CHEAP heated clothing

[anton88]

Following on from another post, heres my heated clothing solution after a VERY cold ride the other day (would love some proper heated kit, but i just cant afford it at the moment) :

I bought a heated car travel blanket from THE RANGE, proceeded to pull it to bits when i got home and removed the heating element from the blanket :



This is what i was left with after about 20 mins:



Then proceeded to glue sections of the element into an old cycling jersey i have (you could fit this to any jacket), just got to fit a lining (i'll use the white lining from the blanket to do this :



Tried plugging it into the bike this morning, and it gets nice and warm after about 5 mins - not super hot, but more than body heat . - element covers my whole torso (front and back) - didnt bother with the arms as they didnt get cold.

And the best bit of this 'kit' - cost £9.99 + an old jacket.

Its pre-wired with a cigatette lighter socket/adapter.
It has a built in cut off switch.
Will stay on indefinitely (no batteries to worry about).
You get left with 2 large sheets of fleece blanket - great for polishing duties

Shall be looking forward to proper test over the next few days / weeks.

Ant

[Lord Vader]

Brilliant
I just been playing around with heated insoles for my boots.A colleague had them still from last x-mas.They are from tschibo and i reckon i get them for £15-20.My body never gets cold only my hands(sorted,heated grips) and my feet.So i shall go for a ride just now and have a look how they work



Hey Mods as i said before i think we need a section for this sort of thing
"HOMEBREW"

[samben]

can,t stop tinkering. says it all really.
that realy is a good idea though. keep us posted.

[nomad]

Following on from another post, heres my heated clothing solution after a VERY cold ride the other day (would love some proper heated kit, but i just cant afford it at the moment) :

I bought a heated car travel blanket from THE RANGE, proceeded to pull it to bits when i got home and removed the heating element from the blanket :



This is what i was left with after about 20 mins:



Then proceeded to glue sections of the element into an old cycling jersey i have (you could fit this to any jacket), just got to fit a lining (i'll use the white lining from the blanket to do this :



Tried plugging it into the bike this morning, and it gets nice and warm after about 5 mins - not super hot, but more than body heat . - element covers my whole torso (front and back) - didnt bother with the arms as they didnt get cold.

And the best bit of this 'kit' - cost £9.99 + an old jacket.

Its pre-wired with a cigatette lighter socket/adapter.
It has a built in cut off switch.
Will stay on indefinitely (no batteries to worry about).
You get left with 2 large sheets of fleece blanket - great for polishing duties

Shall be looking forward to proper test over the next few days / weeks.

Ant

bloody good idea " if it works "
look forward to hearing if you got toastie or toasted ?

[anton88]

Very pleased to announce my DIY heated jacket works VERY well - now tried on the bike all afternoon with the engine running - makes more heat than when no engine - I was TOASTY warm - The jacket looks ####, so i'm not showing any more pics of it, but it works

[MOZE]

Following on from another post, heres my heated clothing solution after a VERY cold ride the other day (would love some proper heated kit, but i just cant afford it at the moment) :

I bought a heated car travel blanket from THE RANGE, proceeded to pull it to bits when i got home and removed the heating element from the blanket :



This is what i was left with after about 20 mins:



Then proceeded to glue sections of the element into an old cycling jersey i have (you could fit this to any jacket), just got to fit a lining (i'll use the white lining from the blanket to do this :



Tried plugging it into the bike this morning, and it gets nice and warm after about 5 mins - not super hot, but more than body heat . - element covers my whole torso (front and back) - didnt bother with the arms as they didnt get cold.

And the best bit of this 'kit' - cost £9.99 + an old jacket.

Its pre-wired with a cigatette lighter socket/adapter.
It has a built in cut off switch.
Will stay on indefinitely (no batteries to worry about).
You get left with 2 large sheets of fleece blanket - great for polishing duties

Shall be looking forward to proper test over the next few days / weeks.

Ant

Just a thaught if ur up on salisbury plain with ur home made thermals don't go near the milan anti tank range when there firing they love those things with heat wires in
hell of a job to outrun even on the good old @
sittin here gigglin
Moze

[chronyx]

That is excellent!

Keep on tinkerin' mate!

[Cabby]

Anton...You are SPECIAL!!!!

Special needs as well probably, but I love the way you can improvise ANYTHING.....