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| Review Date: August 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Cookie, Maryland |
| What a relief. Moist heat is now 2 minutes away from the microwave. I like it. My back loves it. |
it will melt if u keep it in the microwave more then 2:40 minutes
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| Review Date: June 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Bilgehan Onogul, Long island NY |
| its good for the first 10 mins of heating then it gets cold, and if u want to reheat it, do not put it over 1 1/2 minutes bc it will melt the cover. |
Fantastic relief for back pain
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| Review Date: April 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Will808, |
| My wife is 5-months pregnant with twins and started to experience major back pain. For a couple of weeks, we were using one of those blue hot/cold gel packs where we had to boil the water, put the gel pack in for a few minutes, then wrap it around a towel and I would have to apply it. The warmth of the gel pack lasted no longer than 8-10 minutes. Then, I was doing some research on heating pads and found this. Incredible! Although the instructions states that we should heat it in the microwave for 1 minute, 30 seconds, we found that 1 minute was sufficient. An extra 30 seconds was too hot. The best things about this product is that it doesn't burn your skin and it wraps around your waist. Both my wife and I are extremely happy with this product. We would recommend this to any pregnant woman who experiences back pain. Of course, it's only a temporary relief, but it really helped alleviate the pain for my wife. |
Excellent back therapy, quick, safe, and easy to use
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| Review Date: March 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Charlie Howard, Wine Country, USA |
Highly recommended if you have chronic back problems. This delivers moist heat, like a hydroculator, but without the pot of boiling water, the time to boil it, the danger of handling hot water, or the dripping mess. You just put it in a microwave oven for two minutes or less, then tie it around your waist and go about your business. As a bonus, when you're sitting, it provides the same lumbar support as a back cushion, because it's against the small of your back.
I think it must contain silica gel (a dessicant). When it's cool and not in use, it absorbs moisture from the air. When heated in a microwave oven, it releases that moisture, like a hydroculator. So, if it's tied around your waist and pressing against your back, moist heat is released onto your lower back, penetrating and relaxing the muscles.
It stays usefully warm for between 20 and 30 minutes. You can briefly reheat it afterwards (30-45 seconds max) and use it again. However, to fully reabsorb moisture, it needs a couple of hours at room temperature.
A real hydroculator doesn't stay hot even that long, and you have to deal with boiling water, a foul smell, and finding a way to keep it pressed against your back. A chiropractor or physical therapist just has you lie face down on a table while they place the hyrdoculator on a towel on your back, but that means you have to lie still, and can't walk around.
I've been using it in combination with a Percussion Massager (also bought here at Amazon, but a discontinued model) and a Homedics Shiatsu Massage seat (various versions sold by Amazon).
I've been using it for about a month now, and have had no problems whatsoever: no crystals dropping out, no melting, or any of the other problems some people have reported. Maybe it's been improved, or maybe I've been more gentle with it, and have been careful to follow the instructions, never heating it for more than 2 minutes when cool, or more than 30-45 seconds when being rewarmed. If/when it does go, we've already bought a spare, and will get more of them: the price is less than half of one visit to a chiropractor. |
Almost worthless!
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Harold D. Simmons, Berkeley, CA |
| This product looked good and liked the idea of the ties to keep it in place, but after full time in microwave it barely got hot enough to do a thing and only stayed warm for about 5 minutes. Was replacing another brand I bought several years ago and finally microwaved it a bit too much and it sort of melted, but was a far superior product and stayed warm/hot for up to an hour. Am returning this and will look for my older brand again. |
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