Review (4/5): Watch out for balled-up cords but otherwise great mitts!
I have used these mitts now for 5 days & I have to say I have no issue with the heat settings. Milliard provided a pair (2) of washable, plastic mitt liners along with the mitts & a paper with User Guide / Care Instructions. Please read this paper because most of these complaints on these mitts from reviewers can be found on here & their complaints would be nil. I bought these gloves because I am going through chemo & I didn't have a port put in (didn't want another scar). My Oncologist said I had really good veins which was the another reason why I didn't have a port put in, but chemo can degrade your veins & it can also leave you with dry skin. I have tried every lotion imaginable on my skin even the homemade ones made out of coconut oil, goats milk etc....! The dry skin was making it hard for the nurse to remove the tape around my I.V. tap & leaving considerable tape residue on my skin. Here is what I have been using for my dry hands: Jergens Ultra Healing with Vitamins C,E & B5 for extra dry skin & Carex soft hand gloves 100% cotton. In my past 2 sessions my chemo nurse applauded me on my skin but my veins were not getting any better till I bought these mitts. Here is my ritual: I turn the mitts on to preheat (it's in the instructions), lather my hands plus wrist thick with Jergens (don't rub it in), slip my hands into the cotton gloves, put my gloved hands into the provided plastic liners & slip them into the mitts for 15 mins. I have to have the mitts on high in order to feel the heat through the cotton gloves. I couldn't believe how my veins plumped & popped-out after applying heat. My chemo nurse used a vein this past session that she had stated previously that was way to small to use an I.V. tap in. She even said she could use veins past my wrist too! I have one happy chemo nurse now & she said I could come early if I want so I could plug the mitts in before my session out in the waiting room in hopes to get other patients the idea.
The reason for my 4 star rating: I had to subtract a star because I can feel a bunch of balled-up cords in one mitt & it was hurting the back of my hand (must have gotten a mitt that was a lemon). How I fixed this problem: I turned the mitt over & situated the balled-up cords so they were nestled in the palm of my hand. If anyone else try's them out I will have to tell them that they came this way & to check theirs out before they use them.