Which Rechargeable Hand Warmers Brand Wins?
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Which Rechargeable Hand Warmers Brand Wins?

In our test we compared 16 rechargeable hand warmers options head to head. DeeKom came out on top. See the measured results, the runner-up, the budget pick, and a link to the full test video.

The verdict
DeeKom
Winner

DeeKom

Price shown in test: $26

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Funaudio and UNIHAND (tied for second)
Runner-up

Funaudio and UNIHAND (tied for second)

Price shown in test: $30

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The quick take

The short version of why each pick lands where it does, built straight from the measured results.

WinnerDeeKom$26

the Deacon came in on top with the best average finish of 5.57...If I had to choose just one brand, I'm going with the Deacon.

Runner-upFunaudio and UNIHAND (tied for second)$30

Placed top three in 1 of 3 measurements.

The measured results

Every number below is read straight from the test. Products are listed in the order they finished.

Aluminum Block To 120 (°F)

  • 1DeeKom
    3°F

    21 to 100F, 4:58 to 110F, finished at 7:03 (fastest start of all brands, but final ranking top three were Kesguar 6:31, Uni Hand 6:46, Hot Dot 6:56)

  • 2Funaudio
    3°F3rd

    27 to 100F, 5:11 to 110F, finished third place at 7:20 behind DeeKom

  • 3UNIHAND
    3°F2nd

    16 to 100F, 4:50 to 110F (fastest to 110F at that point), finished second place overall at 6:46

  • 4Kesguar

    fastest start of all brands at 3:08 to 100F, held the lead at 4:40 to 110F, finished first place overall at 6:31

  • 5COTOP

    results tossed out as unfair; has two heating elements and the bottom element cycled off before the top could heat properly, even after using a cold pack trick to force both elements on, presenter could not get a reliable reading and stopped near 10 minutes

  • 6Mstoekn

    first attempt was slow due to a rounded surface reducing heat sink contact (5:30 to 100F, 9:04 to 110F, finished 14:39); retested with the heat sink placed directly over the hottest part and improved to 3:49 to 100F, 6:30 to 110F, finished 10:54

  • 7AaoLin
    3°F

    54 to 100F, 5:51 to 110F, finished 8:22, about a minute and a half slower than Hotdot

  • 8Hotdot

    fastest of the first several brands tested: 3:15 to 100F, 4:53 to 110F, finished third place overall at 6:56

  • 9OCOOPA Card
    3°F5th

    28 to 100F, 5:18 to 110F (faster than average), finished fifth place at 7:39

  • 10OCOOPA
    3°F

    23 to 100F, 5:11 to 110F, finished 7:26

  • 11JIJ

    slow start, 4:12 to 100F, 6:58 to 110F, finished 11:17, one of the slower performers considering the price

  • 12Okayice

    off to a really slow start, 5:15 to 100F, 8:55 to 110F, finished 15:57, more than twice as long as the first three brands tested

  • 13Gaiatop
    3°F

    27 to 100F (trailing KQPZ by 1 second), falling a little behind at 5:15 to 110F, but moved into the lead over KQPZ at 7:24 to finish

  • 14KQPZ
    3°F

    26 to 100F (slightly faster start than Lerat), 5:12 to 110F (8 second lead over Lerat), finished 7:27, 15 seconds ahead of Lerat

  • 15Lerat
    3°F

    29 to 100F, 5:20 to 110F, finished 7:42, described as pretty good for a budget hand warmer

  • 16HotHands

    presenter could not give it a fair assessment because it is activated by air movement rather than electricity; it lost momentum after the first couple of minutes and only reached just over 90F when the test was ended at 10 minutes

Low High Heat

  • 1DeeKom

    low about 105 F, high 149.8 F (third highest peak initial heat behind COTOP and Kesguar)

  • 2Funaudio

    low 109 F, high 148.3 F

  • 3UNIHAND

    low almost 116 F, high 144 F

  • 4Kesguar

    low 123.3 F, high 157.8 F, second highest peak initial heat behind COTOP

  • 5COTOP

    low 112.1 F, high 160.6 F, the highest peak initial heat of all 16 brands

  • 6Mstoekn

    low 110 F, high 137.1 F

  • 7AaoLin

    low 111.22 F, high 143.1 F

  • 8Hotdot

    low 100.7 F (the coolest on low heat at that point in testing), high 128.7 F (relatively cool on high heat)

  • 9OCOOPA Card

    low 112.2 F, high 133.3 F

  • 10OCOOPA

    low 112.9 F (about the same as OCOOPA Card), high 131.6 F (not quite as hot as OCOOPA Card)

  • 11JIJ

    low almost 124 F (the hottest on low heat of all brands at that point), high almost 139 F

  • 12Okayice

    low 123.3 F (hottest on low heat at that point in testing), high 135.1 F (coolest on high heat at that point)

  • 13Gaiatop

    low 122.5 F, high 141.7 F

  • 14KQPZ

    low 121.3 F, high 138.7 F

  • 15Lerat

    low 121.7 F, high 145.1 F

  • 16HotHands
    not tested

Battery Run Time High Heat

  • 1DeeKom
    3 hours 55 minutes

    the longest runtime of all 16 brands

  • 2Funaudio
    2 hours 46 minutes
  • 3UNIHAND
    2 hours 32 minutes
  • 4Kesguar
    1 hour 52 minutes

    tied with COTOP

  • 5COTOP
    1 hour 52 minutes

    tied with Kesguar

  • 6Mstoekn
    2 hours 18 minutes
  • 7AaoLin
    2 hours 27 minutes
  • 8Hotdot
    2 hours 8 minutes
  • 9OCOOPA Card
    2 hours 58 minutes
  • 10OCOOPA
    2 hours 9 minutes
  • 11JIJ
    3 hours 15 minutes2nd

    second longest runtime of all brands behind DeeKom (referred to in the transcript by the mistranscribed name GI)

  • 12Okayice
    2 hours 7 minutes
  • 13Gaiatop
    1 hour 25 minutes2nd

    second shortest runtime

  • 14KQPZ
    1 hour 31 minutes
  • 15Lerat
    1 hour 20 minutes

    the shortest runtime of all 16 brands

  • 16HotHands
    not tested

Charge Time

  • 1DeeKom
    4 hours 15 minutes

    tied with AaoLin and UNIHAND

  • 2Funaudio
    6 hours 17 minutes

    the longest charge time of all brands

  • 3UNIHAND
    4 hours 15 minutes

    tied with AaoLin and DeeKom

  • 4Kesguar
    3 hours 25 minutes

    tied with COTOP

  • 5COTOP
    3 hours 25 minutes

    tied with Kesguar

  • 6Mstoekn
    3 hours 5 minutes

    tied with Hotdot and OCOOPA

  • 7AaoLin
    4 hours 15 minutes

    tied with DeeKom and UNIHAND

  • 8Hotdot
    3 hours 5 minutes

    tied with Mstoekn and OCOOPA

  • 9OCOOPA Card
    3 hours 12 minutes
  • 10OCOOPA
    3 hours 5 minutes

    tied with Hotdot and Mstoekn

  • 11JIJ
    5 hours 1 minute2nd

    second longest charge time of all brands behind Funaudio

  • 12Okayice
    3 hours 8 minutes
  • 13Gaiatop
    2 hours 14 minutes

    the fastest to fully charge of all 16 brands

  • 14KQPZ
    3 hours 7 minutes
  • 15Lerat
    2 hours 37 minutes
  • 16HotHands
    not tested

Battery Output

  • 1DeeKom

    peak 57.89 watts (second highest current behind Funaudio's 61.72 watts), 10.59 watt hours drained capacity

  • 2Funaudio

    peak 61.72 watts, the highest current of all brands, 10.71 watt hours drained capacity, third best capacity behind Mstoekn and AaoLin

  • 3UNIHAND

    peak 52.49 watts, 10.51 watt hours drained capacity

  • 4Kesguar

    peak 52.57 watts, 6.42 watt hours drained capacity

  • 5COTOP

    peak 53.88 watts, 6.55 watt hours drained capacity

  • 6Mstoekn

    highest maximum charge rate of all 16 brands at 6.81 watts; peak discharge 55.69 watts, third highest; battery capacity by far the highest of all brands at 13.92 watt hours using a 21700 cell rated for 4,000 mAh

  • 7AaoLin

    peak 47.61 watts, 10.74 watt hours drained capacity, second best capacity behind Mstoekn

  • 8Hotdot

    peak 37.86 watts, second highest current at that point in testing; 7.31 watt hours drained capacity, just under its 3,200 mAh rating

  • 9OCOOPA Card

    peak 52.65 watts, 8.52 watt hours drained capacity, described as better than average

  • 10OCOOPA

    peak 54.9 watts, about the same as OCOOPA Card; 8.5 watt hours drained capacity, about the same as OCOOPA Card

  • 12Okayice

    peak 33.63 watts, 6.98 watt hours drained capacity, 1 watt hour less than KQPZ

  • 13Gaiatop

    peak 27 watts, 5.6 watt hours drained capacity, the battery really struggled on this test

  • 14KQPZ

    peak 39.27 watts, 7.98 watt hours drained capacity, 2 watt hours more than Lerat

  • 15Lerat

    peak 35.58 watts, 6 watt hours (1,621 mAh) drained capacity, below its 2,000 mAh rating

  • 11JIJ
    not tested
  • 16HotHands
    not tested

Wind Bacon Test

  • 4Kesguar
    112.7 F

    after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, a strong performer

  • 7AaoLin
    112.1 F

    after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather

  • 8Hotdot
    113.2 F

    after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, by far the best of the brands mentioned at that point

  • 12Okayice
    80.9 F

    after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, described as really struggling

  • 15Lerat
    107 F

    after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather

  • 1DeeKom
    not tested
  • 2Funaudio
    not tested
  • 3UNIHAND
    not tested
  • 5COTOP
    not tested
  • 6Mstoekn
    not tested
  • 9OCOOPA Card
    not tested
  • 10OCOOPA
    not tested
  • 11JIJ
    not tested
  • 13Gaiatop
    not tested
  • 14KQPZ
    not tested
  • 16HotHands
    not tested
All measurements (1 more)+

Peak Temp

  • 16HotHands
    115.3 F

    after a 20 minute warm up period

  • 1DeeKom
    not tested
  • 2Funaudio
    not tested
  • 3UNIHAND
    not tested
  • 4Kesguar
    not tested
  • 5COTOP
    not tested
  • 6Mstoekn
    not tested
  • 7AaoLin
    not tested
  • 8Hotdot
    not tested
  • 9OCOOPA Card
    not tested
  • 10OCOOPA
    not tested
  • 11JIJ
    not tested
  • 12Okayice
    not tested
  • 13Gaiatop
    not tested
  • 14KQPZ
    not tested
  • 15Lerat
    not tested

How it was tested

  • peak temperature on lowest and highest heat settings
  • time to heat a solid aluminum block to 100, 110, and 120 degrees Fahrenheit using thermal paste
  • temperature after 35 minutes wrapped in raw bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather
  • battery runtime on the highest heat setting until fully drained
  • time to fully recharge the battery
  • maximum battery charge wattage
  • internal teardown, battery peak current output in watts, and drained battery capacity in watt hours

the Deacon came in on top with the best average finish of 5.57...If I had to choose just one brand, I'm going with the Deacon.

From the test video verdict.

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