What keeps the gel pad cool?
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Ernestine, you have a couple of options. You can refrigerate it, but it is large. We take a blue ice pack wrapped in a towel and then wrap the gel pad around it. My husband uses it as a body pillow. Another blue ice pack is under his pillow. The gel pad heats up if you don't have the ice pack on it.
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I Don't know. You can try to email or call thecompany that maid the colling pad or you can ask Amazon they might know. The one thing that I can tell you is that it only stays cold for about 1-5 hours than it starts to get warm to hot. It takes a few hours for it to get cool to cold again. Hope this helps you. Have a happy New Year.
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I think you'd have to ask the manufacterer how the pad stays cool. I just know it's supposed stay cool for hours and it does stay cool. It's helped me with my hot flashes. It's so cold that I couldn't leave it under my pillow case so I put it on my neck, stomach, legs. You can also sit on it.
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The gel pulls the heat from your body into the cool gel. I found as the gel absorbs the body heat, I move around a bit an dfind a new cool spot. My son took one to the National Boy Scout jamboree in West Virginia this past summer where the temps were very high. He slept comfortabably in all that heat. In answer to your question, gel is just naturally cooler than body temp. Highly recommended item!!
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The gel! It's made out of something that stays cool. There may be a more technical answer somewhere else.
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Since the insert that gets heated is made out of gel, it does give you some cushion when you sit on it. If all I wanted was a cushion, I would pick another seat that doesn't heat or cool. But if you want to stay sitting on it after it cools down then you do get some cushion from it.
1711908
The insulin pens stay cool up to 12 hours. My husband also uses the cold blocks you can purchase at many drug stores. As the gel pack started to leak.
69068
There is a pre-applied thermal pad. I use the term pad, because it doesn't seem to be a paste in the normal sense of the word.
1014654
It stays cool. It's like a gel. Once the dog gets off of it, it's almost immediate. Our dog loves it.
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The animal has to lie directly on the mat as that is what triggers the gel to get cooler. I tried using a hand towel but could not feel any temperature change without the direct contact. If the cover is very thin then it might work but I would go with direct contact.
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I don't know of any gel cushion covers for this machine. I don't find it uncomfortable without them. I just use a hantowel over the seat back.
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Nothing significant. When it comes to heat, there's nothing to worry about unless it is slowing down when it gets hot. There have been times where the laptop has felt slightly hot, but nothing slowed down and it wasn't uncomfortable, so I didn't worry about it. Cooling pads are cheap if you think it'll be an issue. This has been a great laptop for me though.
1559512
Yes, it has an inner envelope that you soak in water to activitate the cooling gel. The outer envelope, has a flap that velcros shut, good product,
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the foam is almost like my tempur pedic bed 2000 dollars worth....its not much difference... i got the gel one bec in summer when you lay down on the mattress it feels warm and hot under the sheet....with the gel it should help to cool the bed while youre lying on it.
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That would depend on how thick your fleece pad is, probably a thin pad would work best. I use a towel and it does transfer heat using just under the highest setting.
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it does get a tad warm if dog hasn't moved around and the pad cant "re charge". . I have sometimes put in in the freezer/refrigerator for a while to re-cool and/or if I think my dog might be on it for longer than usual when I leave the house. (I also use one of those non mesh laundry bags (cotton) as a cover. It is thin enough that doesn't compromise cool ness of pad.)
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I put a waterproof pad on the cushion to protect it from that very problem. It works very well.
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I don't know the answer to the questions, since I am using the gel cushion for only 2 continuous hours at the most and use it to relief discomfort. For longer use or to relieve greater pressure a thicker gel cushion may work better. I am pleased with how the 2 inch pad works for me.
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It has a perforated layer which I think dissipates the heat. All I know is that my lap stays cool and laptop no longer shuts off from overheating. Hope this helps.
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It's doesn't make me hot but I keep my house cold so it's just right for me. At this price you can find nice cooling gel pads that go on like a fitted sheet that will cool it for you if you are hot natured.
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I threw it out. Foam could be added but it's not worth the time or money. Just get a gel pad.