Chattanooga Hydrocollator Moist Heat HotPacs - Neck Contour

This thing is awesome! When you first get it, you have to soak it for four hours. I keep it in a pan of water on my stove and change the water about every week. That keeps it fresh...it smells a little like the oatmeal bath product and gets filmy if you don't change the water often enough..but, it doesn't harm it. I love it! I got the oversized and it fits in a pan on my stovetop when I fold it three times. It covers my entire back, I am a grown adult woman 5'5" 150lbs. I love this and would recommend to anyone that needs awesome treatment for anything. It is so affordable and effective. It has sturdy tabs that allow you to pick it up when it's hot in the water. It holds the heat for about an hour. I wrap it in a beach towel and lay on it.

The Chattanooga heating pads are a very good quality product for needed moist-heat therapy. I had one for over 20 years and had to use it daily for a few months. It had to be heated over and over and folded away daily; and for years it showed no signs of wear. It was so sturdy, that I pulled it out of the closet after years of no use and started to use it for a new injury, and it was still as sturdy and reliable for deep heat as years before. The only reason I had to buy a new one is because I caused a damage to the surface that had nothing to do with its use. I was curious if a new one, after 20 years, would still be manufactured with the same tough and rugged good quality materials, and it was. The canvas casing is a thick, strong cotton, and the heating material inside is dense so that when heated according to instructions provides a truly good, deep healing heat that lasts long enough for a good session of heat therapy... a very worthy product for non-electrical heating for the body.

My first review - healthcare workers beware. When these work as advertised, they are incredible (hence the star). Unfortunately, these packs now appear to be porous. I am an acupuncturist and East Asian Medicine physician. I have been using these products since 2005 and historically loved them. In the past few years, the quality has gone downhill. My most recent purchases for my hydrocollator were at the end of September 2023 (because packs from earlier in the year leaked) and then because my September packs leaked, once again in November 2023. For those who work with these products, cleaning out a hydrocollator is not easy on the body (I'm only 5'2") and requires I recruit my husband to come to clinic and to lift and drain, and carry again after cleaning and refilling. It's a huge pain in the a$$. When I put the new packs in my hydrocollator in early December, the water immediately turned discolored and started smelling - a sign that the packs are not sealed. To be clear, I follow the directions on the packaging to presoak everything. I am in a solo private practice, these get used < 20 a week, and only by me. I know they are being handled carefully and there is no reason they should leak out of the package, or within the year. Previously I was in a hospital setting where they were not so carefully handled, and they lasted YEARS. At this price point, where they need to be replaced monthly or more frequently, it is not sustainable for someone in the healthcare industry. I have also stopped encouraging patients to purchase for home use. I am incredibly disappointed as I've come to rely on Chatanooga products, but I will look elsewhere. I welcome feedback from Chatanooga. In 2023 alone I purchased 6 packs, four packs were bought within two weeks and none of them work. This is basically a disposable product.

Good product. Steam heatbis the best for the body.

I got a 6 qt slow cooker dedicated to keep mine from drying out, and to prevent mildew/mold. I have a quick read kitchen thermometer. (Everybody, get one!). I wasn't 100% on getting it back into the hot water promptly and it has discolored and started to smell. I did keep the water clean. I didn't see any other cleaning recommendations from Chattanooga. I'm satisfied overall. Conforms well for a superior though not long-lasting heat. No point bemoaning how the quality has slipped, still a good product.

Nothing compare to Hydrocollator -- certainly not anything you microwave. This gets HOT and stay HOT a long time. You need some thick towels and as the steam heat is released you can remove a layer to turn the heat back up. Heat lasts are least 30 minutes not the 10 minutes with the microwave heating pads. Way more moisture than microwave. I have a pinched nerve in my neck. Heat is not good for swelling so I put ice on the spine and the heat on the muscles in my shoulder that are being tightened up by the nerve problem. My pain is the muscles being tightened. I use this on my knee too for muscle tightness. Ice for the tendon and heat for the muscle. Rub the tendon with EMU oil really helps too. There are collar type things that hold tendons in place and an inflamed tendon has trouble getting through the hold in that collar thing -- Pain. Rubbing that tendon helps stretch it out and ice helps shrink the swelling. Steam heat fixes any muscle amazingly well and this shape works on shoulder, knees and necks even lower back.

Lo he comprado más de una vez debido a su durabilidad en la tela. Conservan el calor. Como sugerencia deben usar un hilo de mejor calidad para las costuras.

My husband loves this ice/ heat wrap.

I had this product recommended by an occupational therapist for a rotator cuff injury.It gives me so much relief and used consistently it has given me more movement to my shoulder.The only problem I find is that being an older person I have to be very careful lifting it out of the boiling water

I BOUGHT THIS PRODUCT BY MISTAKE. I NEEDED A TEMPERATURE GAUGE BUT THIS PRODUCT DOESN'T HAVE IT. WITHOUT THE GAUGE I CANNOT SET THE HEAT PAD TO A SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE THAT MY DOCTOR RECOMMENDED; THEREFORE THIS PRODUCT IS USELESS FOR ME. THE COMPANY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO RETURN IT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND, WAS NEVER USED. I WILL NEVER BUY OR RECOMMEND THIS BRAND TO ANYONE.

It's a healing heat pac that is boiled in a pot. After heated wrap with a towel. I've been using this product(s) since 1987. Highly recommend this product for tradesmen and athletes, or anyone who has tight sore muscles. My chiropractor applied it to my 2 month old back pain and it relieved me of this chronic pain the next day!

buenas tardes , me gusto mucho la calidad y el tiempo de respuesta , no me gusto pagar envio extra perto por la caldiad lo vale

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