Keis or Gerbing heated jackets, or...?

[B19GRR]

Hi,

I've been trawling websites looking at heated clothing longingly after a few morning rides leaving me with adamantium nipples on arrival

I've been thinking about going for the fully sleeved under jacket to replace the normal thermal liner, I was wondering if I'd still need heated gloves if my arms are heated?

I have thought about just the vest style plus gloves but I'm assuming that with a full jacket I wouldn't need to wear a thick jumper too whereas with a vest my arms would still get cold unless I also kept the thermal liner in my jacket which would just add to the bulkiness

Any thoughts? Is there much difference really between the brands? Any other suggestions? BTW at 40 I'm happy to say I can't be arsed to MTFU

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

Why am I not surprised to get conflicting views

Also found Biketek stuff last night which appears to use carbon (or kevlar, their website is a bit confused) heating elements in jacket and gloves. Controllers look a bit Duplo though and power to gloves isn't as nicely integrated in to the sleeves as it is in the Gerbing.

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

RizzoTheRat said:

I made my own, total cost £35 but with enough heating wire left over to make another if I wanted to so under £30 in all. It's a vest type and if I was making another I'd be tempted to use a sleved jacket and run heat just down the bicep, certainly no need for it beyond the elbow.

If anyone else is feeling like a cheapskate...
http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/index.php?showtopic=2...

I've since invensted in a Pulse Width Modulator to use as a controller, but not got round to fitting it yet.

That reminds me, I need to extend the cable for this winter, it's a fraction short for use with my current textiles.

That's pretty cool, pardon the pun. I wonder how interchangeable liners are as I've got one in good nick from a jacket that got torn.

Where do you get the DC connector jack things from, RS, Ebay? Not done any soldering for a long time, could be fun