Neck Buddy Cooling Scarf

I wouldn’t survive a heatwave without these, but I do manage to lose them over the winter! This is fairly floral for me, but with the beige background, its not in your face like some. This absorbs the water nice and quickly, although like many, it can feel a bit slimy the first time, so I recommend you put it in the sink, squeezing it gently, and the changing the water a couple of times while it swells at first. This does soon go, and seems to be a nature of the gels, but doing this reduces it massively. I knocked off one star as the end seam wasnt finished properly so some of the gel came out. Easy fixed, but annoying to discover while out. Probably just bad luck and a one off though. The fabric is nice and soft, and better than most, so a good quality generally. These are based on the old aboriginal way of cooling down by dipling rolled skins in a river. The idea is that the condensation of the water cools it down well below ambient. Basically it feels cooling on your neck for about 10 minutes, after which you flip it 180 degrees to the other side which is now cool again, and repeat till the day cools off. They cool the carotid artery to your brain, and so stop a lot of overheating issues like sweaty head, and fogged thinking, well worth the money, and they really do feel dry once the fabric ends have dried off, and last for days.

Kept me cool in the top temperatures last Friday, I think it would benefit from a bit more "filling" as the "squishy bits" tended to migrate to the extreme ends and needed to be pressed back, so not quite perfect. However, it did do a great job. Should make Wrist Bands as well!

This is very effective, only drawback is that the gel tends to slip down away from the back of my neck.

In this hot weather this item has proved a boon. Real cooling without mess.

Bought one of these couple of years ago for my sister in law going on safari holiday - she loved it - so bought this one for my daughter who after a workout in the gym found she was getting a red rash round her neck - having this cold round her has helped enormously and she would recommend to anyone who needs cooling down. Really great for the awful hot flushes time too! Many thanks C -x-

Great for keeping cool at work in the hot weather

Great neck cooler but I would advise to soak it initially over night or for 24 hours for the crystals to fully swell. When not using it I keep mine wet in the fridge. The neck cooler is really effective worn when walking or gardening in hot weather

This original neck buddy is better than others I've tried. It's longer and therefore goes round the front of the neck which the competitors that I've tried don't. As I have MS - it cools me down when I get hot - enough to get me going again - those with MS know what I mean as heat can affect the body.