Professional Series Cooling Kit

I splurged and bought myself a professional cool vest and 3 sets of vest cool packs. Best "safety thing" I have done for myself in years. I live in south Texas and have numerous heat stress issues and this year the heat was so bad, I said enough. This vest is cheaper than a trip in an ambulance and much cheaper than a funeral! The build of this vest is very robust. I got the zipper version because I wanted the ability to put a frozen water bottle down the front of it. The only downside is, in the 100F heat in the sun, this vest lasts 1.5 hours in the back panel and the front panel with the frozen water in the front will last 2 hours. I then have to change out all the panels. For most people, 1.5 hours is sufficient to mow the lawn, weed the flower etc. The vest with the 3 sets of inserts will get me through most of my day. To store the ice packs in the small freezer of your refrigerator is a challenge because you have food in there. I arranged a way that works for me. I have frozen water bottles below the ice panel and then put frozen water in milk cartons on top of the panel. It is sandwiched between ice another words. I then put the next used panel at the bottom, sandwich between the ice, etc. With the heat in south Texas, to keep these frozen without a freezer, you will have to start with frozen panels and have dry ice + regular ice in a Yeti quality cooler or you will have to have a freezer unit that runs off a generator or battery. If you are in a moderately hot place you might get away with ice in a cooler, but not in the heat we have here in Texas....Love this vest and wish I had bought one sooner.