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Costco Members: Shark ChillPill 2-in-1 Fan & InstaChill Personal Cooling System
$100
$130
23% off
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Shark ChillPill 2-in-1 Fan and InstaChill Personal Cooling System (UH025) for $99.99. Shipping is free.
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- 2-in-1 Cooling Power: High-Speed Fan and InstaChill Cooling Plate Delivers Powerful Handheld Relief
- Long-Lasting Runtime: Rechargeable Battery Delivers Up to 11 Hours of Cooling at the Lowest Speed or 1.5 Hours at Max Speed
- InstaChill Cooling Plate Lowers Skin Temperatures by Up to 16°F in Seconds on Contact
- ChillPill Goes Hands-Free with a Wearable, Clip-On, Twistable Design You Style Your Way
- Includes: Fan Cap, InstaChill Cooling Plate, Case, Cross-Body Lanyard, Charging Cable
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Written by johnny_miller | Staff- Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign up here.
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Shark ChillPill 2-in-1 Fan and InstaChill Personal Cooling System (UH025) for $99.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter minntwins for finding this deal.
About this item:
Thanks to Deal Hunter minntwins for finding this deal.
About this item:
- 2-in-1 Cooling Power: High-Speed Fan and InstaChill Cooling Plate Delivers Powerful Handheld Relief
- Long-Lasting Runtime: Rechargeable Battery Delivers Up to 11 Hours of Cooling at the Lowest Speed or 1.5 Hours at Max Speed
- InstaChill Cooling Plate Lowers Skin Temperatures by Up to 16°F in Seconds on Contact
- ChillPill Goes Hands-Free with a Wearable, Clip-On, Twistable Design You Style Your Way
- Includes: Fan Cap, InstaChill Cooling Plate, Case, Cross-Body Lanyard, Charging Cable
Editor's Notes
Written by johnny_miller | Staff- Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign up here.
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Shark ChillPill is a portable personal cooling fan that stands out for its bundled accessories and dry mist option. The Costco kit includes two straps that are sold separately elsewhere, while the Sam's Club version adds the mist attachment, wrist strap, and bike grip. The main concern is cooling performance, since the Peltier plate and fan setup is described as awkward, less compact, and questionable in hot or humid conditions. Review scores around 3.2 to 3.5 also raise quality concerns, making it feel like a pricey gadget with useful extras but uncertain real world cooling.
The Costco kit includes two straps that shoppers would otherwise need to buy separately.
The device can cool the hot side while the cold side is intended for skin contact.
The mister design may help avoid getting the face wet like a generic spray bottle.
The fanless-style approach may reduce dust and jamming compared with typical $15 personal fans.
The Costco kit omits the mist adapter that regular channels include.
The cooling-skin attachment reportedly stops working when conditions are too hot, which reduces usefulness.
The fan and cooling plate reportedly require swapping attachments, which makes operation feel like a hassle.
The portable cooling performance may be weak in swampy or humid conditions.
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the downside is this costco kit dont have the mist adapter which the regular channels include
the downside is this costco kit dont have the mist adapter which the regular channels include
I didn't' realize it didn't have the mister - thanks!
yeah the boxes that say 3-1 have the mister plus a few of those plastic wips or whatever that go with using the mister. but then it doesn't have the accessory clip or the body strap, which shark overprices both at about $24.99 ea.
yeah the boxes that say 3-1 have the mister plus a few of those plastic wips or whatever that go with using the mister. but then it doesn't have the accessory clip or the body strap, which shark overprices both at about $24.99 ea.
I ordered this and also the one from Ulta to see if the one with the mister is really better. I found a coupon on Ulta for 20% off the 3 in 1 model - will probably post it.
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Like the no-name models, this uses a drone motor with a peltier plate in front of it, so the 15 degree cooling claim seems dubious.
I'll admit the attachments are interesting, but nothing that can't be improvised.
The form factor also throws me, as it's far less compact than most other designs.
Does that mean the cooling plate has a completely separate fan built in, since it won't work without one? (Peltier plates work on hot-cold differential and require cooling the hot side to drop the temp on the cool side)
If so, that seems needlessly complicated.
I bought this for $15 and it doubles as a backup battery. Only downside is the crappy 3D printed plastic: https://a.co/d/0jj7Iogd
Does that mean the cooling plate has a completely separate fan built in, since it won't work without one? (Peltier plates work on hot-cold differential and require cooling the hot side to drop the temp on the cool side)
If so, that seems needlessly complicated.
I bought this for $15 and it doubles as a backup battery. Only downside is the crappy 3D printed plastic: https://a.co/d/0jj7Iogd
The fact that it's blowing in the same direction as the cold side is not a factor, because you're supposed to make skin contact with the cold side and (hopefully) the ambient temp isn't over boiling temp.
A lot of thermal dynamics problems with real world applications make zero sense on paper if you stick to textbook definitions and classes.
The fact that it's blowing in the same direction as the cold side is not a factor, because you're supposed to make skin contact with the cold side and (hopefully) the ambient temp isn't over boiling temp.
A lot of thermal dynamics problems with real world applications make zero sense on paper if you stick to textbook definitions and classes.
The thermal coefficient between ambient air and skin temp changes enough to feel cool. And you also have a circulatory system piping cooler temps away from the targeted area slightly, so it's not a closed system.
But if you're thinking of will cool without direct contact, it will not.
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