12 volt heated vest

[lightnin]

​Looking for a heated vest that just plugs into the power outlet. So far the best IMO that I've found is fro you guessed it,Harley for a smooth 2 bills. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Check out Revzilla.com ... good prices ... the electric stuff isn't cheap. Revzilla has various connecting options too.

[rhino 2]

Just Google heated motorcycle jackets... Theres hundreds to choose from.... I Have a Tourmaster Synergy full jacket for about 15 + years now....Went for a 30 mile ride before noon today and the temps were 17*....And i had to lower the setting once the jacket heated up......The full jacket heats the front, back, arms and neck...A vest wouldn't have been warm enough.....

And just to add.....You want as tight a fit as posable ie close to the skin ...I put mine on over just a T shirt..

[Tucci]

https://www.warmnsafe.com ----- I've purchased pants liners, jackets, gloves,socks etc from this company. I had a pair of pants liners for over a year, had a "minor" problem with them and they sent me a new pair no charge.

[Ozarkryder]

​Looking for a heated vest that just plugs into the power outlet. So far the best IMO that I've found is fro you guessed it,Harley for a smooth 2 bills. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance

Harley heated gear is HD branded Gerbings products. Warm and safe is good stuff, (looking on their webpage and the email I get through them it seems they claim everyone that makes heated stuff copied them.) First Gear is "powered" by (aka made by) Warm and Safe, and Aerostich and others make heated gear for motorcycling. The ones I mentioned are pretty much interchangeable as they use the same kind of coax connectors. Gerbing's jacket liner can be plugged in with First Gear pants and controlled with the controller from Aerostich. Some gear now days can be dual powered. Plug into your bike at 12v and you get about 90 watts max heat for a jacket liner. Off the bike you can plug in a battery, usually 7.5 volts that will last between about 2 - 8 hours of heat depending on how high the setting is.

Heated gear works best when it is snug, and not much under the liner/vest. I wear a jacket liner with a long sleeve t shirt or a midweight base layer. A well insulated jacket over that and I am good to below 32° on my naked Bonneville, even lower on the Goldwing trike with the fairing and windshield. Too big of a layer or gap between the liner and body and heat is not transferred to your body efficiently.

Edit - My wife has a Synergy jacked that heats very well, but uses a proprietary "High-Medium-Low" controler. On this model the heat controller was weak and prone to malfunction. Warm and Safe has a plug in thing that replaces the controller so a Warm and Safe, Gerbings, Aerostich, etc. coax infinitely variable controller can be used.

[DK Custom Products]

Gerbing is what we use. Lifetime warranty.

Mary also has a Milwaukee Tools jacket that runs off a battery that is in the jacket...lasts about 6 hours.

Kevin

[GARYD]

​Looking for a heated vest that just plugs into the power outlet. So far the best IMO that I've found is fro you guessed it,Harley for a smooth 2 bills. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance

Personally I wouldn't waste my money on just a liner. A few bucks more and you can have your entire upper body heated and a convenient plugin for any gloves might buy. Arms a very vulnerable to the wind.

[rhino 2]

Personally I wouldn't waste my money on just a liner. A few bucks more and you can have your entire upper body heated and a convenient plugin for any gloves might buy. Arms a very vulnerable to the wind.

And Neck's......

[GARYD]

[/COLOR]And Neck's......

I think the neck on the vest is heated. And you are 100% right. If my neck is cold - everything is cold.

FYI: If you are a member of the AMA you get a 20% discount with Warm & Safe.

[trikermutha]

My Heated vest has the neck warmer which I really like. Zip up the jacket and tightens up to keep the heat in the jacket and around my neck..

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I use the Gerbing liner and it actually zips into the Harley FXR jacket, Makes this jacket a four season jacket. Panels zip out and it becomes a mess, liner and panels zip in and it becomes a fall/winter jacket.

My liner has heated sleeves and next and has connections for gloves and pants ... the pants have connections for socks ... Alan stays warm ... even if it makes him a wuss.

I highly recommend a wireless 2 way controller. Mine is the first gear (and contrary to popular belief ... if controls the garbing stuff just fine). It takes a single AAA or AA I forget and it will last a whole year even with heavy use. And, they are available at any convent store. With this controller, I have a single wire coming out of the jacket to the bike. All other wires are inside the liner, pants or socks. There are connections between the jacket and the gloves and the jacket and the pants as well as between the pants and socks that are very accessible. The cords are not in the way at all because they are hidden by flaps. Plug in the one cord to the bike and turn it on. voila, heat.

[Freewheeling Ron]

​Looking for a heated vest that just plugs into the power outlet. So far the best IMO that I've found is fro you guessed it,Harley for a smooth 2 bills. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks in advance

Be sure and check the fuse size for the power outlet vs what’s needed for the heated gear. If you’re heating a jacket liner, gloves and pants, you may have to connect directly to the battery and use the appropriate in line fuse size. Gerbings gives you the ratings and various required fuse sizes and recommends using the smallest adequate fuse.

[rhino 2]

Be sure and check the fuse size for the power outlet vs what’s needed for the heated gear. If you’re heating a jacket liner, gloves and pants, you may have to connect directly to the battery and use the appropriate in line fuse size. Gerbings gives you the ratings and various required fuse sizes and recommends using the smallest adequate fuse.

If you are using a cigarette lighter plug that comes with a battery tender or cell phone charger to use with a heated jacket/vest...You will have to replace the 5 amp fuse with a 15 amp fuse.....And you should always have extra fuses with you....

[Freewheeling Ron]

If you are using a cigarette lighter plug that comes with a battery tender or cell phone charger to use with a heated jacket/vest...You will have to replace the 5 amp fuse with a 15 amp fuse.....And you should always have extra fuses with you....

I looked into this thinking I could plug my heated gear into the Slingshot power plug. I searched under cigarette lighter fuse though (old school brain) and it indicates most are 10 amp, I didn’t search under power plug and don’t know the fuse size I have. But if something only has a 5 to 10 amp factory fuse I would want to be sure the wiring could handle anything larger. I just figured it would be better to connect directly to the battery.

[rhino 2]

I looked into this thinking I could plug my heated gear into the Slingshot power plug. I searched under cigarette lighter fuse though (old school brain) and it indicates most are 10 amp, I didn’t search under power plug and don’t know the fuse size I have. But if something only has a 5 to 10 amp factory fuse I would want to be sure the wiring could handle anything larger. I just figured it would be better to connect directly to the battery.

The Accessory plug up between the seats is 25 amps....The garment manufacturers recommend a 15 amp fuse in the garments plug...The slingshots battery is not as accessible like on all the bikes and trikes i had, With those i did go direct to the battery, and used a 15 amp inline fuse...Been doing it that way for years...15+?....

[hogcowboy]

I think you are right on. The safest if the circuitry is unknown would be a direct battery connection using whatever the garment accessory supplied. But I do even wonder about that. I've not really compared what Gerbing supplies versus what a Battery Tender Junior supplies. I've glanced at them and they look the same but I just haven't looked closely. Surely Gerbing is up at least one wire size. No???

[rhino 2]

I think you are right on. The safest if the circuitry is unknown would be a direct battery connection using whatever the garment accessory supplied. But I do even wonder about that. I've not really compared what Gerbing supplies versus what a Battery Tender Junior supplies. I've glanced at them and they look the same but I just haven't looked closely. Surely Gerbing is up at least one wire size. No???

I probably have 6 or 7 sets of wires with plugs that I've spliced together from different bikes and trikes setting in a box in my barn and all the wires if they are from a known manufacture not from a cheep dollar store item, Have the wire size/gage imprinted on the wire, And their all the same......The fuse size is to protect the garment or the device being used.....Not the wire..

[FRR]

I got a heated vest made my Tourmaster several years ago that plugs into the battery. Love it. Not sure they still make them. IMHO, don't waste your time with a battery powered one. Doesn't stay warm that long. My tourmaster is great.

[trikermutha]

I have battery powered gloves at high power they dont last long. Lower power gets you more run time for heat.

Go with the direct battery connection route.