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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Another point I often bring up: I don't use the block heater only for reasons of fuel / wear reduction. I really like being warm sooner.
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Since I ride my bike in the winter as much as possible, I have some of this:
Gerbing's Heated Clothing, and I find it much more enjoyable for use in a car than waiting for the heat to come up in a car. (My parents fleet has no block heaters).
My jacket liner consumes 77w at full tilt, (which I can't operate at full tilt until it's in the teens or below, ON THE BIKE with windchill), and the gloves 22w, though they seem more susceptible to the windchill. I can't operate them at full blast inside a car, either.
My kit probably cost as much as your Forkenswift, but if you can find the stuff used, (it does last a long time), you might find it preferable...
