Gerbing heated jackets

Any one have any experience of any of the gerbing heated products. I'm looking at getting a jacket liner but not sure if i need to buy the battery connectors seperatly or if they come with the Jacket.

Any view good or bad appreciated as it's not a cheap thing to discardif it's useless, but if it works it might make my 120 mile a day commute a little more tolerable.

Thanks Liz

[northwind]

I'ev been looking at the Exo stormrider vest for a while... It has a seperate battery back, you can run it off the bike or from its own battery. Seems like a good thing to me. Saw a review in one of the mags this month which reckoned it was great, more even heat than other vests.

I'm sure RandyO wears Gerbing... And he knows a bit about riding in the cold.

I was looking at some other makes Klan is one and there's some Widder vests on ebay for £69 but i'm not sure if they are as good as others or if they have lifetime warranty like the Gerbing.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by e.d.

I was looking at some other makes Klan is one and there's some Widder vests on ebay for £69 but i'm not sure if they are as good as others or if they have lifetime warranty like the Gerbing.

In all honesty Liz my little fruitbat, they are all the same. The SV battery/cahrging system is the weak link in the equasion, and im sure you aint commuting on the 749?

Gerbring and Klan are both very good and i have a fair few mates that wear the stuff, but they are girls...and so are you, so you are forgiven. As for the connectors, i think that they come with a plug that goes into an accesrary socket. Id email a supplier and ask them as im unlikely to see my mates who ise the stuff.

Originally Posted by Viney

and im sure you aint commuting on the 749?

Not at this time of year, but i will be from spring onwards.

Maybe i'll just stick with my heated grips on the SV thanks fella.

Originally Posted by e.d.

Any one have any experience of any of the gerbing heated products. I'm looking at getting a jacket liner but not sure if i need to buy the battery connectors seperatly or if they come with the Jacket.

Any view good or bad appreciated as it's not a cheap thing to discardif it's useless, but if it works it might make my 120 mile a day commute a little more tolerable.

Thanks Liz

IIRC, the battery connector comes with the jacket liner and the thermostat is a separate item (I highly recommend the thermostat/heat-troller, without it, the jacket liner will be heating to max potential and cooking you)

I've been in rides 100± miles in -10°F (-25°C) and stayed toasty warm

Ok cool thanks for the info i think i'll get one and see how it goes.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by northwind

I'ev been looking at the Exo stormrider vest for a while... It has a seperate battery back, you can run it off the bike or from its own battery. Seems like a good thing to me. Saw a review in one of the mags this month which reckoned it was great, more even heat than other vests.

I've got one of these, very toasty. When using a battery pack off the bike only the kidney area gets power, presumably heating the whole thing would just be too great a drain and the battery life would be unacceptably short. Not that I ever have of course, only been used on the bike.

I've been using a Gerbing heated jacket and gloves for a couple of years now. They make an incredible difference during cold weather. I've also got the heated socks this year, which again I can only recommend.
Whether or not you need a controller unit depends very much on the ambient temperature and on the riding you are doing. Unsurprisingly, high speed stuff in cold weather, you'll want it on full anyway, if you're in town on a slightly milder day, with the kit on full blast you will be roasted.

Thanks for the replies, i ordered the jacket liner and it should be here tomorrow. I haven't gone for a controller as i do 120 miles of fast dual carriageway riding as my commute, no town stuff at all. I also wanna cut down on the layers i wear cos this morning i could barely move in all the layers so i'd probably just were a base layer underneath and have it on full.

I bet it the weather starts to get warmer now