It's that time of the year: Heated clothing

[w.escott16]

Hello:
I'm looking to buy heated jacket liners and gloves for me and my wife.
Have been reading on the board and have narrowed it down to three
1. Powerlet
2. Synergy
3. Gerbing
for those of you that have heated stuff what would you recommend? are the plugs interchangeable from one brand to another? thanks for your help

[Uncle Phil]

I've had Gerbing for a while. The new Powerlet and new Gerbing has the coax adapters so they are interchangeable to my knowledge. Probably the WarmNSafe is also (another good brand). Don't know about the Synergy. I have been very happy with my Gerbing stuff (I have the jacket liner, gloves, socks, and pants liner) and my wife just ordered her a set of Gerbing gloves. I use the Gerbing Heat controller and just bought a Powerlet Hear Controller for her (since I was ordering some other stuff from Powerlet and just made it on one order). I've also got the Widder stuff which I've used with the Gerbing/Powerlet controller with some adapters. So there's pretty much any sort of adapters you need to get from one brand to the other - they just can get a little pricey - and they seem to play together okay.

[c-lapier]

I'm happy with my Gerbing liner. A friend has the Powerlet, and they're almost identicle; same connections. I'd recommend going in person to get fitted. Electric jackets should be snug to transfer heat.

[forgitaboutut]

I made my own!!! this is the first day I used it,and it worked great!!!:D
Best of all,it only put me back about $20 bucks!!!!(plus the $10 for the shirt I bought at wallgreens last year!)
http://www.kustomkomfort.com/instruction.html
http://www.mototour.us/technical/electricclothes.htm
http://www.shadowriders.org/faq/electricvests.html
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http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/forgitaboutut/53400478.jpg
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[juddspaintballs]

ooooooooo. I will be making an electric jacket for sure now. care to measure the resistance of that entire jacket at the plug and report how many amps it draws?

[Bones]

"It's that time of year?" Heated gear season runs a lot longer in these parts. Adding heated grips and a Gerbings jacket liner have added many weeks to my riding season. The Gerbings rides along in a stuff sack because you never know when you may want it. Last August four of us left our overnight stop in the New Hampshire mountains at first light. Temp was 40 and that heat felt mighty good. After breakfast I stuffed the liner back in its sack. A couple hours later I switched to mesh. 40 to 85 degrees all before lunch, and comfortable the whole time.

[sirepair]

I made my own!!! this is the first day I used it,and it worked great!!!:D
Best of all,it only put me back about $20 bucks!!!!(plus the $10 for the shirt I bought at wallgreens last year!)
http://www.kustomkomfort.com/instruction.html
http://www.mototour.us/technical/electricclothes.htm
http://www.shadowriders.org/faq/electricvests.html


OK, this sounds like my kinda project (being that I am a CHEAP guy) and I can get the wife involved too!! Will prolly still buy gloves (that might be a pain to stitch in!)

Thanks for the post!!:bow1: