Anybody Used Keis Heated clothing?

[Sonofabeesting]

Hi

I am looking at heated clothing and Keis seems to be pretty cheap compared to Gebring.

But is it any good. I like the look of the heated inner gloves and heated body warmer.

Anyone got them or used them?

Can I wear the body warmer with my forcefield back protector?

Thanks

[Sonofabeesting]

Bump, anyone?

[Sonofabeesting]

So in the end I went with EXO2 stuff.

I am happy with it.

[Sonofabeesting]

Sossige said:

Mr OCD said:

I use a KEIS X5... absolutely brilliant and worth every penny.

If your going to be doing commuting in Winter then it is ideal... for longer touring in Winter (300 miles per day +) I would probably consider a fully heated jacket / gloves combo saying that the Keis X5 has done some serious mileage with me and I've never been cold with it on.

This morning I left the house and was -1deg ... did a 36 mile motorway trip to work with the Keis X5 on 'medium' and when I arrived at work I was still nice and warm.

The Keis X5 has heat areas on the chest and kidneys... never thought this would be enough but the key thing is that as its heating your kidneys it is therefore heating your blood so the heat is getting everywhere. I find my hands and feet take much longer to get cold.

HTH

It certainly does, thanks.

My commute is about 18 miles each way, but ~14 miles of that is motorway/fast dual carriageway. Up until now I've been making do with layers and given that it was 2c this morning, used the car and sat in traffic jams as a result.

I definitely need to sort out some heated kit. Does the Keis X5 include wire elements that can eventually break, or is it like the EXO2 system?

S

I dont know about the Keis X5 system, but I give my EXO2 a fair bit of abuse (throwing it in the corner with my skanky winter gear and it works fine. There are no heat 'hot spots' (no pun intended) rather a totally warm all over the jacket.

The only probably I have is that my arms get cold. But I am going to get a decent winter base layer which sorts this. As with anything once you plug one cold spot (body and hands) other pop up (the vents on my Arai for example) so you are constantly chasing the draughts, but its good when your all tucked up warm!

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jp-speed-triple said:

Sossige said:

Mr OCD said:

Does the Keis X5 include wire elements that can eventually break, or is it like the EXO2 system?

S

I think from reading the website that it uses the same tech as the XO stuff...its washable etc. I also THINK i read that the AO stuff has no front heating panels where the Keis does. I've decided to go Keis for this reason, but did my reading some weeks ago.

EXO2 heated bodywarmer does have heated upper back, kidney area, chest and front shoulders panels