wormgear
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posted January 01, 2008 06:55 PM
 Edited By: wormgear on 1 Jan 2008 18:55
Gerbing's Heated Gloves
About a week ago I got the Gerbing's Jacket liner, G3 gloves and a dual heat controller. I wired mine straight to the battery and was just able (harness could be longer) to get the connector to come out under the seat, between the rider and 2nd spot on the left. The jacket liners hookup is on the left otherwise I'd have gone right. There's no real place to keep the controller because its cable length to the power cord should IMO be longer. So I just tuck it in my stomach area between my jacket and the liner. If the cord were a foot or less longer I could keep it in a pocket that I can reach on the fly in the inner jacket or outer pocket on the liner. Maybe if I had a sizeable pocket on the outside of my jacket it would be fine, but I don't. The knobs on the controller rotate very freely and can turn from rubbing on things after you set them. They should have detents and I will slip some small o-rings under them to stiffen them up a bit. The connectors are good quality, the gloves plug into the liner neatly, are not too bulky and I can remove them without disconnecting. In these temps (40's & 30's) the liner will cook me if I don't keep it down. The gloves keep my hands plenty warm at full power but there's a big difference between them and the liner. I know our hands are in the wind but I called Gerbing's to ask them about it and they said if the gloves don't heat well enough I can send them in and they will wire them hotter for free. I'll probably never need that. All in all I'd say pricey, good quality stuff with little room for improvement. Love being warm, no buyers' remorse.
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fastestbusaaround
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posted January 01, 2008 07:04 PM
Hope your heat trollers work well -- I had 2 units that crapped out and I gave up.
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TedG
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posted January 01, 2008 07:12 PM
I may have to do a rethink of this heated clothing thing. I am not liking the controller issues. I went for a ride in mid 30s today and using the TourMaster Flex jacket and a fleece jacket under it and my torso was toasty. I got some TourMaster heated gloves and after a bit of fooling around they worked. (Need to work out some wind protection for the hands) and I think if I got some heated socks I could just about ride in any temp.
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wormgear
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posted January 01, 2008 07:24 PM
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Hope your heat trollers work well -- I had 2 units that crapped out and I gave up.
Damn, I hope so too. I'd cook in that liner at full power. How long did yours last?
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