FRIO Large Cooling Wallet - Insulin Cooler for 45+ Hours of Stress Free On The Go Cooler Bag - No Ice, No Stress

My son has some serious food allergies and I searched high and low for the ideal solution to keep his epipens at a safe temperature for a recent trip to Disney. These were the perfect solution, even when the temps outside were over 90 degrees!I did a few tests using terrarium thermometers with probes, and compared these against refrigerated cool packs in an insulated case. The cool packs turned hot after 3 hours in our best insulated case. These, however, kept the epi pens under 77 F even when it was 92 degrees with 70° humidity and we were out for 10 hours (though some of those 10 hours were indoors and on rides in air conditioned spaces).Each morning, I soaked the insert in the hotel ice bucket with a handful of ice and cold water from the sink and then towel dried off and let it sit for 5 min. After inserting the epi pens and putting it in the outer cover, we kept it in the outer mesh pocket of a backpack.It seems counterintuitive, but in order to work, it needs air flow. Do not put it inside a backpack and DEFINITELY not inside an insulated case (I tested this and it got hot quickly). You could put it inside a breathable bag, like a canvas tote, but I found the mesh outer pocket ideal (the pocket usually used for a water bottle). Bonus is that it is also easily accessible in an emergency.TSA did pull me aside in Boston's Logan airport but had no issue after looking inside. Another TSA agent called me aside after I got through and I thought it was going to be a thing but instead she just wanted to know where I got it because it was so clever.These will work best when it's less humid, but it did seem to handle 70% humidity ok. I would pay close attention if the humidity was much higher.

Great gift for my wife. Carries on all our trips for her medication. Keeps her medicine in a safe tempeture range.

Product description is accurate. As long as instructions are followed and timing placed into ice cool water and timing taking out to dry. As well as the timing getting it into the sleeve. It does in fact keep the insulin cool enough to survive in the heat. Great for travel. Just make sure not to put it into an enclosed compartment. It needs to be able to breathe.

Past reviews complain about the temp. FRIO says it keeps cool to 68 degrees. It is not a refrigerator. We used in HOT Florida (July)at Disney and it kept our insulin from “cooking.” Insulin is working as it should. Now it’s on its way to HOT Cairo!

I got one a few years ago after I lost a pair of epipens when they got moved out of the shade on a hot day accidentally. While it does make the bag heavier, it's a huge piece of mind to know that my expensive rescue meds will be safe and not destroyed by heat should I need them!Someone in one of my Latex Allergy groups recommended the Frio Large Wallet for this sort of purpose and we double checked that it kept the right temperature for an EpiPen (where you don't want it as cold as insulin can be stored in) and, when there was an Epipen shortage and I had to get another brand, Impax, that was taller and thinner it still fit the case!I don't use mine often, so it's usually stored dry inside my house, but whenever I need it it charges up so simply and then I set it in the air to dry out after and pack it away :) Last summer it impressed everyone with how I filled it on a Friday and after the outdoor college graduation on Sunday in a heatwave so bad that at least 3 people collapsed and needed medical care, my epis were perfectly cool to the touch... And again during an outdoor funeral reception in another heat wave, when someone's bag with their epis got left in the sun and another relative made the rounds to see whose it was, neither of the other epi users had a cooling case and both spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer or in Puerto Rico at any time of the year with family, so they both know the pain of losing epis to the heat! Both rushed to order one!

Frio Cooling WalletItem(s) Qty Price Total1 $ [...] $ [...]FRIO LARGE Insulin Cooling Carrying Case / Wallet -Evaporative Cooler - keeps insulin cool up to 45 hours withoutever needing ice packs or refrigeration!I received item, attempted to get it to work.I followed instructions about soaking time, spreading outcrystals, etc.Before I potentially ruined a bottle of insulin I wanted toverify bag works. I did not at any time place a bottle of insulininto bag.The only thing I placed in bag was a thermometer.I placed a thermometer inside bag. (bag temperature)I placed another thermometer outside bag. (room temperature)Start time. 00:00 hh:mmRoom temp = 80FBag temp = 78FTime = 00:15Room temp = 80FBag temp = 78FTime = 00:45Room temp = 80FBag temp = 78FTime = 01:30Room temp = 78FBag temp = 76FI did this for over 48 hours.The data showed that Bag temperature was around 2 to 3 degreescooler than Room temperature. So if Room Temperature never droppedbelow 85F, then Bag Temperature would never drop below 82F.If you are trying to "cool down" a bottle of insulin, this bagwill not do that.My understanding at the time I bought the product was that it"cooled down".I could not get it to do that.Much, much later, weeks later, I was able to extract thisinfo from :[...]Even in Hot Climates! Insulin must be at the manufacturer'srecommended temperature when placed in the FRIO wallet.I did not know that, prior to purchasing bag.If I had known that, I would NOT have purchased bag.I was led to believe from all the information I could find atthe time of purchase was that this bag "cooled down" a bottle ofinsulin. "Cooled down" is my phrase, not Frio's phrase.Does Frio keep an already "cooled down" bottle of insulincool for 48 hours?I don't know, I did not test that.Does Frio "cool down" a bottle of insulin?I don't know, I never put a warm bottle of insulin in bag.Does Frio "cool down" a thermometer to something like 64Fwhen the Room temperature is 80F?Definitely not! I can state this without reservation that thebag I bought does not "cool down" a thermometer to anythingapproaching near 64F if the Room temperature is 80F.That was my need at the time.I needed something to "cool down" a bottle of insulin. I wasnot going to be near refrigeration. I was not going to be nearanything that would act like refrigeration (ice, snow, etc).