Apply your heat pack to muscles for 15-20 minutes prior to physical exertion to maintain limber muscles and tendons
Use your heat pack where you experience pain for up to 20 minutes
For swollen areas, apply cold first, then heat
Avoid using on areas where the skin is broken or you have an open wound or stitches
Direction:
Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure you get the most out of your heat therapy pack
To activate heat therapy, find the metal disk inside the pack and flex it back and forth. The pack will reach a temperature of 130°F/53°C and stay hot for up to 1 hour
To reset the pack after use, wrap it in a cloth towel and place it in a container of boiling water for 15-20 minutes. Allow cooling
@drydiddy Damn, you beat me to it!! Technology Connections is one of my favorite YouTube Channels and I was thrilled to see him make a video explaining these things. I’ve had one of them for years, since they were new tech, and I love it. Still works great, and it’s as much a conversation piece and geek toy as it is a functional hand warmer.
@drydiddy@PooltoyWolf I’m right there with you, Mr. Wolf. I love Tech Connections too (the guy is so much fun and the puns, oh the puns) and I instantly recognized these as being pretty much the same set he used, only red. And I also have one of those warmers for years and also found them to be fascinating and was delighted to see a vid made on it.
Sierra trading has single pocket packs on discount for $2… almost got them but wanted larger units. Thanks for reading my mind meh.
Husband/father protip: keep around for chilly handed spouses & children. Bust them out when they get cold and they will think you are a literal magic wielding wizard.
@Kyeh Could be. I like them both, but I am sad they are not available. In fact, I haven’t found any colors that are not out of stock, even though the list seems to indicate they might be available.
I had something very similar to this a few years ago, I wasn’t a fan of having to boil these things to “reset” them, and I was always afraid of it leeching crap into my pots so I would have a dedicated old beat up pot just for them.
@Froggy@Fuzzalini My mother used to use them, and she’d reset them while cooking dinner. NBD for her. Plus, if you’re really on the ball, you can wear it while it’s still hot from resetting.
My ADHD ass always stops the boil too early (recrystallizes) or too late (damages the pad). Not worth it for me.
@whogots I’m ADD, or as my boyfriend jokes, I’m AD, I get distracted before the second D. These sound like way too much work. Although it might not be portable, I’ll just plug in my heating pad when I need it.
@Fuzzalini It isn’t super difficult to do, you just boil water, wrap them in a small towel and put it in the water, and just keep it away from the sides. Still I didn’t trust it to not break or contaminate my pot.
If you have to boil them, they’re okay, but a pain to recharge. But if you have a Sous-Vide cooker, they’re great- you can just pop them in, set the cooker at 180-ish, and not have to deal with making sure the pot doesn’t over boil or whatnot.
@vacillation@yeppers You could definitely use these as a pressure cooker, but you’d need to start them all at once and put some weights on top. A few might pop from the weight.
Lookin’ for some hot stuff, baby this evenin’
I need some hot stuff, baby tonight
I want some hot stuff, baby this evenin’
Gotta have some hot stuff
Gotta stop this aching tonight
I bought these during the mehrathon after getting some hand warmer size elsewhere. Just be aware they don’t get that hot, more warm, and they don’t last that long, maybe a half hour. Still my whole family likes them
I bought one of these about 5 years ago. It looked great until I went to actually use it.
I had stashed it in the linen closet, and must have accidentally pushed the little triggering mechanism, so it was a solid post actived mess. Read the directions, and realized i needed a horse trough to boil it in to reactivate. Needed to be in a pot big enough that it could float freely in boiling water without touching the pot itself. Considering it was one of those neck/shoulder ones, not even my stockpot was big enough.
Hard pass on these things, except the little ones you can slip into gloves or socks.
@Faffs a horse trough might be big enough. either that or dumping vats of boiling water into the bathtub to reactivate these jerks. I used the shoulder part once, and now it’s rock solid and stone cold forevermore. i would stick to only the tiniest ones that are easy to boil on an actual stove.
@jenosaurus@RiotDemon You still need a BIG pot. And a towel you don’t mind boiling for 15-20 minutes.
Once they have been activated, they become stiff and rock solid, so it’s not like you can roll it up and boil it - you need something wide and deep to fit it and the towel. For the neck & shoulder one - a commercial soup pot would work. A home stock pot, at least mine, way too small.
@Faffs Thanks for pointing out just how big the neck/shoulder one is. Almost passed on this until I remembered that I was a homebrewer who has a 15 gallon Blichmann brew kettle out in the garage That oughtta do the trick!
How do you “wrap it in a towel” to boil it? Wouldn’t the towel simply float away? Seems like you’d need a reclosable-towel-fabric-boling-sack (a sure Meh bestseller)
I can’t imagine what purpose the towel has in the first place except to keep the plastic far enough away from the bottom of the pan that it doesn’t get exposed to a much-hotter-than-boiling temperature. In this case something like a strainer pot should do the trick
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Even that doesn’t exactly look like a convenient way to transfer some potential energy. Which leads to
What is the energy cost involved in using these? Wolfram Alfa tells us: Bringing a gallon of room-temperature water to a boil takes about 10000kj, or 2.5 KWH on an electric stove; keeping it there for 20 minutes takes at least another 2.5KWH, at $.12-.22 per KWH, so this costs around $.60 -1.25 worth of energy per recharge depending on where you live, assuming you could even fit these into a gallon. It’s the gift that keeps on giving (to the electric company). . .
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Got mine today. The little ones worked okay. But the big “neck wrap” one came in a separate box, and it was damaged. There was a tear somewhere and it had leaked out all over the box. I’ll contact meh customer service.
Specs
Sports Heat Pack (6 Piece)
Neck and Shoulders Heat Pack
Helpful Tips For Using Your Soma Care Heat Pack:
Direction:
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$58.98 at Amazon
Neck and Shoulder Pack
6 Piece Sport Pack
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Sep 17 - Tuesday, Sep 21
How did that booger get there?!
Coincidence? I think not
@drydiddy Damn, you beat me to it!! Technology Connections is one of my favorite YouTube Channels and I was thrilled to see him make a video explaining these things. I’ve had one of them for years, since they were new tech, and I love it. Still works great, and it’s as much a conversation piece and geek toy as it is a functional hand warmer.
@drydiddy @PooltoyWolf
this is the video I saw
@drydiddy Ya this just seems like stalking at this point.
@drydiddy @PooltoyWolf I’m right there with you, Mr. Wolf. I love Tech Connections too (the guy is so much fun and the puns, oh the puns) and I instantly recognized these as being pretty much the same set he used, only red. And I also have one of those warmers for years and also found them to be fascinating and was delighted to see a vid made on it.
We should be friends, haha. XD
@Bandrik @drydiddy Why not? I like making friends o3o
You guys hear that? It’s the sound of someone coming to post the technology connections video
@alelabarca I’m experiencing some real Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon right now
Technology Connections just did a video on these! He only kind of liked them. Whatever, I’ll bite…
/Buy
@fuzzmanmatt It worked! Your order number is: obliging-kingly-effect
/image obliging kingly effect
Technology Connections just did a YouTube video on these kinds of things. Worth a watch before buying, or YOLO.
Technology Connections just did a great vid on this, really worth watching
Sierra trading has single pocket packs on discount for $2… almost got them but wanted larger units. Thanks for reading my mind meh.
Husband/father protip: keep around for chilly handed spouses & children. Bust them out when they get cold and they will think you are a literal magic wielding wizard.
/image breathtaking-craptacular-lavender
@RedOx Hah, never mind the heat pack, I like this nail polish!
@Kyeh @RedOx Nice polish! I wonder if it’s this, which unfortunately looks soldout:
http://www.ninjapolish.com/Alexandrite.html
@heartny @RedOx Ooo, so pretty!
@heartny Actually, I think it’s this one, but it’s sold out too: http://www.ninjapolish.com/Mystic-Glacier.html
@Kyeh Could be. I like them both, but I am sad they are not available. In fact, I haven’t found any colors that are not out of stock, even though the list seems to indicate they might be available.
http://www.ninjapolish.com/NinjaPolishes.html
@heartny Oh! Strange… yeah, it looks like they haven’t posted anything for several years.
I watched the video too, he mentioned electric hand-warmers and I was intrigued. Got one today, gets super warm and stays that way for hours
I had something very similar to this a few years ago, I wasn’t a fan of having to boil these things to “reset” them, and I was always afraid of it leeching crap into my pots so I would have a dedicated old beat up pot just for them.
@Froggy 15-20 minutes in boiling water? That doesn’t sound easy to reset at all.
@Froggy @Fuzzalini My mother used to use them, and she’d reset them while cooking dinner. NBD for her. Plus, if you’re really on the ball, you can wear it while it’s still hot from resetting.
My ADHD ass always stops the boil too early (recrystallizes) or too late (damages the pad). Not worth it for me.
@whogots I’m ADD, or as my boyfriend jokes, I’m AD, I get distracted before the second D. These sound like way too much work. Although it might not be portable, I’ll just plug in my heating pad when I need it.
@Fuzzalini It isn’t super difficult to do, you just boil water, wrap them in a small towel and put it in the water, and just keep it away from the sides. Still I didn’t trust it to not break or contaminate my pot.
Hey guys, Technology Connections totally did a video on these. Really informative.
Hi y’all, I bet you didn’t know that Technology Connections just made a video on how these work. Really informative.
Guys, guys, guys. Did anyone see that Technology Connections just made a video about these?
If you have to boil them, they’re okay, but a pain to recharge. But if you have a Sous-Vide cooker, they’re great- you can just pop them in, set the cooker at 180-ish, and not have to deal with making sure the pot doesn’t over boil or whatnot.
@vacillation What about a pressure cooker? Or a crock pot? Now I’m tempted to try this out in all kinds of kitchen appliances.
@vacillation @yeppers You could definitely use these as a pressure cooker, but you’d need to start them all at once and put some weights on top. A few might pop from the weight.
@vacillation OMG, you just changed my mind. /buy
/buy --quantity=1
@yeppers It worked! Your order number is: abrupt-soaking-water
/image abrupt soaking water
Cool product. NOT
OH MY GOD THEY… IMPEDED GLEN’S APPROACH… OR SOMETHING!!!
Lookin’ for some hot stuff, baby this evenin’
I need some hot stuff, baby tonight
I want some hot stuff, baby this evenin’
Gotta have some hot stuff
Gotta stop this aching tonight
I can’t wait to play with these
/giphy statuesque-entertaining-rail
/image statuesque-entertaining-rail
Kudos to the Rick Astley poster.
I bought these during the mehrathon after getting some hand warmer size elsewhere. Just be aware they don’t get that hot, more warm, and they don’t last that long, maybe a half hour. Still my whole family likes them
I bought one of these about 5 years ago. It looked great until I went to actually use it.
I had stashed it in the linen closet, and must have accidentally pushed the little triggering mechanism, so it was a solid post actived mess. Read the directions, and realized i needed a horse trough to boil it in to reactivate. Needed to be in a pot big enough that it could float freely in boiling water without touching the pot itself. Considering it was one of those neck/shoulder ones, not even my stockpot was big enough.
Hard pass on these things, except the little ones you can slip into gloves or socks.
@Faffs a horse trough might be big enough. either that or dumping vats of boiling water into the bathtub to reactivate these jerks. I used the shoulder part once, and now it’s rock solid and stone cold forevermore. i would stick to only the tiniest ones that are easy to boil on an actual stove.
@Faffs @jenosaurus isn’t that why you wrap it in the towel, so it doesn’t touch the pot directly?
@jenosaurus @RiotDemon You still need a BIG pot. And a towel you don’t mind boiling for 15-20 minutes.
Once they have been activated, they become stiff and rock solid, so it’s not like you can roll it up and boil it - you need something wide and deep to fit it and the towel. For the neck & shoulder one - a commercial soup pot would work. A home stock pot, at least mine, way too small.
@RiotDemon did you even watch the technology connections video? I’m sure i can find the link around here real quick…
@Faffs Thanks for pointing out just how big the neck/shoulder one is. Almost passed on this until I remembered that I was a homebrewer who has a 15 gallon Blichmann brew kettle out in the garage
That oughtta do the trick!
I thought it was packages of cassette tapes. It wouldn’t have surprised me.
/giphy flustered-clever-bridge
I’ve got a couple of these hand warmers. Fire one up in the morning and it stays warm until evening.
Technology Connections just did a video on these.
@Techrocket9 just watched it last night, thought I ought to scroll through the comments before mentioning it
I have questions
How do you “wrap it in a towel” to boil it? Wouldn’t the towel simply float away? Seems like you’d need a reclosable-towel-fabric-boling-sack (a sure Meh bestseller)
I can’t imagine what purpose the towel has in the first place except to keep the plastic far enough away from the bottom of the pan that it doesn’t get exposed to a much-hotter-than-boiling temperature. In this case something like a strainer pot should do the trick
![enter image description here][1]
Even that doesn’t exactly look like a convenient way to transfer some potential energy. Which leads to
What is the energy cost involved in using these? Wolfram Alfa tells us: Bringing a gallon of room-temperature water to a boil takes about 10000kj, or 2.5 KWH on an electric stove; keeping it there for 20 minutes takes at least another 2.5KWH, at $.12-.22 per KWH, so this costs around $.60 -1.25 worth of energy per recharge depending on where you live, assuming you could even fit these into a gallon. It’s the gift that keeps on giving (to the electric company). . .
[1]:
Got mine today. The little ones worked okay. But the big “neck wrap” one came in a separate box, and it was damaged. There was a tear somewhere and it had leaked out all over the box. I’ll contact meh customer service.
@Bandrik Update: Already got a reply from meh. They’re sending me a replacement. Very cool. Thanks Meh!
Just went to recharge these the first time, guess what it escaped the towel and melted to the bottom of the pot. Damnit.