Aerostich WINDSTOPPER Electric Vest

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A superior blend of ultra-compactible design and careful craftsmanship. Key technical features that make an Aerostich electric vest better: A slightly shorter, thinner heated collar that fits your neck right and slides under a jacket collar with less bunching. A longer trunk length in back and a shorter front to provide a more total heated area.

A more packable version of the original fleece electric vest. Like that model, this version is also a most reliable, comfortably warm, hard-wearing electrically heated vest.

You'll appreciate its warmth, ultra-compactness and draft-stopping efficiency the minute you slip it on. It's also the least restrictive to wear beneath a closely fitted jacket or riding suit. Two pockets: one for storing the power cord and one that the entire vest stuffs into, forming a neat, compact pillow. Includes: fused, lighted coil cord hookup and power switch. 45 watts / 3.3 amps (works with all BMW standard power outlets). Specify QuiConnect 2, SAE or BMW connectors.

WINDSTOPPER® fabric is 100% windproof and half as thick as TLTec Wind Blocker fleece. Black. S-XXL.

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Which power connector?

Which power connector?

If you have a BMW with a built-in BMW accessory socket, then the BMW-style connector is simple, easy and good. Otherwise we recommend the Quickconnect, also known as coaxial or 'male-and-female' style. It's the easiest to use (to connect and disconnect) and has lowest electrical resistance, so your gear heats up a little faster. (A nanosecond? Half a minute? In use we can't feel any difference, but we once did some controlled bench tests and there is a difference.)

There are zero reliability issues with all styles. All are tough and durable in all weathers and conditions. The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) style is the commonest and oldest design, and it's the hardest to push together and pull apart, but this gets slightly easier as it breaks in. It's also the least expensive to manufacture, and is the most widely available at auto parts stores.

The BMW style has one feature the other two don't...It comes apart with a screwdriver. Inside are two little set screws, one holding each wire to it's respective terminal. These make it simple to transfer the plug to another wire if anything does break. This style is slightly larger and bulkier, and by a small margin it's the easiest to manipulate wearing bulky insulated gloves.

But we still prefer and recommend the durable, compact and easiest-to-use Quickconnect coaxial style. Overall, it's the best.

Mr. Subjective, 12-13
Simplifying Comfort (...a Better Power-cord)

Simplifying Comfort (...a Better Power-cord)

Lighted power switch coil cordWe have been making this pretty neat coil cord power control for twenty years. I remember designing it to be an illuminated hi-low inline switch of such small dimension that it would not be a 'lump' in the middle of a compact coily power cord. We went round-and-round trying to find a switch which would allow a better functioning and packaging design. Something tactually, visually, and ergonomically lighter and cleaner.

And there still isn't anything as good in terms of simplicity and overall handy-ness. I wanted this cord switch to be so easy to use one could forgo a thermostat. They always seemed useless over-complexity...even the newer nice digital ones everyone uses now (just yesterday all were stupid power-hungry inefficient resistance rheostats). I'd used one several times but wanted something thoughtlessly simple, super-compact and field-reparable if ever needed. (This last consideration turned out irrelevant.)

Lighted power switch coil cordIt's just too easy to be riding along and without looking down move my left hand downward from the grip momentarily to find the cord lying across my left thigh and then by touch alone (finger or thumb) push or release the illuminated in-out button…then move my hand back to the left grip.

It's only one second, done without thinking, and there's no fumbling around. I can feel at a touch if the button is in high or low position to maintain temperature at a nice level all day long, with neither thought or effort. Just click-on and click-off as needed for comfort, and if there's ever question about power status a quick glance down shows the red pilot light glowing on or off through the button's cap. Even in daylight.

So today if I were for some reason forced to use some non-Aerostich electric garment, I'd still want this simple, intuitive and reliable coil cord and switch.

Mr. Subjective 12-13
Motorcycle Consumer News Review

Motorcycle Consumer News Review

As expected from an Aerostich garment, the Kanetsu's overall build quality is superb. The Kanetsu lives up to Aerostich's reputation and was the best of all liners tested. Also...the Kanetsu did an admirable job of blocking windchill. Its Windstopper exterior allowed for a lower setting on the controllers to achieve the same equivalent feeling of toasty warmth as the other two liners on higher settings. Heat was evenly distributed, with no dramatic cold or hot spots detected.

April 2010 Motorcycle Consumer News Heated Riding Gear Comparison, by Moshe K. Levy.
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Kanetsu Electric Vest and Liner, Fleece Jacket & Fleece Pants sizing.

Need sizing assistance? Please call us at 800-222-1994 or use our online Sizing Tool.

Kanetsu Vest/Fleece Jacket Fleece Pants Kanetsu Liner
Size Chest In. Height Ft/In Weight lbs Waist In. Inseam In. Chest Cm. Height Cm. Weight kg Waist Cm. Inseam Cm.
S S 36 34 5'3" 105-125 28 26.5 86 160 48-57 71 67
5'6" 28 168 71
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36 5'4" 120-140 30 27.5 91 162 54-63 76 70
5'7" 29 170 74
5'9" 30 175 76
M M 38 38 5'5" 130-150 32 28.5 96 165 59-68 81 72
5'8" 30 173 76
5'10" 31 178 79
40 40 5'6" 140-180 34 29.5 102 168 63-82 86 75
5'9" 31 175 79
6' 32 183 81
L L 42 42 5'7" 150-190 36 30.5 107 170 68-86 91 77
5'10" 32 178 81
6'1" 33 185 84
44 44 5'8" 165-200 38 31.5 112 173 75-91 96 80
5'11" 33 180 84
XL XL 6'2" 34 188 86
46 46 5'9" 175-220 40 32.5 117 175 79-100 102 82
6' 34 183 86
6'3" 35 190 89
48 48 5'10" 190-245 42 33.5 122 178 86-111 107 85
XXL XXL 6'1" 35 185 89
6'4" 36 193 91
50 50 5'11" 205-205 44 34.5 127 180 93-113 114 88
6'2" 36 188 91
6'4" 37 193 94
52 52 6' 220-260 46 35.5 132 183 100-118 119 90
6'3" 37 190 94
6'5" 38 195 96

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