Agree with Peter, cheaper than a set of Chinese chrome wheels that last five minutes

Hi Paul,

I have both types of jacket and from experience can definitely say I only need
the sleeveless one, I use it everyday...

I have got one of the Girbing 'long' Y cables and that gives me the chance to run the gloves
on their own or be able to take them off and drop them on the passenger seat.
I hook the gloves up to a second power lead direct to the battery and dont use a controller with them.

My sleeveless jacket is connected to a 'single' controller which has 4 heat settings. Connecting the jacket
direct to the battery will give you 100% heat all the time, which is very hot...

Here is the power rating chart, the sleeveless jacket draws 4.5 amps and the gloves 2.2 (the pair)!

Give Girbing a ring, they are great people to deal with  But remind them that a power lead is free with 'every' bit of kit you buy,
they sometimes forget that, I think the 'Junior controller is also free with the gloves, so ask about that too...

You will need a 'Single controller to run the jacket at different heat settings...

This stuff is worth every penny and enables very very long hauls in winter to be under taken...

Great in Summer too 

QuoteAgree with Peter, cheaper than a set of Chinese chrome wheels that last five minutes

Thanks, I am glad someone noticed that! 

Peter

http://www.manxmaniac.co.uk/index.php?album=HeatedJacket

I use a double controller mounted on teh tunnel with colour coded plugs for jacket and gloves with variable settings for each, lovely

Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2016, 05:04:53 PM
Hi Paul,

I have both types of jacket and from experience can definitely say I only need
the sleeveless one, I use it everyday...

I have got one of the Girbing 'long' Y cables and that gives me the chance to run the gloves
on their own or be able to take them off and drop them on the passenger seat.
I hook the gloves up to a second power lead direct to the battery and dont use a controller with them.

My sleeveless jacket is connected to a 'single' controller which has 4 heat settings. Connecting the jacket
direct to the battery will give you 100% heat all the time, which is very hot...

Here is the power rating chart, the sleeveless jacket draws 4.5 amps and the gloves 2.2 (the pair)!

Give Girbing a ring, they are great people to deal with  But remind them that a power lead is free with 'every' bit of kit you buy,
they sometimes forget that, I think the 'Junior controller is also free with the gloves, so ask about that too...

You will need a 'Single controller to run the jacket at different heat settings...

This stuff is worth every penny and enables very very long hauls in winter to be under taken...

Great in Summer too 

QuoteAgree with Peter, cheaper than a set of Chinese chrome wheels that last five minutes

Thanks, I am glad someone noticed that! 

Peter

http://www.manxmaniac.co.uk/index.php?album=HeatedJacket

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Thanks Peter. I appreciate when on a tight budget money matters but the cost of these jackets etc is far less than I would have expected and have to be worth every penny they cost. The big surprise is the wattage of these things, really minimal, a brill` thing though because this means much lower amps draw than I was expecting. I did spend a full winter driving my first buggy and this had no heating of any kind. Bit too old now to put up with it now without a bit of warmth. I have seen higher than standard output alternators on the "aftermarket". Do you know if these are any good?

Hi Paul

I dont know about how good the aftermarket alternators are I'm afraid.

However, I  have had my Girbing stuff for quite a few years now, I run a Bosch dynamo
and have never once had any issues with charging or flat batteries, I use it daily in winter, dark mornings and evenings,
day in day out, the amp draw of the Girbing gear is less than my headlights I think.

It was originally designed for Bikers and now Girbing supply many countries armed forces, Land Sea and Air in the USA and here in
England, plus many in Europe.

I hope you are happy with it, when you first use it at full blast you will know what I mean by being cosy and warm 

Peter

Well before I go off the road for winter (proper cold) I wear my RAF sheepskin. Just a t-shirt under that, usual scarf and helmet. Thick socks double pants and sturdy jeans.

Quote from: Dave-Dream on December 05, 2016, 11:42:35 PM
Well before I go off the road for winter (proper cold) I wear my RAF sheepskin. Just a t-shirt under that, usual scarf and helmet. Thick socks double pants and sturdy jeans.

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Another memory stirred Dave... back in the early seventies raf sheepskin jackets were available at any ex army shop in newspaper adverts etc for peanuts. This is what I used. Collar up and the fleece round my ears.

Quote from: Paul1953 on December 06, 2016, 11:30:04 AM

Quote from: Dave-Dream on December 05, 2016, 11:42:35 PM
Well before I go off the road for winter (proper cold) I wear my RAF sheepskin. Just a t-shirt under that, usual scarf and helmet. Thick socks double pants and sturdy jeans.

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Another memory stirred Dave... back in the early seventies raf sheepskin jackets were available at any ex army shop in newspaper adverts etc for peanuts. This is what I used. Collar up and the fleece round my ears.

I also have a WW2 sheepskin lined leather Flying jacket. Mine is French - bought from a fellow student in the seventies for £15. The chances of me fitting into it now are 3/5 of 2/10 of sweet Fanny Adams 

Was out yesterday heated jacket on 3, toasty.
Bit warmer today so going out in a minute will have to drop the setting to 2

Not cold enough, or going far enough,  for the heated gloves or ski trousers yet

As long as you can put a Hawaiian shirt on top

Quote from: apmaman on December 06, 2016, 01:32:16 PM
As long as you can put a Hawaiian shirt on top

You know me then 

Bumping this for the winter. Might just me who needs the reminder of the heated attire but if anyone else was thinking about it...

Made by Gerbing
http://www.gerbing.eu/en

Don`t forget about these

http://www.beachbuggy.info/beachbuggyclub/merchandise/bbi-fleece/

I am a firm believer of t-shirts or anything loudly floral.


However, doing a few of the long trips (400+ miles in a onner) I generally wear ski socks, trainers, jeans, tshirt a decent 3-1 jacket and a tammy. The jackets a karrimor waterproof and wind proof outer and fleecey inner that can come out on its own.
The Mrs is generally the same, but she likes a little blanket as well to help stop the wind chills on the legs.

After IBW we always take waterproof over trousers and jackets just encase.

Also, if you are doing long trips look into heated seat covers. a cheap alternative to a heated jacket, but obviously not as good.



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