Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #334 in Health and Beauty
• Brand: Soothsoft
• Model: 604232777510
• Dimensions: 3.75" h x 3.75" w x 14.75" l, .54 pounds

Features

• Relieves discomfort from overheating in any part of the body
• Uses a unique cooling pad
• Gives you a lasting, cool and comforting sensation
• Helps to give you a superior sleep
• Allergy free
• Use it on any part of your body
• It is light, so it can be taken abroad when traveling in hotter climates
• Doesn't need refrigeration
• Always cool not cold, dry not wet and soft not hard

Manufacturer's Description

The Chillow® is a unique personal cooling pad, only two centimetres thick. It does not use power and is allergy free. Chillow® is invaluable for people who suffer from; hot flushes, fevers, night sweats, headaches, eczema, sunburn, muscle/joint pain, sporting injuries and many other conditions. Chillow is recognised by the migraine action association, the acne resource centre and many NHS Oncology units throughout the UK.

The Chillow® is activated only once by simply filling it with water. The water is fully absorbed into the patented foam core. Once activated it will keep on working, so it's always ready for use when ever you need it.

The Chillow® has a world wide patent; there is no other product on the market like it. Unlike Gel and Ice packs Chillow® does not need refrigeration and is always cool not cold, dry not wet, soft not hard.

A unique, well made product with a multitude of benefits Chillow® helps you keep cool throughout the day and night and can be used with your existing pillow to help you get a better quality of sleep. Gone are the nights of searching for the ‘cool spot', Chillow keeps you cool where ever and when ever you need it. The Chillow® is a well made, high-quality product, which has a number of unique design features: Medical grade materials provide safety and durability. Cloth flocking on the back keeps Chillow in place on your pillow or furniture. Vacuum seal keeps hot air out and the patented core functioning at its coolest. Soft, comfortable, flexible surface wipes clean and is allergy free. Does not need refrigeration Once activated the Chillow® will keep on working without the need to activate again

You're always cool with a Chillow The Chillow® is activated once only by simply filling it with 3.3 pints of ordinary tap water. The water is fully absorbed into the patented, foam core of the Chillow. Once activated it will keep on working, so it's always ready for use when you need it. Chillow is cool not cold: Unlike ice or gel packs, Chillow provides just the right amount of coolness to be effective and comfortable. The Chillow does not require refrigeration unless you need to be extra, extra cool! Chillow is dry not wet: The Chillow does not melt or sweat so it can be used in bed or on clothing without any dampness. Chillow is soft not hard: The Chillow is flexible and soft to touch and has memory foam properties.

Who needs the Chillow

HOT PEOPLE - Some people have a high metabolism and are just simply hot all the time. Additionally Global warming is contributing significantly to warmer climates. Even in winter, we can overheat with hi-tog duvet covers and efficient central heating. People are also becoming more energy conscious. A powerless, dry, cool, and comforting product therefore has mass market appeal wherever you are in the world. HOT PILLOWS - Research suggests approximately 55% of all people will testify to turning over or moving their pillow in order to find a cool spot, so interrupting natural sleep patterns. This problem exists because pillows are made from materials and fabric that trap heat. In its marketing and media programme Soothsoft Ltd is bringing this ‘hot spot' problem to light. The Chillow® is the only instant, simple, cost-effective solution on the market. FLU & FEVERS - Chillow® is ideal for bringing body temperature down quickly and is especially helpful for children and adults suffering from a high temperature. HEADACHES - 45 million people in the U.S and UK have frequent headaches. With its large, cool, dry surface area, combined with its ease of application, the Chillow® device is the answer to many headache and migraine sufferers. HOT FLUSHES - 80% of all women will suffer from hot flushes upon reaching the menopausal stage of their lives. The wide scale advertising of various drug treatments to resolve this issue by the pharmaceutical industry proves that this is a large market. Chillow® can provide soothing relief. BACK PAIN & SUNBURNS - The Chillow® device is wonderful for treating a variety of everyday ailments. The common ice or gel pack is freezing cold, hard, wet and lumpy. Enter the Chillow®, a soft flexible dry memory foam comfort solution. Cool at room temperature, Chillow® may be refrigerated for extra cooling power and longer lasting comfort. SLEEP - Over 100 million people in the US and UK alone do not sleep well on a regular basis. This is clearly evident by the millions of pounds spent on sleep aids and remedies. The Chillow device can help relax the night-time consumer right from the start. Its cooling and soothing effect seems to slow both the mental and physiological aspect of the body. Some report a tranquilizing effect. In a sleep study carried out in Michigan in 1998, the test subjects using a Chillow® were documented as falling asleep an average of 68% faster.

Customer Reviews

A complete waste of £25!
According to all the promotional blurb the chillow sounds like the perfect answer to the age old problem of keeping your pillow cool, the trouble is it only works for a short amount of time.
Like others I have suffered from having to repeatedly turn over my warm pillow in bed until I finally fell asleep, and even if it meant spending £25 to have a nice cool pillow it would have been money well spent. And for the first 15 minutes the chillow does everything it promises, the trouble is after 15 minutes the chillow soon takes on your body temperature and rapidly turns from a cool soothing pillow into a warm sweaty sticky plastic sheet which is far more uncomfortable than a warm pillow would ever be. On two occasions I have even woken up in the middle of the night boiling hot and with a splitting headache as I have overheated while asleep on the chillow.
For short term use on sprains, headaches, hot flushes, back pain, etc... the chillow probably works quite well, but for using a method to keep your head cool while sleeping it is a complete and utter waste of money.
Taking into account that all the chillow is actually made of is a 10mm thick plastic pillow filled with a sheet of foam to which you add 3.3 pints of water, I decided to make my own.
I bought a rubberised inflatable camping pillow from an online camping retailer for £2.99 (the old style square type, red on one side blue on the other), a small funnel for 99p. Filled the pillow with water using the small funnel, and now I have a water filled pillow that stays cool for about 8 hours, from the moment my head hits the pillow to the time I wake up. I have never slept better in all my life and my 'homemade chillow' only cost me £3.98!

Dosent last that long
I am now on my 4th Chill Pillow, the idea is good, but the pillow dosent stay cool all night. I suffer badly with hot flushes and need to keep turning the pillow to find the cold patches. Because I sweat a lot the pillow gets marked and the last three have leaked at the bottom seam.

More uncomfortable than the heat.
My wife and I found our chillows to be quite itchy next to the skin and difficult to use. It slips off if put on top of existing pillows and moves if put under the pillow slip. We woke up with stiff necks from trying to get in a comfortable position and by 2am they were thrown on the floor. After a couple of weeks use, they were put away and I doubt we will use them again.