Men's Hydrologic® Cooling Vests - Grey

very nice to wear under uniform in hot shop/work environment where there is no air conditioning ice packs can be changed out during the day if needed to refresh in very hot environments it is not bulky with the ice pack in place and can keep core temp down making life bearable in warm working environments. My family works in plastic plants where machines have to melt plastic pellets to make products. The machines put off significant heat which makes the environment very warm this vest helps keep them cool throughout their shifts near the machinery.It would work in any work environment where the temperature rises well above body temps and the workers need to retain a lower temp than the environment.

I have heat induced asthma and SADD which hits every summer when I am confined to airconditioned spaces and don't get out. I used to be a real outdoorswoman all year round- now I can only get out in winter. We had agreed I should try a cooling vest many years ago but "never had the money". When I hit 70 I realized it was now or never so I ordered this. It came very promptly- within 10 days. I learnt the hard way not to stack all of the cooling ice packs atop each other, the one on the bottom froze but the others only semifroze. And it's easier to adjust fit before you put the vest on. I am not sure the effects last for 2 hours, but I am so pleased at finally being able to go outside and work in my garden again- and probably I should't stay outside longer than 2 hours anyway.