Shark just launched a new 3-in-1 cooling system that you can literally wear while on-the-go

Spring is here and that means the sun is finally shining. It also means that we go from complaining about how rainy and cold it is to saying it's too hot and different iterations of I'm melting — and, fortunately, that's where Shark comes in.

Last year's viral sensation was the Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo fan, cooling users indoors and outdoors with its refreshing mist and premium portability. With a whole new summer comes a new opportunity, though, but how do you top it? Well, with a cooling system you can literally strap to you and carry around, it seems.

Meet the Shark "ChillPill", coined by the brand as "the only 3-in-1 personal cooling system that helps you keep your cool in the heat." And it takes the phrase "take a chill pill" to a whole new level.

About the Shark ChillPill

As a 3-in-1 cooling system, you might be wondering how it achieves all three goals while also being wonderfully small — and that's with three interchangeable cooling attachments.

One works as a high-speed fan that can project air up to 7.5m/s. One delivers an evaporative mist that refreshes skin with either a constant or interval setting. And the last is the InstaChill cooling plate that can lower local skin temperature by up to 48°F.

As James Kitto, SVP, Managing Director of EMEA at SharkNinja puts it: "Current personal cooling options simply haven't kept pace with how we live today. Consumers have been making do with inadequate fans that felt awkward to use in public. We wanted to offer them an effective cooling option that truly fits their lifestyle."

And as I stare at the handheld fan that I desperately gripped against my face all last summer while it blew hot air at me, I think it might be time for an upgrade.

Here's why I can't wait to try it

I love the sunshine, but I also get easily hot and bothered chasing my two small kids around whilst out and about. The park seems like a good idea, until you're in it and there's not a touch of shade in sight. The idea of being able to strap the Shark ChillPill to me then, freeing up my hands for summer activities, is actually genius. And having lived with the Shark HydroGo last summer surviving warm nights and outdoor picnics, I know how good Shark is at keeping you cool.

Fortunately, Shark has also thought about the design aspect of wearing the fan, making sure it's lovely to look at too, with a wide choice of attractive colors including Carbon, Iced Latte, Haze, Dragon Fruit, Glacier, Matcha and more. Not only are the colors trendy, but so are their names. It's not just light green, it's Matcha. And it's never a bad thing to be spoilt for choice.

Shark is also selling accessories to go along with the ChillPill and I've already got my eyes on the cross-body and wrist straps. "Simply click it on, twist it into place, and cool down whether you're indoors or out," Shark says, and that is music to my sweaty ears.

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