Mobile Warming Dual Power 12v Jacket :: MotorcycleGear.com

Mobile Warming Dual Power 12v Jacket

  • New push-button design
  • 100% polyester soft shell fabric
  • Designed to be warmed either by a remote 12v battery or via power lead to a motorcycle’s 12v battery
  • Larger heating panels
  • Heated arm panels, active only when jacket is plugged into motorcycle’s battery power lead
  • Includes:
    • 12v battery
    • Charger
    • Power cord/lead

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Sizing Information

We tried on and measured a size Medium and XL in our shop and found them to fit predictably. The fit is consistent with what you’d expect from a jacket that was meant to be worn UNDER protective apparel…. the fit was trim. If you are between sizes, then I’d advise choosing the larger.

Keep in mind that you want to wear this heated jacket over a light shirt only, and not over other garments because wearing it over other garments will hinder the transfer of heat to your body. If you wear this along with other winter clothing for casual use, you’ll want to wear it UNDER an overcoat, so don’t buy it too large.

Our Two Cents

This new 12V Mobile Warming gear is quite different than the 7V gear sold in previous years. More power Scotty! The lineup includes a jacket or vest and pants. Each item comes with a portable battery and each can be run with the battery, or it can be powered by your bike’s electrical system (you install a wiring harness for connection).

All three garments are supplied with a BIG battery. This thing is about the size of a fat men’s wallet. It is actually 4.5” x 3.5” x about 1” thick. And it has some heft to it too. So you’ll carry the battery in the garment with you in the pocket that has the connector. And once connected, you control the heat output with the handy Star Trek like button on the garment. There is an LED light behind the button which changes color to tell you what setting you are on… four heat settings in all. It’s pretty simple once you see it work.

The literature says you can run on low for up to 10 hours, or on the highest setting for 2.5 hours, and there are two other settings in between.

All three garments have a textile shell. The inside lining on the jacket and vest is sort of fleecy and the lining of the pants is a slick nylon taffeta (thankfully, so you can slide a leg in easily), and the pants have a thin insulating layer too (where the jacket and vest have the fleecy inner lining for an insulating layer). Just the garments themselves are warm, but when you turn on the juice, you’ll feel the warmth almost immediately. These units put out more power and over a wider area than previous models.

The overall finish work, materials and such feel and look good. I think you could wear these items anywhere really… how about to the ball game on a cold Friday night?

The jacket: The jacket has heating elements on the front chest and in the back between the shoulder blades. These heated areas will operate from the battery or from 12V power from your bike. There are also elements in the arms which are positioned on the backs of the biceps just above the elbow. The arm elements can only be powered from your 12V bike battery, but not from the portable battery. As I mentioned, the jacket has a textile shell, a fleecy lining and a waterproof/wind resistant liner in between. These three fabrics together will resist water, but the zippers and such are not waterproof, so let’s call the vest and jacket “water resistant”.

The Vest: Same material, insulation, chest elements and back elements as the jacket, but with of course no sleeves. Chest and back heating elements can run on the battery or from your bike. Both the jacket and vest have some pockets and each has a nice pocket for storing your cell phone or MP3, etc with holes to draw cords through, etc. Check our close-up picks to see all those nifty things.

The pants: The pants are bit different design… the shell material is a nylon. Not better or worse than the jacket and vest, but just different. The insulation level is good and I think these pants would be warm. They are equipped with a waterproof barrier behind the shell. The heating elements are in the front just behind the hand warmer pockets and there is a strip in back in the kidney belt area. Also there is a small heat area above each knee. All three can be run by the portable battery or from your bike’s electrical power. The pants have water blocking gaiters behind the fly zipper and behind the zippers on the lower legs, so the setup is more waterproof than the jacket and vest are designed to be. Frankly, I wouldn’t expect these pants to be FULLY waterproof because they do have potential for leakage with the pocket zippers and all, but I’m told the waterproof liner is sealed and taped, so I think they’ll be fine for all but the worst rain. The bulk and the cut mean that these pants are made to be worn as pants. They could be adapted to … not overpants, although I do think you could get away with wearing them over light pants. You’ll want to wear under garments though as the heating elements will burn bare skin. Actually that advice goes for ALL the mobile warming pieces… don’t wear them over bare skin.

Battery care: Batteries are warrantied for 90 days only. Here’s the thing… you cannot throw the batteries in a drawer for months on end and let them completely discharge and sit for a long time. If you do, they won’t hold a charge when you put them back into service. The right way to care for them is to disconnect them from the garment, charge them up and store them. And then top them off maybe once a month, and if you do this, they’ll last. But in any case, the warranty won’t help after 90 days.

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