Questions about heated vests for deer hunting.

[hammer4reel]

10 hours ago, bushden said:

Thanks all for the advice and info. I will do the research tomorrow and let all know what I go with. I am really looking to cut down on the bulk and dont normally hunt below freezing temps.

Don’t rush on just a few reply’s .

def an item worth researching 

I bought one recommended to me , wasn’t cheap and it’s a piece of crap .

warming sections work great , but horrible zippers that aren’t going yo last long at all .

‘great difference in prices with expense  not alway being a better product .

I recently saw there are some that are polar fleece which would be much quieter  for hunting and have the normal warmth of fleece when not turned on .

 

[Cousin Brown]

Just to add......Make sure your allowed to wear them, I have a pacemaker & im not allowed.

[Rjtfd]

10 minutes ago, Cousin Brown said:

Just to add......Make sure your allowed to wear them, I have a pacemaker & im not allowed.

Great info to pass on. Never knew it could effect someone with a pacemaker.

[smittty]

10 hours ago, Buckeyes11 said:

Follow basic rules. Wool layers etc. it’s NJ. Most of our hunting is am or pm sits for a few hrs. 

The basic cold weather gear doesn’t work for a lot of us older guys that worked their whole lives outdoors and have battled with frost bite in the past. 

[Greybeard]

Ejoy heated vest and just got heated socks.  Want to add a heated hand muff, then I'm set.  Right now I'm using a muff with hot hand warmers.  

Have this battery for the vest and it lasts all day on low.  So far it's kept me warm on low and adds warmth even when off

[Greybeard]

16 hours ago, bushden said:

Thanks all for the advice and info. I will do the research tomorrow and let all know what I go with. I am really looking to cut down on the bulk and dont normally hunt below freezing temps.

I don't break out the heated vest until it's down in the low 20s.  Thermals and a layer or two under a jacket when it's around freezing.  Probably could just where the heated vest under a sweatshirt and a fleece shirt when it's in the 30s

[bucky]

I owned a heated jacket, IMO, it made my lower extremities feel colder since they were not heated. The batteries went bad after a couple of years  and could not find replacements, never invested in heated clothes again

[10deer]

arris vest with the newer type battery last 12 hours after 5 hour charge 

[fab]

I got the heated vest last yr.   It works and I can feel heat.  I have a second battery. I don’t like the zipper ( don’t recall brand ). Mine is a push button on off located on the  left chest.  Get the one u can work with a remote or better. Ur phone.  I also would like a fleece vest.  Mine is the puffer nylon 

Side note. I got a paid of heated boot liners by thermo cell that work via remote.  I sent them back.  My daugher wasn’t happy.  She got me them an early Xmas gift to wear to ny but I didn’t feel any heat from them. So I sent back. She got me a box of the disposable toe warmed from Costco last week. I think it’s 30 pairs for $12.  The liners were about 90. 

[_X7]

While heated clothing is somewhat of the have to have rage these days there are a lot of old school ways to stay warm.

https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt/blog/how-to-stay-warm-while-hunting