Chill-Its 6685 Evaporative Cooling Vest, Wearer Stays Cool and Dry, Breathable Comfort, Zipper Closure, X-Large

Some context: I've already used the vest three times, each time at 100°+ with humidity of roughly 9% - Phoenix in summer is absolutely ideal for an evaporative cooling vest. I've owned a wet evaporative cooling vest (use it on my motorcycle) for years but was hoping to get something easier to use. I work outside and didn't want to have to haul a water source around with me for refreshes. In that sense it's convenient: I activate it using 3/4 of a personal-size water bottle. I can do that at home and it lasts for the 4 hours that I need it to. [I suspect that the "up to three days" is a stretch]. The only challenge, and I suspect I'm just low on the learning curve, is working the water evenly around the vest - specifically making the water migrate from the back to the front. That said, I seem to manage to get the water where it needs to be. I've washed it between each use, delicate cycle, and it comes out of the washer just fine. The sizing runs just a little small (one size at most), but not as much as others have mentioned. Overall, a great product, but I wouldn't recommend if your humidity exceeds 50°.

We bought this to wear in high heat on our motorcycles. It doesn’t work for us for more than 20 minutes and we really have no way to recool it until we stop for the night at a hotel and it leaks. We didn’t have an opportunity to test it until the day after our return date so we basically have a $90 piece of plastic of no use to us! I really don’t see how it is of help to anyone, the water heats up quickly, then it just makes you hotter. You can’t finish a job in the time this lasts.

One of the bottom ports developed a serious leak shooting water out, after a total usage of 2 hours.I’m in Phoenix, and the vest worked beautifully for 2 hrs. After it started leaking, I looked like I had showered with my clothes on and filled my boots.

Works better the lower the humidity, but absolutely works. Works better with air flow so not so well when sitting and leaning back in a nonporous seat, such as a tractor or I would have given it 5 stars. Deserves the 4 stars I did give.

Must have for riding in hot weather.

Ordered this in 4xl and it arrived and is so small ot barely fit on my teenage daughter who’s a size 4 after sewing it to enlarge it I found that this doesn’t actually do evaporative cooling so once the water in the vest warms up you are going to be very hot. This certainly is not worth the 121 $ I paid for it. I would put it into the Chinese garbage list and never order it again

Bought XL Size fits waste but is like a half shirt Vest barely touches bellybutton have not tryed cooling ability yet.

During a good heatwave this was my lifesaver. I can see where this wouldn't be good in humid climate but worked great in the dry heat