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Along with being a portable, handheld fan, the ChillPill is also a cooling plate and water mister. Shark/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET
CNET’s key takeaways
At $150, the Shark ChillPill is pricey, but it could be worth it for those who want a device that functions as more than a portable fan.
I’m especially impressed with the ChillPill’s dry-touch mister and cooling plate, which can reduce skin temperature by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit.
I did occasionally experience issues pressing the display to activate the device. I also don’t love that all its accessories are sold separately, from $10 to $40.
On elementary school field days, when classes would gather for outdoor events on what felt like the hottest day of the year, I used to get jealous of the kids who had those handheld fans that doubled as water misters. Shark’s new ChillPill personal fan reminds me of them, but in a more modern, high-tech form.
The ChillPill is three-in-one, in both what it does and how it can be used.
As a wellness editor who tests the latest health tech for CNET, and as someone who runs hot, I was excited to try the ChillPill as summer approaches. Especially since I also have Dyson’s new HushJet Mini Cool, its first-ever portable fan, and two popular JisuLife fans, the Ultra2 and Pro1 Mini, to compare it to.
The ChillPill combines a bladeless 10-speed fan with airflow up to 17 miles per hour, a dry-touch evaporative mister that won’t leave you soaked and a cryotherapy-inspired cooling plate that drops skin temperature up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit. The latter measurement was calculated from controlled testing at 77 degrees Fahrenheit, with the plate applied to the neck at its highest setting.
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