Are you always looking for
new and affordable items in the motorcycle world?
I found a decent
lightweight heated jacket with a windproof waterproof liner that I am very
pleased with. I’m talking about the heated jacket liner made by Gerbing. It was about 24 degrees the other morning
as we headed west to our annual staff meeting. With the wind chill it was about
-9 degrees on the interstate. My jacket liner was doing a good job and I had
turned up pretty high but not quite all the way. The jacket liner has a very
comfy flannel neck liner that feels good around your neck and fits nicely under
my Olympia Adventure Coat and kept me warm but my issue is with the Gerbing
Gloves.
The gloves I have are the
Ultra Light Heated Gloves and I’m not sure why they don’t heat up as well as
the jacket liner but my hands never got warm they could have been colder I
suppose but they never got what I would call toasty. Some may say it’s because it
was 24 degrees and you were running 70 mph down the interstate and I was
running both the jacket liner and the gloves at the same time. I never had this
issue with the older Gerbing Gloves I have.
My biggest complaint is
the gloves do not fit well over a jacket sleeve. The opening for the gloves are
too small in my opinion and seem to leave a space for cold air to get in and up
your sleeve. This is no fun especially at 0500 in the morning and you have 3
hour ride towards the mountains. Have you ever been on a ride like this and for
some crazy reason when you see snow on the ground you feel colder?!?!? I know
it probably all in my head but you couldn’t have sold that to my hands that
morning;-)
If you are looking for a
good heated jacket liner then I recommend the Gerbing Jacket Liner but the
Ultra Light Gloves you may want to look at another heavier duty Gerbing Heated
Glove. The Ultra Lights may be ok if I could get them over my jacket sleeve
better.
Well that’s my 2 cents
worth and I hope it helps you with any decisions you may have with heated gear.
