Product Review: Gelly Belly Grizzly Bear
Well, before Christmas, I posted about a product that might appeal to my Mom, who (like me and you) gets headsaches and migraines. A think I did a good promotion for the little bear, too. But now that the Christmas high has definately worn off, Mom and I have had a chance to try and actually use the Gelly Belly Grizzly Bear instead of just “ooooo” and “ahh” over it.
The Verdict
Either we did something very wrong or something wrong happened at Amazon.com. We could not fit the cold/hot pack into the back of the bear. That’s kind of the whole pint of the bear –to be a cute and tough applicator for cold packs or heating pads. The cold/hot pack that was included actually exploded while we were trying to insert it into the bear’s back pouch.
The insides of the pack looked like little tiny round ice balls, but weren’t cold. Ome to think of it, it kind of looked like 3-D confetti. Although it was definately entertaining to do a gross necropsy on the cold/heat pack, it still didn’t do much for my Mom’s actual pain, which needed a cold pack quickly.
So, I found one of those little blue cold packs that you put in picninc baskets or lunch boxes to help make a temporary mini-refrigerator. That fit easily inside the back of the bear.
However, after five minutes, Mom said, “I can’t feel the cold at all. This bear must be too thick.”
No, Mom, I think I was the one that was too thick when I bought the darn thing.
At least Mom likes Teddy bears, anyway. This one looks a lot differnt from the other Teddies she has. It now sits with the prize teddy bear from Build-A-Bear in a teddy capacity rather than in the medicine cabinet. In other words — I managed to buy a nice Teddy bear for my Mom’s Teddy bear when I was suppossed to get her something to ease her aches and pains. It sits there and stares at me, both haunting and taunting me.
Verdict : PPHHHTTTT!!!!! (Both for my Christmas shopping abilities and the Gelly Belly Grizzly Bear).
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