Interesting. How long does a charge hold?

My hands get cold, and are then extremely hard to warm back up. I mostly wear wool knitted gloves indoors. I knitted mine using sock yarn. Really need to make me another pair.

I often use rice sacks, small ones I sewed up, and heat up in the microwave. Of course, they don't hold the warmth long, but do heat up my hands nicer than holding a cup of tea or hot chocolate.

Moni

Very cool. This device has been showing up a lot lately, it is much more expensive but thought I would share in case it is of interest to folks

https://embrlabs.com 

I don't have Raynauds, but my hands, more precisely my fingers, become painful in the cold during dog walks. I have rechargeable heated gloves that are divine.

Those are really neat! I don’t need them, but I can see where they are perfect for your needs and anyone else who has similar problems especially in winter. And reasonably priced.

Alisande, would those chargers for cell phones work as a back up plan?

Moni, I'll have to figure out how long a charge lasts. The rather entertaining instructions, written in China, say the unit works best after it's been used three times. Tomorrow will be the fourth time. They also say the hand warmer is "especially for the old man, children, and the office staff." LOL

Eld, mine didn't come with a charger; they say any charger will do. I use the same kind of cord I use for my phone and tablets.

Graywings, those gloves look great!

Localeater, that's interesting! When I was a little girl we lived in the city. When I came in from playing outside in the summer my mom would run cold water over my wrists. Perhaps she was ahead of her time. :-)

Alisande, I didn't explain it correctly. They are units that you charge and then can carry with you when you don't have an outlet to plug into.

Portable phone charger.

Oh . . . like the one my son gave me. :-) So are you asking if you could charge the warmer with one of these? Since it takes the same little plug as a cell phone, I don't see why not.

I almost bought some one time use ones a week or so ago. My hands freeze at work. I usually keep them on the back of my neck to warm them or I sit on them. I also have a heating pad I keep on most of the time because I freeze. I may have to get some of those hand warmers.

My office was also always cold - winter & summer. I used a space heater, heating pad, hot liquid in a cup, etc. Got in trouble for covering the ceiling air vent in the summer more than once until I realized no one could see the cover if I went up through the moveable ceiling tiles. LOL

Now that I'm retired, I can control my indoor environment, but walking the dog and some outdoor volunteer activities are an ongoing issue. A few years ago my fingers above the knuckle started turning white when cold, then red and painful when they warmed up which my doctor said were symptoms of Reynauld's. My first rechargeable hand warmers were from Eddie Bauer and I loved them, but they didn't last very long. Now I have one from Hex and one from Human Creations that are in their second year and still working great. (I use them in leather mittens with wool mitten liners.)

My DH uses the disposable ones which bothered me until I realized he would, most likely, lose rechargeable ones quicker than I could buy them.

How long do they stay warm after charging?

Thanks for all these tips! I had this during one winter a couple of years ago to an extreme degree but not since! Cannot figure out why it 'went away' but I am thankful every day I don't experience it.

tjkeen - The two types that I use now have 2/3 warmth settings. I use the lowest setting and they have both lasted through 2 dog walks without recharging which would be about 3 hours. (Normally I charge after each walk.) Each of the sellers claim the warmers last 5/7 hrs on the lowest setting per charge.

Maybe you can use one of those quick chargers? They're pretty cheap and speed up the process, at least for my phone.

Thanks, Sjerin! I'm not familiar with them (a disadvantage of not paying enough attention to my phone), but I'll check into it. I have a USB hub on my desk with a port that's supposed to be fast, so I suppose I should try that. I just assumed the wall outlet would be faster because it's more direct. Which shows you how much I know. LOL

Susan, for my phone, the original plug in charger or my car charger are way faster to charge my phone, than the outlets with USB, or via my laptop. So a charger can make a big difference.

Have you ever tried a small rice bag? Just a childs/babies sock should make a nice size warm rice bag... that you can heat fast in the microwave.

I have a couple nice bags, about 2 X 5 inches, that work wonders for my hands... and I have a 4 X 8 inch bag for my neck, and a 4 X 12 I use when my shoulders bother me.

Moni

Moni, I've made rice bags in the past, but they never lasted long enough. I liked them mostly to warm my feet at night--until I bought the Sunbeam electric foot warmer that sits on my mattress. I don't think I ever made small ones for my hands though, and I might give that a try. My sewing machine is sitting idle . . .

I timed the hand warmer yesterday, and it stayed warm for almost 7.5 hours. Not bad.