Is It All Coming Back to you Now, Bunky??!!
Electric Clothing Vendors
Is
It All Coming Back to you Now, Bunky??!!
I had a Heated Vest constructed using the newest technology in heated clothing, a fabric called Gorix, and made by At-Last. Gorix fabric is a carbon-fiber electrically conductive fabric. It looks very much like black fiberglass, but each strand is electrically conductive. A hole punched in a heating element made of Gorix won't kill the heating element, the current simply flows around the damage. Since the current flows from the top of the heating element to the bottom, the only way to destroy an element would be to cut it in half, opening the circuit.
At least one manufacturer, Tourmaster, currently uses carbon fiber in their
gloves, vests and pants.
(At-Last and Gorix are gone.) The
vest is well rated, the
gloves are not.
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/1/461/10327/ITEM/Tour-Master-Synergy-Leather-Gloves.aspx
First Gear
has carbon fiber gloves (men only), but their jacket liners are heated wire.
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/1/461/10885/ITEM/Firstgear-Carbon-Heated-Gloves-.aspx
The rest of the heated clothing vendors use heated wire technology. We have personal experience with and believe the best stuff comes from:
Warm and Safe
makers of the original heat troller controls
and excellent jacket liners, gloves and controls. They make stuff for
other retailers. We have their jacket
liners and gloves and can recommend their products.
http://www.warmnsafe.com/
and the next best from:
Gerbing
which
makes a full line of heated clothing including gloves (or they will wire your
own gloves for $79) and socks (which are difficult to walk on so save your
money). We had the gloves (which I replaced with Warm and Safe gloves) and socks. They also make "Core Heat"
(they call it microwave) clothing and gloves that are battery (not 12v)
operated. The second link is a review of Gerbing's heated liner.
http://www.gerbing.com/
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/heated-jacket/
Jett
makes the best battery operated (non 12v) vest.
The second link is a review.
http://www.jett.us.com/
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/heated-vest/battery-heated-vest/index.htm
EXO
makes an excellent (if pricey) vest. The second link is a review.
http://exo2.info/pages/Engeland/stormridereng.htm
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/heated-vest/exo-storm-rider/
After that you can pretty much take your pick. In no particular order, here is a current list.
Warm Gear
has heated panel jackets, vests, pants and gloves.
http://cozywinters.com/heated-clothing/
Chilli
makes a vest distributed by Sargent.
http://www.sargentcycle.com/chillivest.htm
http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/heated-vest/
Aerostich
has a vest and a liner.
http://www.aerostich.com/catalog/US/Kanetsu-Electrics-p-1-c-284.html
1st Heat
has jackets, chaps and vests.
http://www.1stheat.com/
Widder
makes a line of heated clothing that includes a vest with arm chaps and leg
chaps.
http://www.widder.com/
Links to Battery Operated
Everything:
http://www.tgoemall.com/mallbodywarm.htm
Extreme Comfort has battery
operated boot heaters and glove liners.
http://www.electrichandwarmers.com/index.html
Giali has jackets,
waistcoats, vests, harness, gloves, socks, trousers, grip covers.
http://www.giali.com/
Kustom Komfort has DYI
heating systems for clothing.
http://www.kustomkomfort.com
Internet BMW Riders
instructions for making your own heated clothing.
http://www.ibmwr.org/otech/heatedclothing.html
Body Warmer
has a vest and a very odd full body heating strip.
http://www.bodywarmer.com/
If you find yourself in New
Zealand and want a pricey vest made by Baehr, contact:
http://www.baehrintercoms.com/Web-Pages/heated_vests.htm
BMW and HD have vests, available at their dealerships.
The reviews
were taken from Web Bike World. They review just about everything you can
think of.
http://www.webbikeworld.com/
Good
Hunting
(If you know of other
Manufacturers of Heated Motorcycle clothing,
drop
me a line and I'll add them to the list.)
