Rechargable Electric Heated Vests - Anybody Tried One?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 03:15 pm:

I enjoy driving my T throughout the year when the roads are clear. Thinking ahead to the coming winter, instead of installing some kind of manifold heater, I was thinking about trying one of those rechargable battery powered heated vests. Has anyone tried them? Do they do a good job of keeping you warm?

I don't mind wearing a jacket, hat, and gloves in the car, but I'd rather not wear a heavy coat to keep warm.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Graham Lloyd on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 03:19 pm:

I know a couple of hunters who have them. Don't know what brand they are, but they like them. I think Cabella's is the hunting website they got them from.

Might find electric boots/socks as well. Warm feet go a long way to keep the body warm. I knew a Lancaster tailgunner who swore by his electric boots.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paul G in Illinois on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 03:56 pm:

We have heated vests, glove liners and socks as we spend quite a bit of time outdoors with our 'zoo'. The glove liners are used most often with a standard pair of gloves over them as they are not waterproof. The socks and vests get used once the temp drops into the teens. They definitely keep the blood flowing.
I believe the brand is ActiveHeat or something like that, and possibly came from The Sportsman's Guide.
We still have 2 more winters in the north, so they will get use for a while longer. Definitely worth it from the teens on down.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 05:35 pm:

Milwaukee makes some that use their cordless hand tool batteries.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 09:09 pm:

An electrician friend of mine has a Milwaukee heated jacket.
He wouldn't trade them for anything.......gloves too.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gilbert V. I. Fitzhugh on Friday, October 03, 2014 - 09:51 pm:

I use a snowmobile suit. Down to 10 degrees so far (last winter), not only in a '13 T runabout but in a one-lung Cadillac with no doors or windshield at all. It works quite well, but I sure do get funny looks!


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