Weighty & Warm
Thank you in advance to the Amazon VINE program for providing an item to review. A positive review was not required, nor was it requested, and all words are my own.<br /><br />My mother and I suffer from chronic pain – knees, back, shoulder.<br /><br />Part of pain management is heat therapy. In some cases – moist heat.<br /><br />It is difficult to get a “moist” heating pad. And, it’s also difficult to get it to contour or FIT the difficult areas – knees, shoulder … ankle. Either you’re awkwardly sitting, laying, or balancing something.<br /><br />I’d been seeing and hearing about these “microwave” packs and took a chance on it.<br /><br />This was a dual pack so that meant one for my almost 70 year old mom (who lives with me) and one for me.<br /><br />First thing that struck me when I got the package – WHAT THE HECK DID I ORDER? It was HEAVY. I almost worried that perhaps I’d gotten something I couldn’t use.<br /><br />I took one, and gave one to my mother.<br /><br />She was the first to use it. She LOVED it! Only 120 seconds (2 minutes) in the microwave and it lasts for about 10 minutes. She can place it on her shoulder and it stays put. The moist heat does the trick in alleviating pain.<br /><br />A few days after she tried hers, my knee was in horrific pain. It was so bad I was dragging it around. So, I warmed mine up. And, as hers didn’t get that warm – I went three (3) minutes. I wrapped it around my knee with the Velcro, and …. WOW! It was HOT! I could barely tolerate it. So, this really gets hot. I’ve had regular heating pads on HIGH heat and barely felt it. This – I FELT IT!<br /><br />I didn’t have it on that long, but I can state – this gets warm! And, it stays warm.<br /><br />The Velcro closure is heavy duty and I felt like I might end up tearing the poor thing. The weight makes sure it stays in place.<br /><br />We love it and honestly, it might the last heating pad we ever get! Also – they’re HUGE!
Rating: 5 stars