heated clothing

[Easy_Rider]

i never wear the liners in my textile trousers and my legs never feel cold.
Its just the top half im now feeling it a bit more than i like.

 

[casbar]

Have used Gerbing gloves for years, have upgraded several times. A couple of years ago I bought their heated jacket and IR controller. It was a game changer, made colder weather riding enjoyable. I have never had to have the jacket higher than level 2, but I have been using on an RT, so weather protection is pretty good.

 

[Morety]

For gloves, and where people don't like the idea of being tethered, I can heartily recommend the RST Paragon heated gloves. Cheaper than the tethered alternatives and genuinely fabulous protection and comfort. Mine stay toasty for a good 5 hours.

For jackets an vests, there's a wider choice of decent kit, and the Italian maker Tucano Urbano. Their Topwarm heated vest is excellent. I wear mine in place of my usual thermal liner, over a decent base layer and it runs happily on the intermediate heated setting for a good 7 hours. Extra consideration with heated clothing, especially if running other accessories, is you're not over taxing your bike's alternator, which can be an issue depending on what other accessories you use.

 

[Easy_Rider]

I was out today and stopped at the Baffle Haus (was in the car). There was a nice guy there who had on a Keis heated jacket on. I asked him if i could try it on and he kindly said yes.
It was a size 52 which was a bit tight for around my beer belly, so i brought a size 56.
He was riding a V-Strom, so if you come on here. Thank you for letting me try your jacket on.

So i have now brought a Keis J601RP Ultraflex Heated Jacket from Moto Central.
Price i paid was £196.

 

[theoneandonly]

Gerbing , i spent £360 on top and bottoms , did a trip to Oban and over to Blairgowrie , early in December , 2 foot of snow on the ground , and back the next day . money very well spent .
don't know if other suits do it , when the battery voltage dropped down, the suit went off , stopped and ran bike without the lights on , suit came back on , when i hit London , dropped to side lights , to keep suit on. it ran on setting 5 for the whole day .

 

[Easy_Rider]

Extra consideration with heated clothing, especially if running other accessories, is you're not over taxing your bike's alternator, which can be an issue depending on what other accessories you use.

The heated jacket will only be used when im on the Varadero. The only extras i have on that are heated grips, scottoiler esystem, cameras and sat nav.
My RT has to many extras on it and i wont risk anymore plugged in to it.

 

[wessie]

The heated jacket will only be used when im on the Varadero. The only extras i have on that are heated grips, scottoiler esystem, cameras and sat nav.
My RT has to many extras on it and i wont risk anymore plugged in to it.

I would not worry about it. Keis gear uses much more efficient heating panels than other stuff. Your new jacket, on full power will use 65W/5.4A at 12V. I never go above the lowest heat level so you are likely to need even less power.

 

[Mzokk]

I had/have a very old Klan, heated vest and then a Keis one. Both eventually stopped working and were bunged in a wardrobe with the intention to repair when retired. I retired a couple of years ago and dug them out. Both had defective controllers and the the old Klan one had a break in the heating element near the jacket connector. Both are now repaired with simple on off switch and an SAE connector that connects to the fused optimate fly leads on both the bikes batteries. (I haven't gone on fire ...yet). I keep meaning to run a switch from the power supply to the handle bars to control the heat as it would be better than looking for the inline switch round my nether regions when I'm riding. The old Klan vest is very warm including heating elements in a mandarin collar on the vest. I find if my core is warm so is everything else.

 

[Easy_Rider]

I was out today and stopped at the Baffle Haus (was in the car). There was a nice guy there who had on a Keis heated jacket on. I asked him if i could try it on and he kindly said yes.
It was a size 52 which was a bit tight for around my beer belly, so i brought a size 56.
He was riding a V-Strom, so if you come on here. Thank you for letting me try your jacket on.

So i have now brought a Keis J601RP Ultraflex Heated Jacket from Moto Central.
Price i paid was £196.

Little update to this post.
When i brought the Keis jacket today i could only use the 10% off code i had.
The BLACKFRIDAY20 code was not working anymore.
After i brought it i looked back at my emails and all it said was a blackfriday discount.
So i sent an email off to Moto Central and the outcome was i got a part refund to bring my discount upto 20% off.
So i got the Keis J601RP Ultraflex Heated Jacket for just £176 which is a £44 saving.
Normal when these sort of discounts come up, there is never anything i want or need at the time. But this year i've done very well and save a fair bit on the items i needed and brought.

 

[Steptoe]

I’ve two Gerbing heated jackets, one must be nearly 20 years old, the other one about 5 years old ( given to me for free) both work perfectly.
Powered off the bike, and an inline heat controller, heat adjusted with a knob, mega hot one end, off/luke warm at the other end.
The Gerbing heated trousers/glovrs:boot indoors all plug into each other so only the one power lead from the bike is needed.
I had a Keis heated waistcoat but didn’t think much of it.
Years ago I also made my own heated trousers and fleece top, there used to be a supplier called “Heat for You” which sold all the necessary heated wiring and connections etc..

Here’s a picture of me in France, 19 years ago, December 29th, riding in minus 6 temperature, frost covered trees, and ice forming around the edges of my screen, picture was used in an advert for the heated clothing
And in northern Spain, 4am in the morning, thick ice everywhere.
But I was warm, didn’t even have the heat at the highest setting

 

[GrinningGSer]

Keis Jacket , heat controller , Keis heated gloves , which have their own controller , for me . Nuff said .
Do not consider without a controller ;there was a YouTuber who suffered burns , from his jacket against skin. I forget who .

 

[smudger64]

Personally I’d go waistcoat rather than jacket. Found the arms too restrictive.

My gear is all Keis. Waistcoat, gloves & socks.
Failures have happened, but they have all been in the lines and junctions rather than the gear itself.

I wouldn’t bother with the Keis Bluetooth controllers though. They’re pants. You can to connect them every time to your phone whenever the power is interrupted, ie when you get off, and then you have to fish your phone out to change the temp.
No Carplay/Android Auto version is available. If and then that comes out, it maybe worth the faff.

 

[Anthony Byrne]

Here’s a little gem on the heated gear. With the Hex ezeecan 2 I programmed my heated gear in with my heated grips. When I knock on my heated grips it powers my jacket and pants too.

Means I can remove the power cable with control switch from the clothing and it’s super handy to knock on and off

 

[Easy_Rider]

So the Keis J601RP Ultraflex Heated Jacket came yesterday.
I ordered a size EU56 as my winter jacket is a EU58, but have found the Keis to big for me.
So i'm going to have to return it for a smaller size.
Now do i go one or 2 sizes smaller.
Should the fit be more like how a jumper fits than a jacket.

 

[casbar]

My Gerbing is more like a good fitting fleece, so not hanging off me, but snug, but not too tight like a base layer

 

[Wapping]

My Gerbing is more like a good fitting fleece, so not hanging off me, but snug, but not too tight like a base layer

That’s pretty much the sizing and feel you are looking for, when it comes to a ‘jacket’ style heated liner.

For a waistcoat, maybe a little snugger.

For base layers, a bit snugger still but not so much that you can’t breath or the thing is simply uncomfortable.

 

[Wapping]

Warn and safe heated underlayers here

They run at less wattage that the mid layer jackets, as they are designed to be worn next to the skin

I am going to give their baselayer a go, as an alternative to either my merino base layer or my heated liner jacket. I have a spare dual remote controller / receiver, so I might as well use it.

 

[daesimps]

I am going to give their baselayer a go, as an alternative to either my merino base layer or my heated liner jacket. I have a spare dual remote controller / receiver, so I might as well use it.

You won’t be disappointed (I hope). I’ve had various jackets/liners etc. from various makes due to commuting all year for the last 20 years. The WnS is by far the best. It’s just like a slightly thick base layer. Heated arms/collar, front and back. You don’t even feel like you’re wearing heated stuff (bulk, not heat!). For me, even in winter it’s enough with the WnS shirt, a t-shirt, my Knox mesh armoured shirt (Honnister) and a Scott waterproof outer layer to block the wind/rain.

The thing I like though is that there’s no controls on the shirt. Why everything has had to go to individual controls on each garment (e.g. Keis with the control on the back of each glove and one on their liner) I don’t know. It’s far more awkward than the remote on the clutch reservoir. It’s also something you need to be wary of when buying a new jacket/gloves. Some of the gloves I couldn’t buy as the controls were on the cuff, which I wear inside the jacket.

 

[autogs]

Another warm n safe fanboy here had the base layer for 2 or 3 years now absolute game changer for winter riding, nice and warm without loads f layers.
I use zero fit base layer, warm n safe, then a klim zephyr,then a jacket without the lining.

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[Wapping]

Thank you, daesimps / autogs, you’ve confirmed exactly my hopes for the garment.

I’m a big believer in having alternatives (if possible) to suit the day ahead. Yes, alternatives cost money but:

A. Looked after they might well last for many years. My American imported Rapid Fire heated jacket and its remote dual controller is at least 15 years old, but still looks and works as if it is new. Thin, heated base layers were not available 15 or more years ago.

B. Looked after they will probably sell for something, when you come to change or you find that something just doesn’t suit you any more.