Southwest Technologies TM7001 Elasto-Gel Therapy Mitten

I am 38 and have developped osteoarthritis in my right hand that is so bad I can barely type or use a mouse some days. I've tried ice baths, and icepacks, and both did a good job getting the cold where I needed it, but balancing a bowl of water on my chair for 20 mins, and finding an ice pack that could cover all of the areas I needed it to was difficult.I bought this and I can say it works exactly as I needed it to! It DOES get cold enough but to target my index finger joint and some others, I have to make a fist around the gel because my hands are so small and it's perfect! It stays cold the entire time. And it's easy to take care of and comfortable to wear. The strap keeps it in place, unlike an ice pack or frozen veggies that constantly move.Very happy with the product.

Wonderful for a massage therapists over worked hands. Soft gel that has plenty of give. Gets almost too cold so I can only leave my hand in the glove for 2 mins at a time, but it just enough to really help my hands.

I have erythromalgia and i have burning pain that is so severe that I can't hold my husbands hand because his heat literally burns my hands. When I got hurt and developed this condition, he had to hold ice packs just to hold my hand for a minute, then his Hand would get hot again and he would hold it again etc. When I found this mitt, it changed things for the better! His hand is now more " normal" feeling and not so hot so i can hold it, and I use it too to make my hand cool off too. Now we can hold hands longer than a min at a time. Its usually five to ten mins at a time now before he has to put it on again. I am glad we found this product. It stays cool for about twenty mins and is a quality product.

There were alot of negative reviews on this saying it didn't get cold enough. I took a gamble and ordered them because I really wanted something soft that would cover my entire hand and wrist. I'm a massage therapist and I occasionally need to ice my hands. I'm not disappointed at all! I think it gets plenty cold enough, and after about 10 min, my hand feels frozen and my fingers are stiff. My only complaint is that it doesn't stay cold long enough to then throw on other hand. You have to put it back in freezer and wait. Or spend the money on two, one for each hand. But it would be difficult to get them secured on both hands by yourself, you would probably need someone to fasten the 2nd one for you.

I recently broke a bone in my right hand. Now that the cast is off, I have pain and numbness. My hand therapist recommended this to help address those issues. The warmth helps me get moving in the morning.

Bought this for my wife following replacement of the joint where her right thumb meets the wrist. Unlike ice bags that don't conform well to the hands shape, this gel mitt gets the job done. It's very cold and may be uncomfortable for some users, so adjust time in the freezer as needed. Recommended to me by the physical therapy center she attended.

These mitts offer minimal cooling power. Very disappointing.I purchased them for use after heavy bag workouts. They provide an insipid amount of cooling - more like mildly cool than actual icing. Even without the liner my hands felt barely cooler than room temp AND even that disappointing level of cooling quickly dissipated.I was able to salvage the purchase by placing an additional, standard, ice pack in the glove. Then again I could have done that with any standard mitten or even kitchen gloves.

I've missed my return window, so now I'm stuck with this silly super-heavy not very cold blob of a thing. It's so big and clumsy it doesn't even stay on and I kept having to shift back to position even with the Velcro strap. It's dense, heavy - did I mention it is heavy? - very rubbery/flexible, and the gel is very thick. Here's the kicker: it doesn't get cold enough. I reviewed another glove that I bought at the same time to compare this one to, and planned on returning whichever one didn't meet my needs. I want to return them both because they are both flawed. I see a lot of complaints about how cold the gloves get both too cold and not cold enough. This one doesn't get cold enough to be effective. It's cool, but not an what one would consider classified as "icing" an injury or swollen joints as in my case. What I'm going to do with I don't know, but it isn't taking up valuable freezer space.