Gerbing Heated Clothing

[SouthSoundTree]

I drove past this place in Oly today. Never heard of them, or heated clothing aside from gloves and boots. For some cold weather climates, it could be an antidote like the CoolVest for hot weather. Haven't looked at the site. Oly is too temperate for me to buy heated clothing.

http://www.gerbing.com/

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy! You've gotta take out a loan to buy their gear!!!

 

[squisher]

Looks pricey. I'll stick with the woolies.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

The mountain stuff that I looked at didn't look too bad. Any good 800 fill down jacket will run you at LEAST $250, I'd guess, off the top of my head, so ~$350 for heated isn't too bad. Make it last for 10 seasons of the really cold days, and $35/ year isn't anything.

I imagine you don't have much need for a heated down jacket, Butch.

 

[HolmenTree]

Sean,I haven't tried out the Gerbing but I have owned this www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/cordless/2344 for a couple of years now and still works great what it was designed to do. I don't wear it for work, old tradition of layers with wool base and felt is still supreme.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Hmmmm
Generally my rule of thumb about battery operated stuff is stick to flash lights, computers out of only necessity, phones (see computers), Power tools... And things to torture the wife with.... (see power tools)...

 

[flushcut]

 

[HolmenTree]

When it comes to quality battery packs and tools few can compare to Milwaukee. I love my jacket

 

[Adam_P]

Those Milwaukee jackets are nice. I know two people who have them and I made sure to "try" them both as long as I could.

 

[HolmenTree]

Going on my 3rd winter now with mine.
Three heat settings [red white and blue] and toasty warm on low , -5F today and only wearing a T shirt underneath.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lordy! It looks cold there!!!

 

[HolmenTree]

Lordy! It looks cold there!!!

Just the start of our winter Butch, it's going to get a lot colder. Our snow will hang around until March, April.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I had to wear a jeans jacket for half a day, today!

 

[stig]

That is one crappy homepage. No information about the different items whatever.

I'm thinking about making a setup for my Swiss lady's horsedrawn carriage with a car battery and heated gloves and socks.
It won't be Gerbing, I guess.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

You can buy the pads etc separately Stig. You could also put a little friction powered dynamo on one of the wheels to keep it charged.

 

[stig]

I just found a company that have what I seek: http://www.ventureheat.com/p-421-12v-heated-motorcycle-boot-insoles.aspx

Insoles and glove liners.
I figured on putting a motorcycle or car battery behind the seat and a plug for a charger.
The carriage is being garaged indoors, with plenty of 220 volt near by.

I can set that up at home, ready to mount, so I just have to buy the battery in Switzerland. About $400 all together incl. charger.
That would make a nice winter surprise.

 

[rumination]

Just make sure you have it all wired correctly. Might be a bit shocking otherwise.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I've seen and tried some battery heated gloves owned by a friend, mainly marketed to people riding motorcycles. They seemed real nice with different heat settings and the rechargeable batter held a long charge. I called them to see if they thought chainsaw vibrations would be detrimental to heated wires, they said probably.