Frosté Ice-Silk Cooling Pillowcase
Not gel. Not a fan. You have heard 'stays cool' before, so here is why this one actually does: a weave with no charge to run out, pulling heat and sweat away all night, so you stop flipping the pillow to find the cool side.
Why it does not quit: the ThermaWick IceSilk weave
Every cooling product you have tried has the same story: cold for a few minutes, then it turns into a sweat box. That is because gel pads and inserts hold a fixed charge of cold. Once it is spent, usually within the hour, they are just warm plastic under a pillowcase.
Frosté does not work that way. There is no gel, no insert, nothing to feel through the fabric and nothing to recharge. The cooling is woven straight into the IceSilk fabric itself. It does two jobs, all night, at the same time:
- Pulls heat off your skin on contact, the cool-touch feel you notice the second your head lands.
- Wicks moisture away from the surface so sweat evaporates instead of pooling and warming the fabric back up.
A weave has no charge to burn through. As long as there is a temperature difference between your skin and the fabric, it keeps transferring heat, hour after hour, instead of dying at minute ten like a gel pad does.
What it is not: it is not a fridge, and it is not a cure. It is cool, not cold, and it cannot stop a hot flush from happening, that is biological. What it does is keep the surface you are sleeping on cooler and drier through the night, so you are not fighting your pillow on top of everything else.
What you will notice
- No more 3am pillow-flip. The weave keeps working all night instead of quitting after ten minutes.
- Cool to the touch, and it stays that way. Still doing its job when you wake, not just when you lie down.
- Nothing to feel, nothing to recharge. No gel pad you can feel through the fabric, no insert that goes warm.
- Wicks the sweat away instead of trapping it. Built to stop you waking up soaked, not just to feel cold on contact.
- Snug fit, hidden zip, does not slide. Stays put through a restless night, and the zip will not dig in or catch.
- Honest about what it does. Cool, not cold. It cannot stop a hot flush, but it helps you stay cooler and drier through the night so the flush is survivable, not miserable.
Rated cool, not just called cool
Cool-touch rated at a Q-max of 0.35 W/cm2 (the manufacturer's fabric specification, not an independent lab test). Q-max is the standard measure of how cool a fabric feels the moment you touch it, and around 0.2 is the commonly cited cool-touch benchmark, so 0.35 sits firmly in genuine cool-touch territory. That number is about the cool feel on contact. Staying cool through the night comes from the breathable weave wicking heat and moisture away so the surface does not warm back up, backed by the 60-night guarantee.
Specifications
- Fabric: cool-touch ice-silk (viscose) with a spandex blend for a snug fit
- Weave: knitted, 400 thread count
- Size: 48 x 74 cm, fits a standard UK pillow
- Cool-touch rating: Q-max 0.35 W/cm2 (manufacturer's fabric spec)
- Care: machine washable, cool wash, no fabric softener, low tumble or air dry
- Non-toxic and skin-friendly, reinforced stitching, hidden zip
- Colours: Blue, Grey, Pink, Green
Which pack most people choose
Most people choose the 2-Pack. One stays on the bed while the other is in the wash, so there is always a cool, dry case ready and you are never waiting on laundry day. The 1-Pack is there to try one, the 4-Pack is the best value for the whole household.
Questions people ask
Will this actually stay cool all night, or die after ten minutes like the others?
That is the exact problem Frosté is built to fix. There is no gel to run out, the ThermaWick weave keeps pulling heat and moisture away for as long as you are sleeping on it. Cool, not cold, but it lasts.
If I put a pillowcase over my cooling pillow, does that cancel the cooling out?
Not with Frosté, because there is nothing to cancel. The cooling is not a layer underneath the case, it is the case.
Is it cold like a fridge, or just cool?
Cool, not cold. A pleasantly cool surface to lay your head on. It will not stop a hot flush happening, but it helps you stay cooler and drier while it passes.
Will washing wear out the cooling?
Follow the simple care guide (cool wash, no fabric softener, low tumble or air dry) and the weave keeps doing its job wash after wash. The seams and zip are built not to fail the way cheaper cases do.
Why not just buy a cheap two-pack?
The cheap packs are the ones that quit after a few minutes. Frosté sits between disposable packs that go flat fast and premium silk priced for beauty routines. You are paying for a weave engineered to last the night.
The 60-Night 'We Actually Pay' Cool Sleep Promise
Sleep on your Frosté for a full 60 nights. If it ever turns into a sweat box on you, or it does not stay cooler and drier than what you are sleeping on now, email us one line and we refund you in full within 5 working days. That is the whole process: one email, refunded in 5 working days, no posting it back and forth. Keep the pillowcase too. There is nothing to send back.