UNIHAND hand warmer gift

What they will find in the box

Inside the box sit two hand warmers in one color and a USB-⁠C charging cable. Each warmer is a smooth pebble small enough to close a hand around. It has a single orange button on its face, with three small lights next to it.

Nothing else needs buying, apart from a USB charger, which most homes already have. If you want the gift to work the moment it is unwrapped, charge both units a day or two before you wrap it, at room temperature, and switch them off. Slip the card from the box on top so the button presses are the first thing they read.

Keep the box somewhere room-warm while it waits. A present left for a week in a freezing garage or a hot car is harder on the batteries than one kept on a shelf indoors.

The first evening with it

Once the paper is off, show the new owner the one thing worth knowing: the red lights. One means Low, two Medium and three High. Then hand them both units and let them try the join, back to back, so they feel the heat come from every side at once.

Point them to our instructions page for the rest. It covers charging, care and the lights, so they can learn the rest the first time they need it.

Who it suits

It also answers the friend who already owns everything, since a warmer is something they will reach for most mornings in a color you chose. Think of the people in your life who are cold for part of every day. The commuter who waits on a platform. The parent on the sidelines of a winter game. The friend who hunts, golfs into November or spends weekends on the slopes.

It suits indoor cold as well. People use it at a chilly desk, in a lecture hall, or on a stadium seat. Our page on UNIHAND hand warmers for golf and the one for hunting show how the pair fits those days.

A present two people can share

Because the box holds two warmers, one gift can warm two people. A couple at a Christmas market can each hold one. A grandparent and grandchild on a cold walk can share, with the adult keeping the heat on Low and checking how warm it feels.

On the coldest evenings the two units join back to back into one warmer that heats all the way around. Pull them apart and each person has their own again.

Choosing the color

With ten shells to choose from, the color is the personal part of the gift. Champagne and Bronze look warm and a little dressy. Pink, Purple, Sky Blue and Mint Green are the soft colors. White, Black, Dark Green and Blue Grey sit quietly with any coat.

Each box is one color. For two people with different tastes, two boxes in two colors make the cleanest gift. You can see every shell together on our colors page.

Occasions it fits

A teacher on recess duty or a coach on the sideline would reach for one every week of the season. Christmas is the obvious date, but cold weather starts well before it. A pair suits Thanksgiving visits, New Year, a winter birthday or Valentine's Day, when the evening walk home is still dark and cold.

When you are ready, the page with all ten colors shows each shell side by side, and the UNIHAND pair page lets you pick the shell.

The pairs on this page are part of the UNIHAND lineup, and the eight colors above were picked for gift. Compare them side by side.