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From: Schmoe on 8 Jun 2010 21:30 It's Tuesday so this must be Brador night. Bottles on the bar, icy cold. Is there any functional, plug/wire/connection type or other difference between the H-D heated liner (I believe made by Gerbing) and the Gerbing sold direct? I'm asking because if you use the Chicago H-D discount, buying the H-D branded is actually cheaper (what? something cheaper at H-D???). Thoughts? -- #128 KOTFAQ's http://www.rmhfaq.com
From: Snag on 8 Jun 2010 21:47 Schmoe wrote: > It's Tuesday so this must be Brador night. Bottles on the bar, icy > cold. > Is there any functional, plug/wire/connection type or other difference > between the H-D heated liner (I believe made by Gerbing) and the > Gerbing sold direct? I'm asking because if you use the Chicago H-D > discount, buying the H-D branded is actually cheaper (what? something > cheaper at H-D???). > Thoughts? > > > > -- > #128 KOTFAQ's > http://www.rmhfaq.com The HD gloves my wife got me last year for Christmas have a coaxial plug , rather than the staggered pins of some others I've seen (like a battery tender plug) . Look on eBay , some vendors have pretty good pictures of that stuff . -- Snag "90 FLHTCU "Strider" '39 WLDD "PopCycle" BS 132/SENS/DOF
From: MikeinPA on 8 Jun 2010 22:36 "Schmoe" <s(a)s.net> wrote in message news:4c0eeead$0$5005$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > It's Tuesday so this must be Brador night. Bottles on the bar, icy cold. > > Is there any functional, plug/wire/connection type or other difference > between the H-D heated liner (I believe made by Gerbing) and the Gerbing > sold direct? Not really (see below). >I'm asking because if you use the Chicago H-D discount, buying the H-D >branded is actually cheaper (what? something cheaper at H-D???). > > Thoughts? Gerbing has a system that is probably the same as HD but I can't be sure. While you might save with the Chi-town discount you'll be shutting yourself out to other outlets (used or new). Gerbing parts (gloves, vests, liners, pants) interconnect and I assume HD does but you'll have a wider choice by going with Gerbing. Powerlet system provides for just about everything and the Gerbing clothing can plug using this: http://www.powerletproducts.com/product/powerlet-to-coax-female/246 or just run a straight female off the battery (what I have on the HD).
From: SKooter Bum on 9 Jun 2010 09:29 "Schmoe" <s(a)s.net> wrote in message news:4c0eeead$0$5005$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > It's Tuesday so this must be Brador night. Bottles on the bar, icy > cold. > > Is there any functional, plug/wire/connection type or other > difference between the H-D heated liner (I believe made by Gerbing) > and the Gerbing sold direct? I'm asking because if you use the > Chicago H-D discount, buying the H-D branded is actually cheaper > (what? something cheaper at H-D???). > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > #128 KOTFAQ's > http://www.rmhfaq.com I don't know about the HD warranty on the HD heated stuff but I do know that Gerbing has a lifetime warranty on the electrical portions of their clothing. I had a 15+ year old jacket liner that had stopped heating on the right sleeve. I returned it to them, they repaired it and replaced the old "romex" power cable with the new coaxial style at no cost to me other than shipping. They even paid the return shipping, hard to find customer service like that now. I do recommend purchasing the power controller as just wiring straight to the battery will make you toast in about 10 minutes. I use the same controller for both the gloves and jacket liner and I never leave home without it in the saddlebags in the cooler months. At almost 70 years old I find that I can use it on a low setting when it's down in the 50's to keep me comfortable and I've used it down to the mid 20's in AZ one trip and was perfectly comfortable. YMMV SKooter
From: snarl on 9 Jun 2010 12:27
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:30:21 -0400, "Schmoe" <s(a)s.net> wrote: >It's Tuesday so this must be Brador night. Bottles on the bar, icy cold. > >Is there any functional, plug/wire/connection type or other difference >between the H-D heated liner (I believe made by Gerbing) and the Gerbing >sold direct? Should both be coax. >I'm asking because if you use the Chicago H-D discount, buying >the H-D branded is actually cheaper (what? something cheaper at H-D???). > >Thoughts? Yeah, call their customer service number and ask for Tina... tell her Snarl sent ya. She's a good friend and I even married her to my Brother, Browneye. Plus they live a mile away. That's where I base *my* Gerbing knowledge from. Tina turned me on to a vest that was a factory 2nd or had some little flaw that didn't effect anything far as I can tell. After that I was hooked! Next was a coat, gloves, socks, hell, Jeanne has a coat and controller for her morning winter commute to work in th' cage. I've never needed any repair work, Jeanne's gone through a few batteries... th' coat allows a battery pack as well as being plugged in. I have helped a few ridin' buds that did need some work done and Tina usually makes sure it's done right and in a timely manner. She really is an excellent customer service rep. Gerbing moved th' manufacturing to China and their office from Union, WA to Olympia, WA not too long ago. Things were a bit bumpy while th' boxes were being unpacked, but that's long since been a non-issue. A few folks had less than 5 star service during th' move... that's why. As far as th' politics of why they went to China goes, I dunno, don't really care. It's not a hill I'm gonna die on anyway. All I know is our Gerbing stuff is excellent and we love Tina. I'd say it'd be cheaper in th' long run to deal direct with Gerbing than take a little discount on th' front end. 'Sides ya might even get th' Snarl discount. Snarl |