Recently I was contacted by a company by the name of Blazewear. Blazewear was created to offer customers the very latest in functional clothing technology, providing warmth and comfort as well as a wide range of health benefits associated with heat treatments. Their technologically advanced garments have been designed for all forms of cold weather activity to help people enjoy work and leisure during the winter months.
Back Warmer
Blazewear products incorporate the very latest in carbon based heating technology and Lithium batteries to change the focus of winter clothing from heat retention to heat emission. Their clothing is recognized around the world as being far superior to similar products. These are the clothes for the 21st century.They sent me two items one,was the back warmer, the other was the heated insoles.
When I seen the back warmer I knew I had to try it out for myself. Almost 4 years ago I broke my back, so I deal with a lot of back pain in cold weather while ice fishing. So I was excited to try this item out.As far as I know it is the 1st of it’s kind on the market.It delivers a constant heat through heating elements on both sides of the lower back .They can be controlled independently or at different temperatures when used with Lithium Polymer battery packs.I got the battery packs to last a whole 24 hours on the low setting. It’s lightweight design fits under your clothes so that it can be worn all day. I found that I was able to layer a little bit lighter, which means better comfort while fishing.
Heated Insoles
The heated insole are pretty neat also.There is a few brands on the market today. These are fully customizable to fit into your shoe or boot. The insoles fit shoe sizes 3 -12.The warmth is concentrated on the toes where it does the most good. It comes supplied with battery boxes and garters to attach to the bottom of the leg. They also work with the Lithium Polymer battery packs that they offer.Both of these units can be ran on AA batteries using the battery boxes that come with the products
Lithium Polymer batteries
The back warmer gets a 5 out 5 starts with me. I loved the warmth it gives my back. The insoles get a 4 out of 5. Due to the gaiters that hold the battery packs.
This would have been a more useful write up if you had mentioned how long the lithium battery packs will run these items. What is bad about the gaiters for the insoles? Do they slip? Are they uncomfortable? Any idea of a MSRP?
I forgot to drop the battery life in the review thanks for reminding me I put it in. For pricing head on over to http://www.blazewearusa.com they have a sale going right now.