The author in his Warm & Safe Heated Layer Shirt.
Riding a motorcycle when you?re cold sucks. It?s uncomfortable. It?s also a safety issue. Reflexes slow down and reasoning suffers as your body diverts resources toward staying warm. Some riders bundle up in layers attempting to retain body heat. Others wear a heated jacket liner to add heat without so much bulk. Now Warm & Safe goes one better with its new Heated Layer shirt that adds controllable warmth directly to your skin.
The Heated Layer is a pullover shirt made of form-fitting fabric that?s soft and comfy. There are seven heated areas (chest, arms, neck, upper back and lower back). A quarter zipper shores up the tall neck and the cuffs seal more completely than a jacket liner to prevent drafts. Clever zip-open pockets near the end of each sleeve reveal coaxial connections for heated gloves or glove liners. The coaxial main power cord exits on the side instead of the bottom, so you can tuck the shirt into your riding pants to further prevent drafts. It plugs into a fused battery harness (included) to draw 12-volt power. The newest generation dual wireless Heat-Troller remote control uses Bluetooth to manage your warmth preference for your Heated Layer and gloves, separately. (A dual Heat-Troller controls two heated circuits for one rider.) It comes pre-paired to the wireless Warm & Safe gear and can be re-paired as desired. It?s also waterproof and small; simply attach it to a convenient flat surface with ...