Cooling Vest Reviews – What’s All This Hype about Ice Vests?

We looked very closely at the comfort factor for these cooling vests.

When working out, running, hiking, or taking part in any sports activity, the last thing we want is constant distraction caused by discomfort. It is true to say that in a competitive sports event, you can be held back if you are constantly distracted by discomfort such as a badly fitting clothing item, friction against the skin caused by materials. Fittings, fasteners not staying secure, comfort must be a product which gives a good FIT, sits comfortably on the body and does not cause distractions.

We looked at how secure these products FIt, which features are designed in to ensure they sit comfortably on the body, do not work loose or start shifting around.

We looked at the materials used for making the cooling vest as we wanted evidence that these materials are gentle on the skin, that they allow breathability, that the materials do not retain moisture and then create wet friction on the skin.

We looked for secure support in the shoulder region because the shoulders carry most of the weight.

Our selection here passed our criteria for comfort and made their way into this guide to ensure a good choice of cooling vests.

Using our focused criteria for evaluation, we looked for durability in the materials to find evidence that these materials are capable of giving an excellent high level of continuous performance and not fail for the user at crucial moments.

We looked for evidence that the durable materials are friendly to the skin, allow ventilation and breathability, allowing sweat to evaporate, and very importantly, that the materials will not irritate the skin.

For containing ice, we looked to see that the materials can effectively hold the cooling capability and gently pass this on to the body. Stitching was checked wherever it is evident to ensure that robust, durable stitching has been used.

We checked to ensure that whichever type of faster used for closing up these vests, it has a design and functionality which sits within the aims of durable function.

This selection of vests sailed through in terms of acceptable durability when the cooling vests are used within the context for which they were designed.

Ease of use was put under our criteria microscope; we wanted to see that regardless of the cooling system or method designed into the vest that it was easy to prepare and not time consumingly complicated.

Vests which we soak in water and then wear to help our bodies regulate temperature are an excellent choice and very easy for use provided that you are not taking part in a long drawn out sports activity under hot weather. If you are, then you need to plan and ensure that when the wet vest starts to dry out, you can get access to water to give it another soaking.

We checked that fasten and securing vests gave ease of use in that fasteners were easy to close up to secure the vest and unlikely to work loose during activity.

Ease of use for a cooling vest has a limited range of criterion, but that range is essential. We needed to confirm that preparing the colling functionality of the vest was easy, putting on and securing the vest is also easy and the vest wears comfortably and does not cause any distractions due to ill FIT or failure of performance for colling the body.

This impressive range of vests featured here, all gives a nice level of ease for use.

Effectiveness in terms of offering cooling capability at a consistent rate for a given amount of time is significant.

The whole point of using a cooling vest is that it needs to be effective. With this thought in mind, we looked at the various options available for cooling vests.

We were impressed by ice gel packs when correctly prepared, they offer consistent cooling power, and it is fairly easy to know for how long the effect will continue. This method for cooling is excellent if the product says it works for around 5 hours; if adequately prepared, it will fulfill the promise.

Where water is frozen, and the vest has suitable insulation materials, the ice water system is extremally good and in many cases can outperform a vest cooled by gel packs.

We noted that the design for how the vests retain cooling capability, how the cooling factor is distributed to the body, the quality of the insulation pockets, these are all factors which decide just how effective the vest will be.

Through applying our criteria, we have come up with a very nice selection of effective cooling vests. Enjoy this selection and choose the model which best matches your sporting activity.

For value, we factored in all of our review criteria because the value is not only about the price we pay, or paying a lower price and hoping to get a good deal.

Firstly we did look at and cover the price we pay because this is foremost in the mind of all buyers, the prices placed against these vests did come over as standard and reasonable when factoring in all of the criteria for comparatively assessing these products.

As with any suitable product available on the market, we should look at companies which have established a strong, reliable reputation for producing products which meet the criteria used in this review and buying guide. With years of experience behind them, the resources to research and improve a p[roduct, known brand makers do offer a good range of tried, tested, trusted products, this can quickly be confirmed through reading customer feedback-reviews.

New manufacturers entering the market should not be ignored, but their product has to be carefully looked at to ensure it meets expected value and criteria.

This selection prepared for you does meet the broader range of the meaning of value.