Thrive Hot & Cold Therapy Body Wrap – FSA HSA Approved Cold Compress w/Natural Clay Beads – Ice Pack Wrap Provides Moist Heat Pack or Soothing Cool Stress & Pain Relief

Wow, wow, wow! Or maybe I should just say "Aaaaaaah......." because Iʻm melting.Pros: Very soft fabric, feels lovely against the skin. The weight of the clay beads adds another dimension to a hot pack, it feels like the heat enters your body deeper because of it. It is sewn in baffles so the beads donʻt bunch up with gravity. This is a generous size: long enough to lay on and entire spine gets heat, it also can easily wrap around a shoulder and across the pectoral muscles, or wrap all the way around the face and neck, it is just great, does the work of may hot packs.This pack has no chemical smell like with plastic gel packs or odors from grain bags, this product has no scent at all, perfect for allergic or sensitive people.The cover is easy to remove.Cons: The fabric cover is polyester, although it is a high quality fabric, very soft and plush on one side, and the opposite side is like a pliable cotton duck. I would prefer a cotton cover, but I guess I canʻt have everything. I may eventually make a cotton cover for it.Grain bags stay hot for about 30 min which is longer than clay beads (about 15 min), but the grain gets rancid from repeated heating and ultimately they smell bad. Gel packs lose heat fastest of all, usually under 10 minutes, plus the plastic off-gasses when you heat them, and they are more likely to burn you. The heat from a clay pack does not last as long as a grain bag, but putting a towel over it slows heat loss and rectifies this problem.I was in a bad car accident a few years ago and I have tried every hot and cold pack I could find since then. This Thrive brand clay bead hot/cold pack is the best one I have found. I plan to get another so I can use two at once.

The media could not be loaded. My husband just vacuumed up the beads of a different body wrap that I bought. After a few uses, the microwave fabric burned a hole in the fabric of that one, allowing the contents to spill. The only reason I bought the other one was because i wanted a different size. After he was done vacuuming it reminded me of how much I appreciate this body wrap. I like it so much that I bought four of them. My first purchase was in 2018 and more in 2020. I still use all four as do members of my family. They still look and work as good as when I bought them 4 and 6 years ago.

The inside fabric needs to be of a better quality. This is my second of this product, the first had the inside fabric disintegrate and despite the fact they still make the product they would NOT sell a replacement cover.

I actually do not use it on my neck as I find it a bit heavy. I ordered another one (extra long) thats a better weight for that. But I love to use it for relaxing. Its like a weighted blanked, and you can move it to the right spot. Neck, head, stomach. Its super relaxing and sometime I wake up with it still in place. For heating always remove it from the sleeve. Cotton doesn't burn easily and the polyester can melt in the microwave. The heat is great and lasts long enough. I did end up sewing closed the pockets (easy job!) as It did bother me that the beads will end up at the two ends eventually. With closed pockets its much better and stays in the same spot as well.

Extremely poorly designed. For some baffling reason they choose not to sew the baffles fully across each section so the clay beads or whatever easily slide from one side to the other making it very hard to apply heat evenly. You end up with a pile of beads on one spot, rather than even heat. This is compounded by how much of a pain it is to get the microwavable section into the non-microwavable fabric cover.

Doesn't get warm with the microwave instructions. I had to microwave it for about 5 minutes when the instructions say not to microwave for longer than about 2 minutes or something. Once I get it hot, it stays hot/warm for about 20 minutes and then you have to start over. It's very heavy and not useful for spots that are going to get more painful with weight on top of them. Also had a slight, weird smell that didn't go away after I used it several times. The top part is very soft, though, and I like the royal blue color.I prefer using an electric heating pad, but I needed something compact for my vacation and so I bought this. It did the job but I'm probably not going to use it again unless absolutely necessary. Also doesn't do a thing when you get to the hotel and realize there's no in-room microwave! Oops!

Clay beads hold the heat well, without deteriorating like flax or lavender when heating repeatedly. Also nicely weighted.I am coming back to edit this review:I love the clay beads in this heat wrap, but unfortunately, after about two months of daily use, the wrap has started “leaking” clay beads. I have tried to find an opening where they are coming from, and have not found any tears in the seams—I’m so sorry I can no longer use it, as a handful of clay beads fall out whenever I try to use it.It seems a bit expensive if it’s only going to last for two months!!

The clay beads in these help them be able to mold to the shape you need them. The fabric is soft and sturdy, for comfort with no leaking.