Gizmodo: hand warmer

It's a Cellphone Strap AND a Hand Warmer

Jason Chen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:20:00 EST

Japan's just upped their arsenal in the cellphone strap cold war with the addition of a hand warmer pocket. The strap—which comes in egg, fish and baked potato flavors—holds one of those breakable 15-minute hand warmers for easy usage. Fifteen minutes isn't a whole damn lot, but fifteen minutes in heaven is better than zero minutes in heaven. $7.77 gets you one of your own. [Strapya via Tokyo Mango]

USB Monkey Hand Warmer Is For Your Hands, Not A Monkey's

Kit Eaton — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:45:00 EST

So many options to describe this product: "stick your hands up a (USB) monkey for warmth" or "cheat the chills with chimp USB mitts." I'm sure you can do better. It's a pair of monkey-shaped USB hand warmers, for when you're typing in the cold, or you're a sufferer of chilly hands. They get up to 46 degrees in just five minutes, have a built-in wrist support for "supporting your tired wrist when using Mouse or Keyboard" and they'll fit hands up to 6.7 x 4.3-inches, or thereabouts, and when they're up to temp you can even disconnected them for freestyle use. [Gadget4All]

Japanese Heart-Shaped Pocket Hand Warmer

Jason Chen — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:40:08 EST

These Hokkairos have been very popular in Japan and all over the world (Lam even had one when he was five—his parents made him sleep on a stainless steel bed), acting as a self-contained hand warmer you stick into your pocket in the winter. As you can see in the ~~cool~~ warm video above, you just need to break the coin-shaped container to cause a chemical reaction. It's "semi-permanent," so you can heat up the thing once it's cooled off (probably not in a microwave) for use again. It's only $4 each, which is definitely a price not too much to pay to keep our fingers intact when high-fiving Eskimos. [Strapya]

Sanyo Rolls Out Eneloop Solar Charger, Rechargeable Heater

Charlie White — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:21:32 EST

At the same time Sanyo trotted out little Eneloopy, the battery tester doggie, it also introduced two other products associated with its Eneloop rechargeable batteries introduced last year.

The Eneloop solar charger recharges four AA-sized batteries, and the kicker is there's a USB port on the back that will also let you charge up your iPod, cellphone or PDA at the same time. Whoa! Great idea.

Sanyo also rolled out Eneloop Kairo, a rechargeable heater that uses the Eneloop technology. The palm-sized device might be just about right for keeping those hands toasty warm during the upcoming winter months. More pics of both products, after the jump.

Sanyo Eneloop solar charger [Akhihabara News]
Eneloop Kairo, the Sanyo hi-tech heater [Akhihabara News]