NEWGO Ice Pack Ankle Foot Ice Pack Wrap for Plantar Fasciitis, Foot Cold Pack with Plush Backing Hot Cold Therapy Foot Ice Wrap for Achilles Tendonitis, Swelling, Sprained Ankles and Heel, Blue

My wife loves this thing. She twisted her ankle recently and has been in a lot of pain. This helps so much! She gets a lot of relief when using it. It really easy to use and lit on and love that it comes with a bag to put it in the freezer with. The fact that it came in light purple was a huge bonus.

This ice pack will get the job done, but it has several issues that have me frustrated. Not staying cold enough for long enough is the real problem. Pros: +Nice material, feels fine and should be easy to keep clean +quality velcro strap works well and doesn't have too much of the hook part to get stuck on other fabrics +Great icing effect in the first couple of minutes, good contact when properly strapped on +Comes with a bag for keeping things clean while in the freezer +Big enough to cover my massive calf above the ankle, just closes in front Cons: -Doesn't stay cold enough for very long. It does stay semi cold for a full 30 minutes or so, but loses its real cold effect in the first five minutes -Need to wrap the elastic all around the foot in order to keep the gel properly distributed. If you wrap it tightly in just the two places they show, the gel winds up all scooting to the heel area, and I got this specifically to ice my toes and ankle. -instruction to keep in freezer for exactly 2-4 hours is a bit tricky. I find I sometimes forget to take it out or it isn't convenient to use it at just that time, but the package has pretty strong instructions about being careful if left too long in the freezer. Maybe I'm over thinking it, but I wish I could just leave in the freezer all the time in between uses so I didn't have to plan ahead -The gap on top of the ankle is a bummer. Obviously I could see this in the photos and decided to give it a go anyway, but that's a spot I really could use the ice with my particular nerve issue.

Very easy to use and does a very good job

As another reviewer mentioned, this ice boot does not totally cover your foot. The top of your foot, at the bend of your foot and ankle will have no ice pack on it. This for me, was a major flaw. I need ice there. I have compensated by putting a flat ice pack over that area, and then wrapping the whole thing together with the straps. Too bad the company left out that section when designing the boot. It otherwise would’ve been the perfect boot. Maybe they did that so one can walk in the boot, but that makes no sense, because if you’re icing for an injury, you shouldn’t be walking around in the boot! So, consider this one area where the boot is missing, when you are thinking to purchase.

So happy with this purchase! Recovering home from surgery and this is the most helpful thing so far!