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Thanko Wrist Strap Keeps Heat Flowing to Your Fingers
Posted by Elaine Chow at 12:00 PM on November 20, 2008
Don't you hate it when you spend a while on the computer in a frigid room and your fingers start to get ice cold? You can't take the time to warm your hands back up because your boss is breathing down your neck, but it's getting harder and harder to type by the minute because you're losing mobility to frostbite. Thanko is here to the rescue with its new USB wrist warming strap, which delivers a controlled 40°C (104°F) to heat the blood rushing to your extremities.
The Velcro strap ensures that even the thickest of wrists can get the benefits of this little gadget. You can even get a longer add-on strap in case you want to use it on other parts of your body--neck, back, legs... heck, you can even warm your coffee mug! Available on Thanko's site for roughly $US21. [Thanko]
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supercollider
Posted 2:55 PM 20/11/08
I've had my eye on [www.amazon.com] for a few weeks now.. Anybody see any reason these two things wouldn't be great in a pair of winter gloves?
supercollider
drewdoog
Posted 2:52 PM 20/11/08
this has to be the best idea since a 100x zoom lens that you screw onto your iphone!
drewdoog
Epoch
Posted 2:34 PM 20/11/08
@dosthebos2: nah, she's just a really hip girl.
nothing says "i'm cool" like usb cords dangling from your wrists.
Epoch
dosthebos2
Posted 2:26 PM 20/11/08
@LazyPanda: @Epoch: yeah is she giving the sign of the devil? maybe its an evil product?
dosthebos2
Griffehpoo
Posted 2:23 PM 20/11/08
Thanko wrist warmers.
Rock, Rock on.
Griffehpoo
LazyPanda
Posted 2:12 PM 20/11/08
you're crazy, I LOVE cold fingers.
LazyPanda
Epoch
Posted 2:07 PM 20/11/08
i can't focus on her wrists.
i'm laughing too hard at her hand gestures.
Epoch
-daddy-
Posted 3:07 PM 20/11/08
Too bad it's not made out of silicone. lol.
-daddy-
CCM333
Posted 3:06 PM 20/11/08
would be an awesome accessory if it wasn't restrained by usb cords...
CCM333
klaybc
Posted 3:36 PM 20/11/08
The Velcro strap ensures that even the thickest of ... can get the benefits of this little gadget. You can even get a longer add-on strap...
Heh.
klaybc
thefutureisnow
Posted 4:28 PM 20/11/08
@Griffehpoo: Buy all their playsets and toys.
thefutureisnow
dingus
Posted 4:24 PM 20/11/08
@Epoch: What better reason to throw the horns than warm wrists?
dingus
Andyr2120
Posted 4:21 PM 20/11/08
Is this what you get when you combine USB and BDSM?
(or is that BSDM? I can't keep that straight)
Andyr2120
thefutureisnow
Posted 4:28 PM 20/11/08
@Andyr2120: It's BDSM
thefutureisnow
supercollider
Posted 5:10 PM 20/11/08
Sweet rectal thermometer!
supercollider
eblingmis doesn't know why he chose his name
Posted 6:17 PM 20/11/08
@Epoch: Wow, I didn't even notice the horns. I am such a geek.
eblingmis doesn't know why he chose his name
thefutureisnow
Posted 6:08 PM 20/11/08
@thefutureisnow: Nice to see another homestar runner fan here.
thefutureisnow
Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as an
Posted 7:24 PM 20/11/08
What would happen if you wore these with the heated finger-less monkey gloves?
Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude
Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as an
Posted 7:24 PM 20/11/08
You're the man now dog!
Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude
fsusmithc2
Posted 12:38 AM 21/11/08
@Griffehpoo:
Fighting the evils of cold fingers....and Blue Laser!
fsusmithc2
hexydes
Posted 2:25 AM 21/11/08
@klaybc: That's what she said?
hexydes
korybing
Posted 2:05 AM 21/11/08
These are actually tempting, as I have crappy-ass circulation in my extremities and I constantly have to take breaks from my keyboard to warm my fingers back up (most of the time that means sitting on them for about a minute, not the most attractive thing in the world).
korybing
TBM-Fan
Posted 3:35 AM 21/11/08
@LazyPanda: And girls warms their fingers always up in a certain place that can't be showed to public
@ least my ex did that
TBM-Fan
rswe
Posted 4:46 AM 21/11/08
right, now i can finally chop my wood in a cold winter without worrying about my hands are frozen...
rswe
os_2
Posted 4:41 AM 21/11/08
Those come in handy in the freezing server room I used to work in.
os_2
rckraybill
Posted 5:20 AM 21/11/08
Upon reading the header, I thought this was stupid. Then I read "Don't you hate it when you spend a while on the computer in a frigid room and your fingers start to get ice cold?" and thought, " oh crap, yes, they're freezing right now." I'm sad/confused.
rckraybill
basicvisual
Posted 6:21 AM 21/11/08
I'm concerned that there is an epidemic of possible office related frostbite cases in our society. Where hard working cubicle crusaders are being left to struggle in the harshest of environments.
Try building a house on the west coast of Lake Michigan in the dead of winter and tell me that your hands feel just fine.
You are never really cold until the day you die.
basicvisual
justrick
Posted 7:24 AM 25/11/08
@korybing: I'm in the exact same boat.
justrick