On Test - Best of the Week - Zoot Arm Coolers
Friday, April 30, 2010 at 3:00AM 
I tried out a bunch of new things for Lonestar 70.3, and the Zoot Arm Coolers ($30) were the most interesting.
These things WORK. You can read from this blog that I have an affinity for arm sleeves, so I just had to try these out. The Moeben and Primal tattoo print ones I have would work OK, but just taking these out of the box, I realized the Zoots are playing a whole different game. Here's the list of why these rock:
- Super light and wicking. When things got hot during the run, I poured water on them and WOW, immediate and dramatic cooling effect.
- UV protection. Slows down fatigue from Sun exposure.
- Absolutely amazing fit. These babies went from up high on the arms all the way to the wrist. No coming up short here. Heck yeah!
I came out of the water and had them already rolled into two donuts in my helmet. I put them on over my wrists and headed out on the bike. As I biked, I worked them up my arms and got them into place.
The run got hot, with full Sun in the Texas mid-day. Of course the sweat wicking cooled me a bunch, but getting them intentionally wet at aid stations was amazing. I am 100% confident that I will use them in every race and long training day possible from now until something better comes along. I truly cannot endorse them enough.
They are simple, cheap, extremely effective, and look cool. No negatives, all positives.
Reader Comments (1)
I trialled some arm cooler in Vegas last year, had the same verdict, well worth the investment