Heated neck warmer

[F5 Dave]

Ok team. Of the probably one that will read this thread.

I'm doing this for you my only love. ♥️
Ok now you are hooked in.

My glorious heated vest of the brand I can't remember right now. Actually it's come to me Widder. He used to fly ww2 planes and came up with this and a great connector.

I'd tried a mates (nz made!) and it uncomfortably heated your kidney but not much else. Weird but it happened.

So the widder one my wife wore on anything but summer and I wore it in winter when she wouldn't ventre out.

The feeling of warmth around your neck.
Oh. Fantastic...

But since buying an air vest I can't use it. Wife doesn't come out so much.

So I've bought a heated collar.

Powered from a USB powerbank.

I think it will be feeble.

$45 we'll see.
Stay tuned bitches.

[jellywrestler]

Ok team. Of the probably one that will read this thread.

I'm doing this for you my only love. ♥️
Ok now you are hooked in.

My glorious heated vest of the brand I can't remember right now. Actually it's come to me Widder. He used to fly ww2 planes and came up with this and a great connector.

I'd tried a mates and it uncomfortably heated your kidney but not much else. Weird but it happened.

So the widder one my wife wore on anything but summer and I wore it in winter when she wouldn't ventre out.

The feeling of warmth around your neck.
Oh. Fantastic...

But since buying an air vest I can't use it. Wife doesn't come out so much.

So I've bought a heated collar.

Powered from a USB powerbank.

I think it will be feeble.

$45 we'll see.
Stay tuned bitches.

yeah now you're gonna look like you've got hickeys for a couple of hours after a ride

[HenryDorsetCase]

talk to me about the air vest. I dont venture out in the winter but these last few weekends have motivated me to put the silly LAMS bike back together and book it for its first service, and put some rego on it.

[F5 Dave]

Has heating elements in the back and a front section i hope will poke under my vest.

You plug it into a powerbank which I bought cheaply via a recycling place that gets the ones passengers have to leave behind on flights.

Powered by a USB cable I doubt that it will be very powerful and my neck should be hicky free, but hope is a beautiful thing for the retailer of such products.

[F5 Dave]

talk to me about the air vest. I dont venture out in the winter but these last few weekends have motivated me to put the silly LAMS bike back together and book it for its first service, and put some rego on it.
Alpinestars Techair. Unobtrusive, charge lasts a few rides and covers the shoulder area so lessens collarbone break I'd imagine, done that twice racing and it's no fun.
In fact if, while recuperating sleeping in a chair, someone said like a faustian pact: push this button and you can stand up and carry on your finite life with just bruises. It will cost 5 Grand. I'd have pushed that button.
Therefore it is a relative bargain and no subscription fees.

Of course the haters will say oh. But it won't stop you head being severed off by a Highlander.
Yeah OK weak argument.
I ride no different with it on and generally forget it's there.
Even put it on (and my trials helmet) when I had to climb my tallest ladder to clean conservatory gutter. Lots of accidents happen off ladders especially to plebs unused to them.

[BMWST?]

Regarding the vest.Is it powered of the bike or a seperate battery? Do you wear it as the top layer under your jacket or under other layers? Riding from Chch to Picton for the first two hours at mostly 2 to 3 deg was character building. I have a thick merino neck warmer that Does the job. My jacket storm collar nearly comes up to my helmet.

[pritch]

Even put it on (and my trials helmet) when I had to climb my tallest ladder to clean conservatory gutter. Lots of accidents happen off ladders especially to plebs unused to them.

Perfectly reasonable. Sad tales that have come to my notice suggest that it is exceedingly unwise to ascend ladders after age 70.

In the immortal words of Dirty Harry, "A man's got to know his limitations."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uki4lrLzRaU

[F5 Dave]

Regarding the vest.Is it powered of the bike or a seperate battery? Do you wear it as the top layer under your jacket or under other layers? Riding from Chch to Picton for the first two hours at mostly 2 to 3 deg was character building. I have a thick merino neck warmer that Does the job. My jacket storm collar nearly comes up to my helmet.
Um, so tye heated vest I assume.
Yes powered off bike with a curly cord and pull connectors that have enough bite to not fall out but unattach when you inevitably forget on occasion.

Of course that is old tech and lithium batteries surely have moved the game on.

It is delightful when you switch it on and at first feel your neck getting warm then your front and back.

[SaferRides]

Perfectly reasonable. Sad tales that have come to my notice suggest that it is exceedingly unwise to ascend ladders after age 70.


Ladders can be dangerous at any age. In some workplaces they are simply no longer used for height access.

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[pete376403]

Ladders can be dangerous at any age. In some workplaces they are simply no longer used for height access.

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Yes you now have to use a scaffold to (eg) change a light bulb. But still require a ladder of sorts to ascend/descend the scaffold. All up this turns a ten minute job into a multi hour - if starting from scratch and assembling and dismantling the scaffold. You also have to be "certified" in scaffold operation and use.

[BMWST?]

Yes you now have to use a scaffold to (eg) change a light bulb. But still require a ladder of sorts to ascend/descend the scaffold. All up this turns a ten minute job into a multi hour - if starting from scratch and assembling and dismantling the scaffold. You also have to be "certified" in scaffold operation and use.
Yes I have recently aquired a "set" of scaffolding platforms. They are about 1.8 high and can be configured with handrails. The access ladder means you have climb up and over or up and around or up and under the end handrail. A little dangerous for the over or around.Under is a little akward. A seperate ladder is much better

[F5 Dave]

Ladders are extremely useful. But flat surface for the base is often elusive. Almost. Kinda.
In this instance I could actually open sliding windows and tie the top which is the best but how often does that happen?

I bought a hedge trimmer on a pole. Was silly expensive but I rationale it against having a fall. Obviously we have a high danger pastime. But no point tossing the dice on every occasion.

[jellywrestler]

. You also have to be "certified" in scaffold operation and use.

when exactly? over a certain height, or square footage or what?

[SaferRides]

when exactly? over a certain height, or square footage or what?There's a partial exemption for builders up to a certain height. That can look a bit scary, having seen what they erected next door. Otherwise what is called mobile scaffolding, again up to a certain height. It's all on the Worksafe website, if you can find it.

Everywhere I work it has to have a Scaffold Safe tag, otherwise you don't use it.

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[F5 Dave]

Notice from nz post. Failed delivery (at 6.23am!). Changed to pickup. Might leave it a day and if it isn't here go to Petone.

Just want to see how powerful it is then if it can fit in my leathers/vest.

Windproof neck gaters are an improvement over the old knitted of fleece ones which are an improvement over the knitted scarves I grew up with riding.

Strangely waterproof ones don't feature. Much. I bought one on Ebay made in Denmark or somewhere. It is waterproof at the front but not the back as it has to be stretchy.

I bought a zip up one but haven't had the reason to use it yet.

[pete376403]

There is some nice stuff here. I bought some of their gloves. really nice . I needed some replacement batteries and they could not ship the batteries in their own but sent as part of single glove was ok. That ended up being sent to OneArmBandit, here on KB.
https://www.zarkie.com.au/heated-products/?v=b870c45f9584

[F5 Dave]

Huh, interesting. They have a USB neck warmer I probably would have gone for as no chance of vest clash.

https://www.zarkie.com.au/product/ek-304-usb-electric-neck-warmer/?v=b870c45f9584

Also Heated seat pad. That might be nice and no batteries required.

[Kickaha]

when exactly? over a certain height, or square footage or what?

We had to do a "working at height permit" for anything over 2m and could only use a ladder under that

[jellywrestler]

We had to do a "working at height permit" for anything over 2m and could only use a ladder under that

and the two metres is measured where?
working height or feet height?

[Kickaha]

and the two metres is measured where?
working height or feet height?

Didn't specify, we always took it as vertical

[F5 Dave]

Ok so arrived. Lead for USB.

Actually I could plug that into my 450 if I get a USB to USB cable.

Fits well. Have to see if it works with my vest and zero fit base layers.
Oh yes I read uk magazines and bought into it.

When you can't ride for 18 months you will believe anything

[F5 Dave]

But note.

Hero Biker.

Geez. I needed a lift out of my middle aged conservatism.
I'm now a Hero Biker. I'll take blind corners on the wrong side of the road and pull wheelies without covering the rear brake.

[SaferRides]

Didn't specify, we always took it as verticalIt's how far you can fall, for scaffolding usually platform to ground.

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[F5 Dave]

Anyway sorry for bringing up ladders.

Did the first test inside. Seems quite warm but can be turned down.

Real test on bike maybe tomorrow if rain clears like it's supposed to.

[F5 Dave]

No test too warm.