Heated trousers

[onesea]

Ok today I went for a ride, yes it was a little nippy. 

However I was warm, those that have seen my posts know I swear by a cheap heated jacket similar to: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clearance-Electric-Washable-Clothing-Heating/dp/B0DHZY23XQ?

 

Well added an addition today: 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156450233284?

I wore these and unlined trousers.  

 

Both on low and I was comfortable.

Both connected to the same battery pack out for about an hour and I used 10%.

 

Would I recommend?  For £30 hell yes.  

 

Coldest part of me was the tips of my fingers and feet.  Once home all cold has gone quicker, much.

Edited November 22, 2024 by onesea

[Stu]

Heated gear is the way forward! 

 

Although I prefer stuff that plugs in to the bike so there is no risk of a flat battery 

 

I have a keis waist coat running through a hex ezcan which enables me to control the temp with the heated grips 

 

I've not felt the need for heated trousers as yet even in 3 degrees temps although my feet do get a little chilly 

 

No heated gloves either just summer gloves with heated grips on 

[Bender]

I've just entered this strange world with some heated socks  

[S-Westerly]

I regularly use a keis heated vest but after a couple of hours I find my arms can get chilly so am looking at a heated liner jacket from Macna. I find the heated keis liner gloves combined with Richa Arctic winter gloves and heated grips keep my hands really warm. All the heated gear runs off the bike battery and I've had no issues. I do a fair amount of often long distance winter riding.

[Hairsy]

31 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

I find the heated keis liner gloves combined with Richa Arctic winter gloves and heated grips keep my hands really warm.

 

I've been considering heated gloves but saw these Keis liners only this morning. How thin are they? Am I likely to fit them inside a pair of gloves that fits me normally? I'm nervous about buying them and then needing to buy a larger pair of gloves to fit them in.

[S-Westerly]

11 minutes ago, Hairsy said:

 

I've been considering heated gloves but saw these Keis liners only this morning. How thin are they? Am I likely to fit them inside a pair of gloves that fits me normally? I'm nervous about buying them and then needing to buy a larger pair of gloves to fit them in.

They are thin same as liner gloves but how tight are your regular gloves? I can get them into my heaviest winter gloves but not my "medium" gloves. If you've got a Sportsbike shop nearby you may be able to try a pair?

[veracocha]

I recently fitted a heating pad to my seat and for £20 quid and a bit of upholstery work with a stapler I can say it's fantastic. The Keiss jacket is a gamechanger but the Keiss gloves a disappointment. The Gerbings I had before were twice as warm & comfy although unreliable. 

[Mickly]

5 hours ago, veracocha said:

I recently fitted a heating pad to my seat and for £20 quid and a bit of upholstery work with a stapler I can say it's fantastic. The Keiss jacket is a gamechanger but the Keiss gloves a disappointment. The Gerbings I had before were twice as warm & comfy although unreliable. 

My Gerbing gloves killed the battery on my Speedtriple, it was the original one so probably a good job I had to swap it before the sprag clutch got mangled.

Got batteries for the gloves but they only last a couple of hours on full power.

[wastedyears1981]

On 21/11/2024 at 17:13, onesea said:

Ok today I went for a ride, yes it was a little nippy. 

However I was warm, those that have seen my posts know I swear by a cheap heated jacket similar to: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clearance-Electric-Washable-Clothing-Heating/dp/B0DHZY23XQ?

 

Well added an addition today: 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156450233284?

I wore these and unlined trousers.  

 

Both on low and I was comfortable.

Both connected to the same battery pack out for about an hour and I used 10%.

 

Would I recommend?  For £30 hell yes.  

 

Coldest part of me was the tips of my fingers and feet.  Once home all cold has gone quicker, much.

Can the jacket be powered from a motorcycle usb, or is it just from a power bank? I have a conveniently placed din socket that would be perfect for usb heated clothing. 

[onesea]

7 hours ago, wastedyears1981 said:

Can the jacket be powered from a motorcycle usb, or is it just from a power bank? I have a conveniently placed din socket that would be perfect for usb heated clothing. 

I haven't but tried but I was going to say to @Stu I can see no reason not to plug them into the bike.

 

Other than the flaf of having to set the temperature each time you walk away from the bike.

 

I have gone for battery packs as I have used my jacket when sailing to good effect as well.

 

Tempted to buy some of these to put in my old boots:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Heatable-Infrared-Washable-reusable/dp/B08LL8478D?

But it's running wiring that puts me off.

 

There is also these that have become affordable: 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007941832673.html?

 

But heated pads that close to the skin might create hot spots. 

 

This jacket is tempting except for the hood: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Upgraded-Waterproof-Windproof-Outerwear-Temperature/dp/B0BJW17C4Y/ref=asc_df_B0BJW17C4Y?

 

Edited November 24, 2024 by onesea

[bonio]

If you're plugging stuff into the bike watch out you don't overload the alternator.

I discovered this issue the expensive way.

[S-Westerly]

8 hours ago, bonio said:

If you're plugging stuff into the bike watch out you don't overload the alternator.

I discovered this issue the expensive way.

Absolutely, you do need to check what the current draw is. Most bigger bikes should be OK but even then a check is worthwhile.

[Capt Sisko]

On 24/11/2024 at 09:16, bonio said:

If you're plugging stuff into the bike watch out you don't overload the alternator.

Between the extra lights, heated kit and other 'stuff' I've fitted to my BMW R1250RT I was curious to the power drawe so I made up a small spreadsheet of what drew what (or perhaps that should be watt) and what it all totalled to IF a/ ALL of it was on at once and B, on FULL Power. The alternator of my BMW puts out 508w and I believe the bike can use up to 318w with everything OEM switched on to full power. This gave me a theoretical spare 190w to play with. My extra lights took 31w, heated kit 71w with the camera, sat nav & stuff drawing sod all. At full power with the biggest power drain is the heated trousers at nearly 40w. In practice given the barn door of a fairing the RT has I rarely ride with all the heated kit on and even rarer do I feel the need to have it on full power.

 

Go back to the OPs question, I fould this link to a RE forum about how much electrical power the Hymalaya produces & uses. From reading it, sure the RE's alternator ain't anywhere as near as powerful as the one on my BMW, but it ain't drawing anywhere as near the power either and it does appear that should the OP want to hard wire in heated kit there is enough spare.

 

Lasty, don't forget you can get chemical reaction heated body, foot & hand warmers, and they are briiliant for keeping the extremities warm. I quite often use the toe ones instead of the wired in heated insoles beacuse it's just so much easier to place a pair warmers in my boots than phaff around with all the wiring.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/HotHands/page/1F4C81D9-B21D-49E9-B1C1-493E785A6956?ref_=ast_bln

Edited December 3, 2024 by Capt Sisko

[RideWithStyles]

Kies full heated jacket need to be plugged to to bikes battery and nearly none cannot be used with a battery pack (last looked in early 2024) , the vests can go bikes own or portable packs (their own ones not general aftermarket). They have their own fuse which is why you can just go straight to the battery, there fuse is about 7 or 10amp for the jack and less for the vest..

[Capt Sisko]

I'll tell you what the battery packs are useful for. If you have heated insoles (like what I have), they don't half work well at keeping your toes warm when you're off the bike and milling / hanging around on a cold day.

[Stu]

On 03/12/2024 at 16:29, RideWithStyles said:

Kies full heated jacket need to be plugged to to bikes battery and nearly none cannot be used with a battery pack (last looked in early 2024) , the vests can go bikes own or portable packs (their own ones not general aftermarket). They have their own fuse which is why you can just go straight to the battery, there fuse is about 7 or 10amp for the jack and less for the vest..

 

All keis jackets can be run off their battery pack as per their website 

 

 

[RideWithStyles]

On 07/12/2024 at 22:34, Stu said:

 

All keis jackets can be run off their battery pack as per their website 

 

 

the very latest one do which is why I said from early 2024, but older ones which are still available through different stockist and sellers so unless you really research the difference between models and years they operate on the basis of what was stated Stu. 

 

[S-Westerly]

I've just bought a Keis jacket today. It can be run off battery but the enclosed instructions recommends you don't. 

[Stu]

9 hours ago, RideWithStyles said:

the very latest one do which is why I said from early 2024, but older ones which are still available through different stockist and sellers so unless you really research the difference between models and years they operate on the basis of what was stated Stu. 

 

My mate has got a keis jacket thats a few years old and can be run off a battery

[S-Westerly]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

My mate has got a keis jacket thats a few years old and can be run off a battery

It can be but the latest recommends running off the bike's power. I think if you use it for something like walking the dog and don't use the highest setting you can get an hour or two of the battery pack.

 

[Capt Sisko]

Although I've hard wired my Keis kit to the bike's 12v system the waistcoat, trousers & insoles will run off one of the Keis batteries, but not for long. The rough rule of thumb is to take the battery capacity in mAh, divide it by however many amps your bit of kit draws, and divide again by 1,000.  i.e. If you've got their small 2600mAh batteries and your bit of kit draws 1amp it will (in theory) last just over 2 1/2 hrs.  My waistcoat draws 1.5amps so that should give me about 1h 45min at full power. HOWEVER if you run it through one if their power controllers medium reduces the power consumption by 33% and low by 66%. Obvious this will extend the battery life proportionately but in reality you're looking at a useful battery life of no more than few hours riding time. Given a chilly start or cold end of the day, that might be enough for you anyway. An all day winter ride, no.

 

As I said my heated kit is hard wired in, but what I use the battery pack for is when I'm hanging around on a really cold day. Nowt like having warm feet and feeling smug whilst others are freezing their nuts off!

Edited December 27, 2024 by Capt Sisko

[S-Westerly]

Definitely don't hang around outdoors on a cold day or if I am it's in a pub / cafe. Heated kit while riding absolutely and have done for years. This year there's not been that much really cold weather though. Heated grips only really.

[Tigs]

Hi, can anyone advise what battery pack I'd need to run a heated gilet?

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Mrs. Fiddlesticks uses these:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6ZXD2WY?ref_=pe_27063361_487360311_302_E_DDE_dt_1

[husoi]

I wonder if they make them refrigerated

Would be handy around here