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Heat options other than heater?

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#1 ·
We have a full cab General with a heater in Colorado so we use it most of the time. Having said that we take the Turbo R occasionally to CO and here in TX when its cold. I am looking at options for heat:
1. heated seats
2. heated jackets- Milwaukee or similar with batteries
3. heated jackets- plug in motorcycle type

Thoughts on any of these? I do have a full windshield which helps a lot
Thanks
 
#3 ·
I second the heated seats option.
 
#9 ·
What do you consider cold? Last January I road in WV and it was below 32 the entire trip. Half doors and windshield on my 570. I have an old modular helmet from my snowmobile days and kept the face mask up, good pair of insulated carharts and never got cold at all. I took a full face helmet too but never needed it.
 
#13 ·
A couple of gear options:
Gerbing (aka Gyde) First Gear, Hotwired, California Heat.
I have a full compliment of Gerbing heated gear for my 2 wheel $$$$ pit. Gloves, jacket and pants liners, insoles and socks. It's all ran off wired 12v and controlled by a wireless 2 zone t-stat.
It was a bit of initial cost however I can / have ridden in 20* - 30* temps for hours comfortably and without the bulk of insulated Carharts.
 
#60 ·
I had the Heated vest, pants, and socks. My GS 1200 had the heated grips for the hands and they kept my hands nice and toasty. I road my bike 1600 miles in two days to get to Seattle where I was working. It snowed on me a bit in Oregon and rained a lot but I stayed dry and warm with the heated gear. I sold the Gerbing gear when I sold the bike. Well the pants and vest.

So far for my Pro XP I haven't had any issues with dressing for the cold. I've been out in the high 20s and low 30s and we just wore our winter clothing. Gore-Tex pants, insulated boots, heavy North Face Gore-Tex coat, and a good pair of gloves. I wear a light neck gator/face covering and with the windshield it works fine.
 
#14 ·

I have these in my Pro XP. I bought two sets. I put one element in the largest spot on the seat bottom, and one on the seat back lower center. Works very well.

Then we also have the heated Jackets, full cab enclosure, and a cab heater from Inferno. We can and do ride all year long in the Midwest.

The biggest thing you can do to stay warm, regardless of heaters or not, is closing off the cab from the wind. Unless it’s in the 20’s or below, the wind is a bigger factor than the temperature.

I would take below freezing and no wind over a windy 45 degrees any day.
 
#20 ·
My Turbo R was very hot inside the cab but I added pipe insulation on the coolant line and Thermo Tec heater barrier on the tunnel and rear panel to keep the heat out. Now I need some back- but on demand. LOL
 
#17 ·
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ive had one in both my 4 seat polaris's
simple 12v with quick disconect and a hole in floor for the exhaust/insulated with spark plug boot insulators
i do have enclosure so it heats up really good sitting and the faster you go the cooler it gets from air coming in
 
#36 ·
#25 ·

Check this one out, it would be great for late fall and early winter. The battery provides about 8 hours of heating on the lowest setting and about 3 hours on the maximum setting.

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#38 ·
Have you looked at heat seat covers / pads? Here's one that looks simple to use, plugs into cigarette type outlet
 
#43 ·
We have a full cab General with a heater in Colorado so we use it most of the time. Having said that we take the Turbo R occasionally to CO and here in TX when its cold. I am looking at options for heat: 1. heated seats 2. heated jackets- Milwaukee or similar with batteries 3. heated jackets- plug in motorcycle type Thoughts on any of these? I do have a full windshield which helps a lot Thanks
I have been at this since the beginning and have tried everything. You cannot beat and will not regret a proper heater
 
#44 ·
I purchased something similar to this years ago for an old chevy that had very weak heat in it. Mine has flexible straps to wrap around the seat. I am heading to WV this weekend and it will be a bit chilly, so I am bringing it along to see how it works. Mine has a 12volt plug with hi-lo heat control also. The one I have has a canvas type exterior so I may lightly shoot it with some scotch guard too.
 
#55 ·
Thanks. I bought two of these off of Amazon. Tried one yesterday and it got my back and butt warm in just a couple of minutes. I also found a couple 12V heated blankets at Walmart. Between the seat warmers, blankets and full windshield we should be ok. We don't ride in the cold all of the time so it's not worth it to put a heater in.
 
#47 ·
I have a heated steering wheel on my 2016 Polaris 900 XC and a plug in 12 volt automobile seat heater. The seat heater requires a lot of battery, but I haven't installed extra. I rarely use the seat heater. The steering wheel is really nice.

I also have a Polaris upper doors. If you can keep the wind off you, half the battle is won. There are a lot of clothing options that work.

I live in southern Idaho and try to avoid riding when it is really cold or wet/snow. By cold I mean freezing or worse. Lots of riding in the 30s!

Afew years ago, we were riding ATVs when the temp was in the low teens and one of my grand daughters had her contact lens freeze to her eye. No damage once she thawed out.

I don't know if they still manufacture the heated steering wheel for Polaris.

My son from San Antonio and his boys usually visit every summer. When we go RZR/ATV, riding they bundle up in my winter coats. Usually the temps are in the 60s.
 
#56 ·
Makes me leery using electric heaters I had a 300w fan heater wired in directly to the battery. 15 minutes to Half an hour with the fan on heat, stopped and touched my voltage regulator and it felt like it was ready to melt. If the voltage gets toasted ,The engine won’t run. so I scrap that idea edon’t know about electric blankets maybe check your voltage regulator and see how hot it gets. just my two cents.
 
#57 ·
Seat heaters are 40W each so are blankets. All four are 160W on high. Considering alternator is 900W I don't see a problem. I don't run high wattage sound systems or anything else aftermarket that is high wattage. I do plan on running just what we need and I will check the regulator- thanks