Portable fan, icy bottles and a $249 Sony cooling wearable: Which will save you from heat?

ST puts bottles of ice-cold water, a portable fan and the Sony Reon Pocket to the test by taking each item out for a 1km walk in the afternoon sun.Sony’s futuristic wearable cooling device, popular in Japan, is available for sale here for the first time. But budget options – a fan and a bottle of ice – are also vying with the $249 Sony Reon Pocket 5 for attention.

A fan draws hot air away from the wearer’s body and propels it out of a detachable vent that sticks out of the top of your shirt. In cooling mode, the plate quickly becomes cold to the touch to help lower the body temperature. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY “Conducting coolness on a small region is not effective in cooling. It is probably good for an air-conditioned indoor environment when you can turn up the thermostat and don this to maintain comfort.”

The Sony Reon Pocket 5 is paired to a mobile app, which can be used to configure the device’s cooling or heating modes. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAYFor all its technology, the Reon Pocket 5 faces stiff competition from tried-and-true household staples – a traditional fan and bottles of cold water.

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