I was anticipating this package in the mail. Lately, I’ve wanted to give my fiancé a nice back massage, so I thought the Heart Warmer|Heart warmer Massager might be good for it. Therefore, the day I received it, I was quite thrilled, although we did open it at my parent’s house.

First, when I opened the package with the Heart Warmer, I was a little disappointed because of how small it was. The heart is about as large as my hand, and I'm an average sized girl. So, it wasn’t horribly small, but I think it could be a little bigger.

After getting over the size, I noticed that it didn’t smell too badly of plastic, so that was a plus. I got it out of the package and evaluated it; then I decided to continue and read the instructions.

All you have to do is click the metal, and amazingly (and I do emphasize amazingly), it changes the consistency inside of the heart and becomes super hot. When I first saw the consistency changing, I was very intrigued because it turns the liquid into a grainy solid. Not to mention, the amount of heat that this little heart packs is impressive also. It’s hot to the point that every five seconds in the first ten minutes you have to keep switching hands or wrap something around it.

After feeling how hot it was, my mother grabbed the Heart Warmer from me and started putting it on her back, shoulders, any place you can think that usually gets sore and achy. She fell in love with it.

Later that night, when we went home, we actually used it as a heating pad because it isn’t so much for massaging. This is why it is unfortunate that it isn’t larger. It is so much easier than the heating pads you microwave or plug in. The heart stays hot for about two and a half to three hours, and that is great. [Editor's Note: The Heart Warmer does not maintain the same, intense heat for the three hours. The temperature gradually fades.]

Getting the Heart Warmer back to the liquid consistency was easy also. For this, you wrap a washcloth around it and put it in a small pot. Then you let it boil for about ten minutes and viola! It is magically back to the way when you first received it. Then when you want the heart warmer hot again, you touch the metal, which is a little more sensitive after the first touch, and its back to being a heating pad.

Overall, I thought this little heart packed an awesome punch. It’s very easy to use both getting it hot and getting it back to its liquid form, and it’s a wonderful heating pad. Both of us think it feels wonderful on the small of your back. The only thing it does after a while is get rock hard, but it continues to stay hot. I was surprisingly thrilled with the Heart warmer. It would be an excellent travel heating pad.