Headband

When the weather is very hot in the summer and neither the shade nor the cold water saves, many people have a sharp deterioration in their state of health and it is completely incomprehensible how you can remain able-bodied and maintain normal health in such conditions.

Whoever has such an opportunity, he simply does not leave the house, but switches on the air conditioner and creates a normal microclimate in his home. And what about those who have work on the street or those who intend to spend a hot day with friends on a picnic, hiking or fishing?

To do this, invented a beautiful thing - cooling dressing. It is called just a kerchief from the sun, and a cooling bandana, and a scarf from sweat, and a cooler - but whatever you call it, the principle of its functioning is the same - the bandage cools the head, saving it from heat and contributes to improving well-being.

It happens this way: a dressing dipped in water, by the action of special polymers, can give you the desired coolness for several hours.

The summer bandage on the head can be cooling and icy. Cooling enough to moisten in water, and the ice dressing is filled with special bags of gel.

This product is made from any cotton fabric and hydrogel (follow it to any gardening shop). The cost of this tool - about one dollar per small bag. But you do not need more. After all, if in the dry form of the hydrogel it seems very little, then when soaking you will be surprised how much it becomes.

To make a cooling dressing yourself, first of all, decide what sizes it should have and where your dressing will be applied. If it is a cervical accessory, measure the length with a margin so that it does not turn out to be cramped and comfortable to wear.

Step-by-step instruction:

• A piece of fabric is taken from 80 cm to one meter in length and from 10 to 12 cm in width. It is necessary to fold the fabric in half along the longitudinal line inside out;
• should sew the entire length and one edge. Now you need to turn the product face out;
• back away from the castle 20 cm and make a line. It is needed to limit the hydrogel only in the center of the product;
• Take a hydrogel (a teaspoon without top, you can even half a teaspoon) and fill them with a bandage. A lot of tools in this case can lead to the rigidity of the finished product, it will be uncomfortable to wear;
• Now make a line of 20 cm from the open end, and then sew up the end itself.

Done, now it remains to make sure that everything is done correctly - dip the dressing in cold water, the hydrogel will absorb water, it will become larger, it will be evenly distributed throughout the dressing and you will see how comfortable the product will be.

This bandana can hold moisture for up to five hours. A special polymer is used in its manufacture, and therefore moisture is absorbed in larger quantities, and it lasts longer in this scarf than in others. Different colors - will find for themselves options and cowboys working on the ranch, and fashionable women who attend yoga or fitness classes. Girls, of course, will like bright products that have recently become a fairly fashionable accessory.The color palette has seven options, so you can choose a suitable accessory for both a guy and a woman. For such a bandanna will have to pay at least $ 3.

This is a budget option bandanas. The cost of the model is $ 2, this is a classic cooling scarf. Here, moisture is absorbed a little less, and it already evaporates in 2-3 hours depending on how hot it is outside. The colors are also very different: reminiscent of the national American flag, for bikers, with the image of fire, under camouflage, and others.

And this is a model for a long stay in the heat. She has the longest cooling period (five or more hours - depending on the weather) and it costs from $ 8. The fact is that the “filling” of this product consists of sachets, inside of which there is a special gel - that's the whole secret. Bags give the bandana a "puzatost", as if it was specially cheated. It takes 20 minutes to soak such an accessory.

The price of this stylish shawl-transformer - from $ 12. The usual cooling bandana has much smaller dimensions, and this scarf can immediately cool both the head and the neck. The product can be worn in twelve ways, for example, as a simple kerchief or as a mask that protects in strong winds when dust and sand flies into the eyes. This material will keep moisture for two hours.

Some people find it unpleasant to constantly feel wet tissue on their heads, even if it is hot. There can be no talk of comfort here if your hands are tied to rip a bored accessory and throw it away. Others have such a nuisance as an allergic reaction to constantly moist skin. For such people, a cooling bandana will not work. But there is a way out - an “ice” bandana.

This accessory is used after it lies in the refrigerator. It is not necessary to wet it, the “filling” consists of a sealed insert filled with a special gel that can maintain the temperature for a long time, which it “charged” while staying in the freezer.

Such a bandage does not stick to the scalp and save from overheating for two hours, and then the gel plates will again need to be frozen. In appearance, this accessory is more massive and does not look like an ordinary dressing. The volume of the product is increased due to gel plates and on the head looks like a not very clear rubber device.

The product is a "Ice" bandanna from a dense and soft material with a flypaper. It will have to pay for it from $ 10, it has long straps for the most comfortable fixation of this product on the head. The colors are very different: red, pink, blue, gray and camouflage.

Maybe this device may seem faddish to someone, but it is obvious that the manufacturers still worked on the freedom of style. Yes, and when the goal is to cool down, sitting for hours in the heat with a fishing rod in a secluded place, then the high fashion is somehow not remembered. Here another is important - a cooler bag at hand with replaceable gel bags. With it available, four hours of heat will surely be scary.

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