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The iOpener is an insulated, heat-retaining bag that can be heated in a microwave and used to transfer heat to the adhesive along the edge of an iPad or similar device.

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Is this a good alternative to an iOpener?

The kit I just ordered to change the battery to my XS Max doesn’t come with an iOpener. I can’t find it on Amazon by itself but there’s one on here by itself that I may buy. I was just wondering if I heated up a wet paper towel in the microwave, placed the warm paper towel in a zip lock bag and sealed it would that be a good alternative to an iOpener? (Or even just a warm regular towel inside a zip lock bag)

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Frankly I would just use a hair dryer or heat gun (variable temp).

A wet paper towel is risky! The water could sneak in! The other factor is it doesn’t have enough heat mass.

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My hair dryer does an amazing job at high! It burns me.

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Sounds like you need a cooler hair drier ;-}

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For difficult things to heat up safely, I wrap therm in a clean cup towel, turn my toaster oven on to bake and sit them on top for a couple of hours.

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