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I have used the belt twice so far. On cold and wet mornings. The belt provided a pleasing amount of heat. The day soon warmed up and switching off the belt is a lot easier than removing and then storing thermal clothing.
David W. – South Yorkshire |
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| exo² StormRider Bodywarmer,
Positive – This is an effective, warm and easy to use heated jacket with a mid-market price. The people at exo² are easy to deal with, answer any queries promptly, and were genuinely good people to do business with.
Negative – You really do need the optional thermostatic control, which goes from 1 to 9, with 9 being lightly roasted to number 1 being you don't really know that it is on.
Ease of Use – It wires straight into the ignition feed, connect a plug and away you go. It is easy to use, and there has clearly been some thought gone into the product. If you step away from the bike whilst still connected the plug slides out very easily, without dragging the wires out with it.
Would I recommend it? – Yes, undoubtedly. If you ride all year or commute all year then this piece of kit will make the biggest difference to your riding comfort short of waterproofs. Given a choice between having waterproof boots or the exo² heated jacket I would go for the exo² heated jacket. If your core stays warm, all of you stays warm, and as somebody who has experienced hypothermia twice, once on a motorcycle and once during a military exercise, for the all year round rider this is an essential piece of both comfort and safety equipment.
Background – I bought the exo² StormRider after having got frozen to the core in January 2008. I was properly dressed in a good quality Hein Gerike Gore-Tex winter suit, thermals and snow boarding layers, Alpine Star waterproof boots, winter gloves and hot grips. I started recognizing the early onset symptoms of hypothermia whilst riding in January, and decided that I was not prepared to do this again, so I reviewed the market for various heated jackets, and went for one which looked like it was mid-market in prize, good quality, and ideally from a British manufacturer. Eventually I plumped for the exo² and it is a choice I have to say I haven't regretted. I rode in March 2008 which was a very cold and snowy March, which went right through to the April, and what I found was really nice about this particular heated jacket was that I can lose layers, which can be quite important, especially if I have to ride in a business suit under my waterproofs.
The jacket lives in the top box of my R1200 GS, which also means that when I am riding in warm sunlight I can dress for that weather. But even through a summer mesh suit which I have been wearing in April and May 2008 I know if I get caught out by a sudden drop in the temperature I can put this heated jacket on and even through a mesh suit I am warm. I also don’t have to dress up like a trainee sumo wrestler and have to walk through doors sideways just to stay warm. I have not compared this against any other comparable heated jackets. I did buy a couple of cheap ones from various unbranded shops, and I might as well have simply burnt my money. This is definitely a good piece of equipment, but if you get the opportunity to try one on under your leathers, do so as it does bulk you up a bit.
If it means that you can get your bike out on a cold crisp January day without freezing, then it has got to be money well spent.
Andrew Dalton – Specialist Motorcycle Lawyer
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'Both Gary and I used this product while on a round the world trip on our Honda NX 650 Dominators. The [StormRider] waistcoat we both felt was amazing, a quality product. We used them in all sorts of conditions from high altitude, freezing fog, night time and pouring rain. We couldn't fault them. No hot spots and a cozy ride whenever we used them. They were also used in conjunction with Honda heated grips and our lights were on at all times. The waistcoat did not affect the either of our bikes performance or electrics. If anyone would like to speak to us about the waistcoat please pass on my details. Best Wishes.'
Louise H. and Gary P. |
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“The [StormRider] vest is phenomenal. I cannot get over how uniform the heat is and how well the vest works at keeping you warm. In the Pacific Northwest we have some extremely cold, wet days and normally the bike is parked for three months, November through January. Not anymore, I'm still riding and very comfortable. exo² has increased the value of my motorcycle investment by 30%, in addition to increased comfort and safety, outstanding.”
Richard B. – Prosser, WA |
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“I also wanted to say that the gloves are a lot more comfortable than the gerbing standard ones, and way easier to actually wear than the gerbing ultra gloves. On both the gerbings glove styles, the gauntlet cuff is too small to go over a jacket cuff and too big to go under. The exo² gloves are just right, the cuff is wide enough to go over the jacket! Brilliant!”
Barry F. - United Kingdom |
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| “Your StormRrider vest is an absolute great product that I would buy again and recommend to my fellow all weather riders. The fact that you have such outstanding customer support is really icing on the cake. When I am in need of similar gear, you can bet I'll come to you first. My vest kept me toasty all last winter on my 70-mile roundtrip to work (every day except when the roads were iced - not common in the Seattle area).” Gary W. – Falls City, WA |
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I've always been a bit confused as to why heated gloves are not in wider circulation. Riding in cold weather is bad at the "best" of times, but riding when its 1 degree with wind chill of about -7 is absolute agony, as I am sure many of you know. I think it’s fair to say that heated gloves have often looked, well, pretty crap. Kind of a mix between a gauntlet worn by a knight of the round table and a fat fingered courier’s winter mitten. But the new heated gloves from exo² have really surprised me. They more than resemble a semi-sporty styled glove, complete with hard formed PVC knuckle guards and finger protection, but most importantly - they work!
Today's 35 minute journey to work was made a pleasure by the gloves internal heated elements fighting off the chill and keeping the back of my hand, my fingers and thumb nice and toasty. Coupled with a pair of Oxford heated grips my journey has been transformed. The optional temp controller I purchased came with a fabricated metal bracket which needed a minor modification to fit to my R6, and running the cables through the bike was a bit time consuming; but that’s due to the bikes construction, nothing to do with the supplied wire harness. The item's all seem to be well designed and manufactured and I am really looking forward to a winter of warm riding ahead.
It’s also worth me mentioning that the gloves have a handy visor wiper installed along the thumb and that the downloadable glove measurement table online is pretty accurate... I wear XXL in Alpinestars sizing, but only Medium in exo² glove size. If you're going to invest in a pair trust the measuring guide!
Anyway, I can definitely recommend them.
From a "review" for the YamahaClub.com forum by Nathan B. - United Kingdom |
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“Just a bit of an update as I promised, all the guys have tried the jackets now and they have gone over extremely well!. We only have it fitted direct to one of the bikes so far as we are waiting for six new bikes to be delivered and I haven’t got around to taking mine to be done yet. Everyone so far has been using them with just the rechargeable battery and we are well impressed with one comment being this is the best product we have ever had!
So thanks again and if you need a reference or a quote for other forces, no problem, we would be glad to oblige if any other forces want to talk to us. You can give them my email address and I can tell them direct. I have already shown it to one of the guys from North Yorks and he had it on for 20 minutes in the office!”
Steve D. - Cleveland Police Road Policing Unit, Motorcycle Section, Cannon Park Middlesbrough
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"I am home from the 6639 mile cycle trip, in 6 Provinces and 13 States, plus DC. We had some chill and some rain, as well as beautiful days."
"I figured out a way to mount the control unit that works very well and is handy to operate. I am very pleased with your product. This is a very stylish 'vest', that I even wore as a vest when it was cool. One would not know it was heated clothing. It fit well, and I used it under my summer mesh riding jacket when it was cool and/or raining. I found at times I did not need any added heat. A couple of times, I did run it from the cycle's battery. When running, I noticed no difference in the voltage indicator for the bike. I guess that would confirm that it is low 'draw'."
A.C. R. - Columbus, IN
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