I’ve been testing one out for a month in which the average daily temperature has been in the high 80s, when I’d usually be hiding from the sun during the day.
The Embr Wave also applies cold or heat in waves, maximizing the effect while prolonging battery life. It’s why wet socks make the rest of your body shiver, and why a stray ray of sunlight can make you feel warm on a winter’s day.
#EMBR LABS REVIEW SKIN#
Since your body is sensitive to temperature differences, changing the temperature of one spot on your skin makes your brain feel like your whole body has also felt that sensation. Pretty simple in practice, with some pretty complex physics running the show. It uses the Peltier effect to either cool or warm the ceramic underside of the unit, which then makes your wrist feel cold or hot. So you know how when you splash cold water on your wrists you feel cooler? Or if you hold a hot cup of cocoa and you feel warmer all over? Well, the Embr Wave is basically the high-tech version of that. What if I didn’t have to hibernate during the warmer months, like some kind of reverse-grizzly bear? What if I could brave the hot outdoors, knowing that a cooling breeze was just a touch of a button away at all times? That’s the promise of the Embr Wave, a $300 wrist-worn personal temperature regulator. It might be hell for my utility bill, but it’s necessary.
Summer in the humid Maryland coast finds me hunkered down inside, where’s there’s a sensible central air system to keep me vaguely in my comfort zone. Seriously, I only stop wearing shorts when there are two feet of snow on the ground (and only then if I’m told not to). I’m one of those people who is always too hot, no matter the weather.
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