Battery powered heated Gloves, Jackets

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I am shopping for battery powered heated riding gear to combat cold weather riding without a windshield....gloves, vest , jacket, etc.
I see brands
Mobile Warming
Joe Rocket
Shark
Fly Racing
Venture
and many others
Anyone have actual use of this type gear, battery life, value, etc
Thank you
 

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I would like to know how these work as well. I thought about getting an electric vest but I don't think the alternator will give much more than just running the bike.
Cheers,
Thomas
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I run a BlackJack electric vest. It only draws 35 watts, so even the puniest charging system should be able to run it. The Commando MK3 sotck 180 watt runs it easily. I have also operated the vest with a 90 watt generator on a Vincent, had to shut the vest of if riding at night in slow traffic with that one. The 120 watt alternator on the 650 ss also runs the vest along with headlight and Boyer, but there again I would not leave the vest plugged if going traffic light to traffic at night.
On the open road, no trouble at all and does it ever help to combat the cold.
The vest is the best place to start adding electrically heated items as it warms all the major organs and warms the blood supply to the extremities.
A friend tried wired in heated gloves, they were ridiculously cumbersome. He now has battery operated ones and loves them. He gets 6 hours of running per charge, so with a set of extra batteries on board he is setup for a lot of cold weather riding.
I'll enquire as to what brand his gloves are.

Glen
 
Wow, what an obscure section of this forum.
Thanks for answers here on battery powered clothing.
Yes Glen, if someone has success with battery item , I would be happy to hear about it.
My local shop sells Mobile Warming gear (gloves, vests, jackets).
Black Jack appears to be Canada sales, I don't see any US locations.
Yes, the low RPM speeds on a Vincent Alton 12v, back roads at 40mph, seems to be a problem with watts.
 
My friend has Venture "Epic" battery powered heated gloves. Very happy with them.

Glen
 
Vest : Best thing I ever bought besides the bike itself. Got one for the wife shortly after. Extends the season. :D
 
Many years ago a very old English motorcycless told me the best way to keep your whole body warm in very cold weather was to keep your kidney warm, he use to wrap a very thick woollen scarf around the kindney area under his leather jacket, so I took his advice and got my wife to knit a very long woollen scarf that can wrap around my kidney and body area a few times and yes it does work, I have tested it with the scarf and without the scarf in cold night riding and find riding with the scarf around the kidney area under the jacket works better than having a few jumpers under the jacket, keep the blood warm and your whole body will love you for it, but mine you our winters don't get that extrem here in Queensland, all year riding.

Ashley
 
ashman said:
Many years ago a very old English motorcycless told me the best way to keep your whole body warm in very cold weather was to keep your kidney warm, he use to wrap a very thick woollen scarf around the kindney area under his leather jacket, so I took his advice and got my wife to knit a very long woollen scarf that can wrap around my kidney and body area a few times and yes it does work, I have tested it with the scarf and without the scarf in cold night riding and find riding with the scarf around the kidney area under the jacket works better than having a few jumpers under the jacket, keep the blood warm and your whole body will love you for it, but mine you our winters don't get that extrem here in Queensland, all year riding. Ashley
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+1
And if you are ever unlucky enough to get hypothermia like me, keep plenty of cotton T shirts handy as to alternately sweat and shiver throughout the long night while you try to get to sleep :(
 
worntorn said:
I run a BlackJack electric vest. It only draws 35 watts, so even the puniest charging system should be able to run it. The Commando MK3 sotck 180 watt runs it easily. I have also operated the vest with a 90 watt generator on a Vincent, had to shut the vest of if riding at night in slow traffic with that one. The 120 watt alternator on the 650 ss also runs the vest along with headlight and Boyer, but there again I would not leave the vest plugged if going traffic light to traffic at night.
On the open road, no trouble at all and does it ever help to combat the cold.
The vest is the best place to start adding electrically heated items as it warms all the major organs and warms the blood supply to the extremities.
A friend tried wired in heated gloves, they were ridiculously cumbersome. He now has battery operated ones and loves them. He gets 6 hours of running per charge, so with a set of extra batteries on board he is setup for a lot of cold weather riding.
I'll enquire as to what brand his gloves are.

Glen
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Glen,
When you are using your vest on your Mark III,are your lights on?I just ordered a Gerbing vest that is rated at 4.5 amps and my bike has a 3-phase system with LED lights and a LI battery.The vest has a control for heat.Do you think that I will be ok with this?
Thanks,Mike
 
Hi Mike

Yes, I generally keep the lights on with the vest, unless traffic is very slow.
At the moment the headlight is a 60/55 H4 Halogen, really bright but a big draw.
If in slow town traffic I have to shut either the vest or headlight off. The Eclipse voltage monitor starts to flash low voltage if I leave everything on.
At 50 mph and above the monitor stays steady green or steady amber.
With an LED headlight the vest could be left on in slow traffic and that is with the stock RM23.
With your three phase alternator and LED headlight, you will have power to spare.
You might fit a voltage monitor if you haven't already done so.
Li batteries do not have a lot of storaged power even when fully charged, but as long as the charging system is keeping up, that shouldn't matter.

Glen
 
In the mid 80s, bought an electric snowmobile type jumpsuit that had wiring in the torso, upper arms, thighs.

Rode my bike from SF to NOLA in February.

Pulled in at Ft. Stockton, TX for the night. 70F the previous day, 21F in the morning. Jumpsuit was a godsend. Until after dark in Hiuston, snd the battery went flat on the 750F. Charging couldnt keep up using it half time all day. Had to chain it to the exit sign.

Went to Sears in the sm and bought a battery charger on the Sears card, and went to their coffee shop, bought a dozen doughnuts for me and my mate snd a couple coffees and plugged in the charger under the booth for a few hours. Returned the charger.

Continued to NOLA.

Make sure your alternator keeps up.
 
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I have a Gerbing heated thermal jacket that I wear under a normal hein Garrick textile , No winter liner and only a thin tee shirt . Outside temp around freezing. The jacket on full will use around 70 watts but only needs to be on half power. The bike is the one in the avatar but without screen ,a 1960 Norton 99 but fitted with a Commando Alt 14 amp max. Above 10 deg I don't turn it on at all as the thermal lining in the gerbing is enough. Daytona boots keep feet dry and warm. Hands need heated grips below freezing. Carb does freeze up soon after start up .Working on that!.
 
I have a Keiss heated vest and it is very good. But!!, when I was researching a longer trip into Russia and extended cold riding, I was warned off electric and advised to get appropriate cold weather gear, the reason given was if any of the heated clothing failed then I would die, good cold weather clothing works all the time.

However for fairly local running or commuting then electric is hard to beat for comfort.
 
norton bob said:
I have a Gerbing heated thermal jacket that I wear under a normal hein Garrick textile , No winter liner and only a thin tee shirt . Outside temp around freezing. The jacket on full will use around 70 watts but only needs to be on half power. The bike is the one in the avatar but without screen ,a 1960 Norton 99 but fitted with a Commando Alt 14 amp max. Above 10 deg I don't turn it on at all as the thermal lining in the gerbing is enough. Daytona boots keep feet dry and warm. Hands need heated grips below freezing. Carb does freeze up soon after start up .Working on that!.
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Need an electrical manifold warmer, if you cannot have a water one.
 
I have Gerbings jacket and pants liners and G2 gloves, with two hot leads connected directly to the battery of the KTM (fused connections) running to two rheostat controllers attached to the rear of the tankbag, where I can reach down and adjust the heat without looking. This setup might work on a MK III or other Norton with a hotted-up charging system and a big battery. I've ridden down to 23F with frost on the pavement in the morning warm and secure.
Battery powered heated Gloves, Jackets
 
I have an aversion to buying clothing online, I want to see & touch. These garments are not cheap.
 
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