11-04-2013, 08:00 AM
Ok today I went ahead and bit the bullet buying my first heated gear. Rode out to Sportour in Cinti and they had a good display of the First Gear aka Warm n Safe heated gear. I looked at jacket liners, gloves, and glove liners. They had a nice set up for testing and I tried on a jacket liner first. They plugged me in and man did it heat up nicely. Then I tried the gloves, and although they also heated up nicely, it was a real cluster f to get them tucked either into or over my riding coat. Then I tried the glove liners, again nice heat, but I couldn't get my regular riding gloves on over them.
So... I bought the jacket liner, a dual controller ( in case I do buy gloves or liners or pants in the future) and an adapter that runs from the controller to the battery tender plug on my bike.
All totaled it ran just under $ 300
Will have to wait until a nice frosty day for a ride report as this week we are in the 50s to 60s, and the electrics aren't needed in that range.
So... I bought the jacket liner, a dual controller ( in case I do buy gloves or liners or pants in the future) and an adapter that runs from the controller to the battery tender plug on my bike.
All totaled it ran just under $ 300
Will have to wait until a nice frosty day for a ride report as this week we are in the 50s to 60s, and the electrics aren't needed in that range.