip-crack sound/ extreme pain in the posterior region. NO THANKS… 52 years later I’m still anxiously looking over my shoulder.
If you live where swamp coolers work, these will work. If you have no idea what a swamp cooler is, you almost certainly do not live where these will work. If you want to know if these will work, take a dish towel (or other similar-sized piece of cloth), soak it with water. go outside, and loosely put the dish towel around whatever you want to cool. Wait a couple of minutes. If it’s cooling, then these will work - and so does that dish towel (or whatever).
Where I live (Houston), these are useful only indoors where the air conditioning is running and working properly, in which case they aren’t needed.
First! Dr Cool towels were $3 each here
@hammi99 Nope, mediocrebot beat you!
These are $4 each, buy 'em before Freezer Burn towels show up for $5 each!
@ciabelle @hammi99, and I always thought it was 'um,… who knew¿
@1DisabledWarVet @ciabelle @hammi99 It’s short for “them,” so " 'em."
These don’t look hot. Are they really cool?
What does snapping the towel do?
@talidal I think it produces a rapid evaporation cooling the towel.
@talidal It gets rid of excess water. It works best when damp but not dripping.
@talidal Gets someone in Marketing a paycheck.
Apply coupon code “DEALNEWSFS” to get free shipping.
@jimmyd103 thank you. You saved me $6!
@jimmyd103 Why are you stealing my thunder
“I USED TO BE COOL!”
said by Dads everywhere
I live in northeast Oklahoma, which is pretty humid, and these do not work here.
These work great in central Virginia at least. I went to the Washington Football Team training camp and it was 90s, humid and sunny. I won one of these spinning a wheel at the department of health.
It was super nice. I had to put water on it every half hour or so. I’m taking it to the amusement park this afternoon.
@sammydog01 I hope it has a good time…
@Doooood I bought it cotton candy and took it on the carousel.
@sammydog01 King’s Dominion? I miss that park…
@jaybird Yes! My kids love roller coasters but are both off at college. I keep my season pass to ride the carousel.
My daughter worked at the Hungry Hippo one summer and got into a physical altercation the first day. Memories…
@jaybird @sammydog01
Physical altercation? What happened?
/buy. I have the Dr. Cool towels from a previous deal and use them for gym towels. They have held up well. Time to replace them.
@jayman007 It worked! Your order number is: serious-applicable-note
/image serious applicable note
I like cheese
Who cut the cheese?
These work in Arizona. Wash them but don’t dry them in a dryer. Hang to dry, they last longer. Kind of like Chillinex.
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Someone bought me one of those like three years ago and I always forget about it. Do they work? Lol. It just sits in my closet
@Num1Zero Amazon reviews are surprisingly good. So I bought a set, likely just in time for snow next month here in Michigan.
@Num1Zero Yes these work. Maybe not for two hours but at least for an hour. Easy to just re-wet it and carry on. I used to work outdoors and these were a godsend in the hot, humid summer.
@Num1Zero, well, it surely won’t work by sitting in the closet, but you can answer your own A2A faster than the fast cat
under the hat 
, or anyone here!!
@Num1Zero we got some as tee gifts at a revent event, haven’t used mine either lol
@Num1Zero @venussuz It’s so nice and humid here, these won’t help a bit!
@fuzzmanmatt @Num1Zero @venussuz It’s hot and humid here and they work. Have you tried one?
@fuzzmanmatt @Num1Zero @sammydog01 No, hadn’t even heard of them before seeing this. Heat doesn’t bother me usually - I’ve always lived in the north so not too bad - but I remember how warm it was biking the other day. I figure one of these would be good for that, and I can give the other two to friends.
@fuzzmanmatt @Num1Zero @venussuz Actually they DO work well where it is “nice and humid”.
@Num1Zero Yes they do work. They make miserably hot, humid days bearable.
Will these work in Florida?
@JT954, yes,…if you Are in Florida, that is & by golly, ya don’t have to wear a mask
, or get vaccinated
!!
@JT954 Not really. The humidity makes these pretty much useless. I live in Indiana and bought one of these (same brand and everything) for my husband a couple years back since he works outdoors and it’s stupidly humid here in the summer. He said it just made him feel worse because the moisture has nowhere to go when it’s humid outside.
@JT954 Not very well especially if you live in any of the humid parts - like anything that’s not 100 feet from the coastline.
“snap it into action”??? WTF? they’re implying that there’s some sort of reaction that occurs when you “snap” it. I call BS. I’m pretty sure a wet rag will do the same thing as these towels.
That’s too bad. I thought it might work like the ice or heat packs they use in hospitals, where you give one a good whack and it activates. Of course even if that technology could be put in a towel, it probably wouldn’t be cheap and certainly not reusable.
Yeah, these don’t really work well in FL unless you soak them in IPA (not the hipster beer).
@ohhwell International Phonetic Alphabet? Independent Physician Association? Innovations for Poverty Action? Institutional Property Advisors? Intergovernmental Personnel Act? Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance? International Permafrost Association? Institute for Portfolio Alternatives?
@ohhwell @Pufferfishy
IsoPropyl Alcohol?
Keeps you cool, unless you start on fire.
If you use acetone, would you get frostbite, or would the solvent melt the towel to your neck?
@G1 lol, I knew that.
And no acetone in my place - all my furniture is finished in satin lacquer. I splashed a small drop off a Q-tip I was using to clean something (on to my dining table) and it was forever banished due to the tiny crater it made instantly.
@G1 @Pufferfishy Hey, use at your own risk!!!