Battery powered heated Gloves, Jackets

I have a Powerlet jacket liner which runs off bike power. It has a wireless twin thermostat controller which mounts easily to handlebars or MC cap with velcro. Got the whole kit for $99 CAD on clearance a few yrs back. This was from the Canadian outlet, the very same kit from US outlet was $500 USD.

Works extremely well. Liner is stretchy and even looks legit was a walk around jacket. Has a neck collar which really does a great job keeping neck warm. Has connections in wrist pockets for heated gloves, which ive also used to great effect.

Ran it on the 850 a few times running stock alt but led headlamp. Seems to work well if you're up to speed with rev's up.
 
Most riders get the jacket a bit large so it can be worn as a stand-alone garment (where's the bang head against brick wall smiley?) but it works much better if it's a snug fit worn over a thin base layer.
 
maylar said:
where did you get them, online or locally?
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All were bought at a local euro-brand dealer (now defunct). My first jacket liner got rashed in a crash but still worked, so I gave it to a friend since insurance covered a replacement.
 
worntorn said:
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
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Glen,
Thanks for getting back to me.
Much appreciated
Mike
 
I know the OP was asking about battery powered gloves but I have the Gerbings Gloves and Jacket with the dual controller. Wiring is fiddly and gloves are a pita to connect when you're not in the habit of wearing them day in day out. Once on everything works smoothly. The heat provided is terrific. Trick is to bring the heat up slowly. I find the Gerbings controller cuts you off if you turn everything on full at once.
 
storm42 said:
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.
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Yep, layers are the thing, spent some time in arctic Russia, about 5 layers at -30 degC, -50 with wind-chill. Nearly caught out once, cheek area between goggles and facemask, mild frostbite. Too much gear takes away the pleasure of riding though, 4 wheels etc for travelling in extremes. Scott and the like must have been superhuman in my opinion.
 
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