
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.

DeeKom
Price shown in test: $26
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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.
“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.”
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)
- 1DeeKom3°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)
- 2Funaudio3°F3rd
27 to 100F, 5:11 to 110F, finished third place at 7:20 behind DeeKom
- 3UNIHAND3°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
- 7AaoLin3°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 Card3°F5th
28 to 100F, 5:18 to 110F (faster than average), finished fifth place at 7:39
- 10OCOOPA3°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
- 13Gaiatop3°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
- 14KQPZ3°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
- 15Lerat3°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
- 16HotHandsnot tested
Battery Run Time High Heat
- 1DeeKom3 hours 55 minutes
the longest runtime of all 16 brands
- 2Funaudio2 hours 46 minutes
- 3UNIHAND2 hours 32 minutes
- 4Kesguar1 hour 52 minutes
tied with COTOP
- 5COTOP1 hour 52 minutes
tied with Kesguar
- 6Mstoekn2 hours 18 minutes
- 7AaoLin2 hours 27 minutes
- 8Hotdot2 hours 8 minutes
- 9OCOOPA Card2 hours 58 minutes
- 10OCOOPA2 hours 9 minutes
- 11JIJ3 hours 15 minutes2nd
second longest runtime of all brands behind DeeKom (referred to in the transcript by the mistranscribed name GI)
- 12Okayice2 hours 7 minutes
- 13Gaiatop1 hour 25 minutes2nd
second shortest runtime
- 14KQPZ1 hour 31 minutes
- 15Lerat1 hour 20 minutes
the shortest runtime of all 16 brands
- 16HotHandsnot tested
Charge Time
- 1DeeKom4 hours 15 minutes
tied with AaoLin and UNIHAND
- 2Funaudio6 hours 17 minutes
the longest charge time of all brands
- 3UNIHAND4 hours 15 minutes
tied with AaoLin and DeeKom
- 4Kesguar3 hours 25 minutes
tied with COTOP
- 5COTOP3 hours 25 minutes
tied with Kesguar
- 6Mstoekn3 hours 5 minutes
tied with Hotdot and OCOOPA
- 7AaoLin4 hours 15 minutes
tied with DeeKom and UNIHAND
- 8Hotdot3 hours 5 minutes
tied with Mstoekn and OCOOPA
- 9OCOOPA Card3 hours 12 minutes
- 10OCOOPA3 hours 5 minutes
tied with Hotdot and Mstoekn
- 11JIJ5 hours 1 minute2nd
second longest charge time of all brands behind Funaudio
- 12Okayice3 hours 8 minutes
- 13Gaiatop2 hours 14 minutes
the fastest to fully charge of all 16 brands
- 14KQPZ3 hours 7 minutes
- 15Lerat2 hours 37 minutes
- 16HotHandsnot 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
- 11JIJnot tested
- 16HotHandsnot tested
Wind Bacon Test
- 4Kesguar112.7 F
after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, a strong performer
- 7AaoLin112.1 F
after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather
- 8Hotdot113.2 F
after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, by far the best of the brands mentioned at that point
- 12Okayice80.9 F
after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather, described as really struggling
- 15Lerat107 F
after 35 minutes wrapped in bacon outdoors in windy 40 degree weather
- 1DeeKomnot tested
- 2Funaudionot tested
- 3UNIHANDnot tested
- 5COTOPnot tested
- 6Mstoeknnot tested
- 9OCOOPA Cardnot tested
- 10OCOOPAnot tested
- 11JIJnot tested
- 13Gaiatopnot tested
- 14KQPZnot tested
- 16HotHandsnot tested
All measurements (1 more)+
Peak Temp
- 16HotHands115.3 F
after a 20 minute warm up period
- 1DeeKomnot tested
- 2Funaudionot tested
- 3UNIHANDnot tested
- 4Kesguarnot tested
- 5COTOPnot tested
- 6Mstoeknnot tested
- 7AaoLinnot tested
- 8Hotdotnot tested
- 9OCOOPA Cardnot tested
- 10OCOOPAnot tested
- 11JIJnot tested
- 12Okayicenot tested
- 13Gaiatopnot tested
- 14KQPZnot tested
- 15Leratnot 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.”


