Dremd,
hope the Vibe & house is going back together okay
I do have an update from using the cool or heat seat - with a mod
it is not a beaded seat cover though
to prevent the aptly named "frozen branding iron" effect
I covered my seat cover with a piece of cheap vinyl
sort of a faux leather experiment - thought it might help your project
the vinyl does help spread the cool out a bit
it takes longer to cool off (more thermal inertia) but with your design that won't as big an issue as with mine
condensation is still there - but like you said -not as bad as just sweating into seat
still would recommend a set up that you could take back out with out damage for initial development
looking forward to how it turns out
I might hack this seat cover into a "Dremd-like" concept next summer if you get something you like