Heated Vests

[avidflyer]

I bought an electricly heated jacket last winter from The Warming Store (check the net) It uses rechargeable batteries. Never used it many times but it does work. I've also used something a lot cheaper, back when I was flying ULs, I bought a heated seat pad from JC Whitney. It plugs into a cigarette lighter port. $20 and it worked real good. I would slip it into my snowmobile suit and run the cord out the bottom of the front zipper. If I ran it on high for long it would cook me, mostly ran it on low. It still works, used it last winter in a plane that had lousy heat. I'm in northern Mn by the way, and fly all winter. Jim Chuk

[t j]

I have a Gerbings http://www.gerbing.eu/en/products/12...rs/heated-vest heated vest. Mine is a 12 V that I plug into my Kitfox electrical system. The web site seems to say they also have a stand alone model but it is 7 V.

I didn't buy the heat controller. The microwire technology is instant on heat so I just installed an on off switch in the connecting wire. It only takes about 5 minutes on and I need to turn it off for awhile then on again when I cool off.

I have no heater in my Kirtfox and the vest works real good! I wear it in the car too. My wife controls the car heater and she wants it freezing. I'm a cold old man.