Uncle Phil
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RAY - Sometimes even baby water buffaloes lose a little weight ... ;-)
Is this the same one you ended up selling?I was NOT unhappy with my older (5 years old, wires & THINSULATE in liner) liner but I figured that the newer technology (advertised as being thinner & lighter) would be better. Unfortunately, I sold my older liner when I purchased my new Microwire liner.
UP, I noticed on the cycle gear website that the First Gear Warm n' Safe liner comes in a 65 watt and 90 watt version. What's your opinion on which is best?JOHN - If the Gerbing stuff (and pretty much any other heated gear that I know of) does not fit fairly snug, the heat transfer is poor. That's where WarmNSafe got it right - they have elastic in their jacket liner for those who have expanding and sometime contracting torsos! ;-) If it's really cold out, I'll put a standard fleece lined jacket or a fleece pullover over the Gerbing jacket to keep the heat in under my Aerostich. My First Gear mesh has a windproof liners that also work for keeping the heat in.
I rode in today at 31 degrees in preparation for heading to moonshine. I have the same problem as you - cold sides - with the microwire liner under my Firstgear Teton. I am going to have to add more insulation over the liner I think.The older liner I foolishly sold was 5 years old and DID NOT have a PDU (power distribution unit).
Mine had wires hanging fom the liner BUT was fully lined with Thinsulate.
Gerbing told me that they stopped lining their liners when they replaced the hanging wires with a PDU.