Heated clothing question. Klan or Gerbing or Chilli?

I am thinking of getting a heated jacket liner with sleeves.
I can get Klan for £119 plus carriage and Gerbing for £149 plus.
Chilli i havent lloked at but I know it exists.
I am more concerened about fit and comfort and reliability than the
price, although cheaper is nice
Gerbing has lifetime warranty on electrics. Any experience anyone of
any of these makes?
Thanks for replies

 

Merlin says...

Gerbing seems to be well worth the slightly higher costs. Wik and Suze
have some of their heated gloves and swear by them.

 

Merlin emerged from their own little world to say

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3841&highlight=heated+jacket

has some info on various heated clothes. There are some makes you have not
considered: Giali & Widder.

Get one with a variable heat control e.g. Chilli

 

I have a Gerbing's jacket liner. It rocks. I tried a pair of gloves, but
I had to turn the jacket up to 'way too hot' before I could feel any
warmth in the gloves. I talked to the factory about the mismatch and
they said they would be happy to sort this at no charge.

 

I've had a Chilli for around 4 years & it's still going strong. I'll
recommend them all day long, not just because they work perfectly, but
also because the guy who designed & sells them (Steve Attwood) is an
out & out biker. He was a test rider for Triumph in the 90s, & also won
the 1993 Iron Butt rally.

 

Have a look at the Widder stuff - I've had a Widder heated waistcoat
for the last 4 or 5 years and it's been absolutely excellent. The only
problem I've had was this year when the lead on the bike packed up and
the socket bit was too corroded to bung another lead onto it.

Widder sent me a new one free of charge which was damn decent of them
and the design of the plug looks less likely to corrode.

 

Merlin wrote

Probably best you don't know what I am thinking.

I can get a set of thermals the dear way mail order from the Damart
catalogue for about a fifth of that.

Damart. Loverly fit it is. Snug.

 

One day you will try heated clothing... and then you will understand.

Thermals work - but they don't work for hours on end - and if you go inside
at any point, then you overheat.

If (when) I get a newer bike, I will be going for the 'wimp' options.

 

It's not just when you go inside either. When I was doing the
Swindon-Brum run every day, I'd crank up the thermostat on the Chilli
for the motorway, then turn it right down when I hit the slow-moving
traffic near Brum.

If I just relied on thermals & layers to keep warm on the M5, I
would've been a sweaty soggy mess by the time I fought through the Brum
traffic.

 

dwb wrote

Heated extremities I could go with and may even do it one day but
anything else, especially when the solution is to put a vest on and
swear blind it is a tee shirt under me jumper, is a waste of money imo.

There is no such thing as a body overheating, unless you are foreign.

 

I can recommend Gerbing, they have an adjustable setting, and best of
all all the bits connect to each other so there are no long leads all
over the place. But I expect fit and availability are really the
deciding factors. All makes seem to have a following so there are no
bad products, only personal preferences