clothing and helmet » Gerbing heated jacket liner and gloves.

Santa was nice enough to bring me a Gerbing heated jacket liner and glove set with the dual contoller and harness. That was a package offered by the warming store for a very good price. She also got me the controller pouch and a wireless controller that interfaces wth the wired unit. All of the equipment seems to be well made. The fit was as I would expect. The gauntlets will not cover the sleeves of my jacket. Instead, I fit them over the sleeves of the jacket liner and snug the main jacket sleeves closed about the gauntlets. I initially thought plugging all the plugs in, some with gloved hands, would be difficult but found it pretty easy with a little practice. Pairing the remote with the main controller couldn't have been easier. Others should be so easy.

So how did it work? Was it warm? One would think the next to the last day in December would be an ideal day to see how well warming gear worked. Most of the afternoon here in central Maryland was around 60 degrees F. Not the best day to see if something kept you warm. My initial thought was, pass on the heated gear today, you won't need it. Santa asked, "what will you do if you get out and get cold? Why not wear it?" OK, so I did. I can't say how well the sleeve seal worked at he glove but I didn't feel any air getting in. Cold air may be a different story, we'll see. My hands were so warm they were swetting in the gloves. My body was toasty warm as well. Trouble is, this was with no power, no heaters turned on.

Surfice it to say, I owe a follow up on a cold day. For today I can say, the gear was comfortable to wear, easier to connect and disconnect than I would have expected, and too warm, even unpowered, for a 60 degree day. Hopefully that means it'll be good to about 32. That's typically when I say "too cold to ride." I sold the old Mobile warming, battery operated gear so I won't have to worry about running out of a charge anymore. I think I'm going to like this setup.

Keis waistcoat is like sitting in a hot bath only the controller is a bit fiddly to operate - it has to be kept in the dry which basically means tucked up inside the jacket, which means you can't adjust the heat while moving. But its still good.
I also bought a Li-ion battery pack to use with the waistcoat off the bike. This is useful when I am trying to warm up after a cold open-water swim (one of my other pastimes)

Unlike Wessie, I don't think you need to be old to appreciate electric gear. Just like heated grips, the liners keep you warm and you maintain your reaction times. Whether you need heated gear for the feet & legs or Upper body & hands is going to depend on the rider. I have a set of bottoms that I've worn once. Even at the lowest setting, they provide too much heat. When it's approaching possible black ice conditions, 36~37F, I wear the jacket liner and gloves under an Aerostich Roadcrafter. When it's in the 50s, the jacket liner and heated grips provide the necessary comfort. In the warmer months, I often wear my heated vest during morning rides under a mesh jacket to "dial in" my comfort level.

David, are you saying you're using a wired controller plus a remote controller?
Can't you just plug the jacket to the battery harness and just use the remote controller?

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I have a pair of Gerbing G12 gloves but these are rarely used as the cuffs are fiddly as you say. .

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I have the standard wired controller and I've attached the carry pouch to my pants. That is difficult to see and adjust at a stop light. In addition, you can buy a wireless controller and mount that any convenient place on the bike and make adjustments from it. It will also allow you to adjust up or down where the wire controller only goes in one direction until you pass off and start again. I figured for $25, why not buy the wireless and see if it's useful to me. I've only used the gear once so far so I'm far from the expert on the ins and outs. The wireless controller looks more like the old Gerbing controller with two rotory knobs.20230101_062640.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

20230101_062716.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)I don't know why I had difficulty attaching two pictures. It's pretty obvious which one is wired and which is wireless.

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I have the Keis controller outside the jacket - I run the waistcoat and insoles off the one controller output, using a Y piece, on the lower setting. I have sealed the controller's rubber grommet in self amalgamating tape and put a zip tie to keep it tight. I then clip the controller to the handle on my tank bag. This leaves the controller dangling under the rear overhang of the tankbag out of the worst of the weather. Handy for those times when you start the bike after turning on the Keis power, forgetting the accessory socket is switched off when you press the starter, requiring the Keis power to be reset.

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Wessex, did you buy some sort of extension lead to get the run the controller outside of the jacket? It's so awkward/annoying to have to open my gortex jacket to get to the controller to switch on/alter the power setting. Did think of getting the blue tooth version but at £50 each can't justify a pair for myself and wife.

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I have the Keis controller outside the jacket - I run the waistcoat and insoles off the one controller output, using a Y piece, on the lower setting. I have sealed the controller's rubber grommet in self amalgamating tape and put a zip tie to keep it tight. I then clip the controller to the handle on my tank bag. This leaves the controller dangling under the rear overhang of the tankbag out of the worst of the weather. Handy for those times when you start the bike after turning on the Keis power, forgetting the accessory socket is switched off when you press the starter, requiring the Keis power to be reset.

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Wessex, did you buy some sort of extension lead to get the run the controller outside of the jacket? It's so awkward/annoying to have to open my gortex jacket to get to the controller to switch on/alter the power setting. Did think of getting the blue tooth version but at £50 each can't justify a pair for myself and wife.

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no, I just joined the wires in the jacket pocket and attach the controller to the lead on the jacket. I put a plug on the end of the main power lead and use the accessory socket on the side of the bike. The lead is long enough to poke out about 5 cm from the front of the seat and I plug the controller into this. Y piece on the output to run the two devices.

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Cheers for the info, sorry about misspelling your name earlier, predictive txt and I did t read it properly

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The wireless controller looks more like the old Gerbing controller with two rotory knobs.

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I have never used heated gloves innersoles or leggings because in the 60’s, and 70’s I don’t think they were available. In the 80’s I bought a R100RS and the fairing was affective at protecting me from the weather as the bikes since then have done to varying degrees. I do use a Keis vest, and as I have argued on previous heated clothing posts, it is not just for winter but used all year. In winter the daylight temperature rarely varies by more than 6C so what ever clothing you start out with is OK all day. In spring and summer temperatures can vary by more that 20C. Also when crossing for example the Alps or Pyrenees you can have large variation in temperature. A heated vest is the best way to deal with such variation. It can be turned on for the cold, turned off as the temperature rises and finally taken off as it gets hotter and packed away. A vest can also be used when off the bike. In this context having a vest with arms and a collar can be an advantage but I found that adds too much bulk when riding so prefer a sleeveless , collarless vest.
My wife bought a Macna heated top with arms as she found her arms were cold when using the Keis sleeveless vest. This does a good job of heating but it does not have an inline controller. You have to plug it into the bike and then press a button on the chest to set the heat level. Only then can you do your outer jacket up and put your gloves on, which is not good when it is raining or cold. Alternatively you can use a mobile phone to control it, which again is not very practicable. So overall not a good investment.
John