My hands go numb within minutes of being outside and it takes a good ten minutes of pain before they come back. These liners are the first thing I've worn that stops it happening in the first place rather than helping me recover afterwards.
Heated Hoodie
- Everyday Comfort
- All-day Heat
- Heat Your Core
This goes under my normal coat and the coat traps the heat in — works better than the jacket ever did on its own. The sleeves are the real difference though. Every heated top I've owned warms your chest and leaves your arms out in the cold
Built to go under a coat. This is a sweatshirt-weight layer, not an outer shell, so it is cut close enough to wear a jacket over the top. Match your own chest to the first column — the room you need is already worked in.
| Size | Your chest | Chest (garment) | Length | Shoulder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | up to 94 cm | 102 cm | 68 cm | 46 cm |
| M | up to 99 cm | 107 cm | 69 cm | 48 cm |
| L | up to 104 cm | 112 cm | 70 cm | 50 cm |
| XL | up to 109 cm | 117 cm | 71 cm | 52 cm |
| 2XL | up to 114 cm | 122 cm | 72 cm | 54 cm |
“Your chest” is your own measurement, taken over a t-shirt. The garment column is the hoodie laid flat and doubled — useful if you want to compare it against a sweatshirt you already own. Length and shoulder are the garment's.
Finding your size
- Chest. Wrap a soft tape measure around the fullest part, under the arms, level across your back. Breathe normally — don't puff up or hold it in. No tape measure? A piece of string works just as well — wrap it round, mark where it meets, then hold it against a ruler.
- Think about what goes over it. If this is going under a fitted jacket most days, take your normal size. If you want a jumper underneath as well, go up one.
- Match. Find your number in the first column.
Don't size up “to be safe”. The panels need to sit against your base layer to do anything. A hoodie hanging loose holds the heat away from you and wastes the battery warming the gap.
The layer that goes under the coat you already own.
A heated coat asks you to give up your coat. This does not. It is a sweatshirt, cut to sit under whatever you already wear, and your own jacket on top traps the heat instead of letting it off the surface — so you get more out of the same battery. On a mild day it is the whole outfit.
- Six zones, including the ones nobody else heats. Front pockets, core, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Most heated clothing warms your chest and stops there — no sleeves, nothing at the neck. Those are the places wind finds first and a hood covers worst, and they are the reason your arms still feel cold in a garment that claims to be heated.
- Warm in about ten seconds. Not ten minutes of waiting and wondering whether it is on. Composite carbon fibre elements come up to temperature almost as fast as you can zip up.
- Front and back, controlled separately. Two switches, not one. Front runs the pockets and core; rear runs the neck, shoulders, arms and back. Sitting against a car seat you can leave the back off, and out in the wind you can run it alone. Half the garment draws roughly half the power, which is the simplest way to make a charge last.
- It still looks like a sweatshirt. Ribbed cuffs, adjustable hood, knitted polyester. Nothing about it announces that it is heated, and with the power off it is the hoodie you would have grabbed anyway.
Three temperature settings
- High — red light. 45–55°C. For warming through fast when you first come outside.
- Medium — white light. 35–45°C. The everyday setting.
- Low — blue light. 25–35°C. Gentle maintenance heat, best under a coat where it is holding warmth in rather than making it.
Wear a t-shirt or base layer underneath rather than next to bare skin, particularly on high.
What is it made of?
- 100% knitted polyester — a proper sweatshirt weight that holds warm air against you instead of letting it straight through
- Six carbon fibre heating zones — front pockets, core, arms, shoulders, neck and back
- Composite carbon fibre elements — thin and flexible, they bend with the knit rather than sitting in it as stiff panels
- Ribbed cuffs — close the gap at the wrist where cold air runs up your sleeve
- Adjustable hood — pull it in and the draught down your neck stops
Where the power bank sits
In its own pocket, positioned so it is not digging into your back when you sit down or lean against a seat. It is the detail people complain about most on heated clothing and the easiest one to get wrong.
Washing it
Hand wash or machine wash — your choice, which is more than most heated clothing allows.
- Take the power bank out first and close the cable port. Never wash it with anything still in the pocket.
- Machine: gentle cycle, cool water, in a laundry bag. Do the zips and drawcords up first.
- By hand: cool water, mild detergent, no wringing.
- Air dry only. No tumble dryer. Lay it flat or hang it, away from radiators and direct sun — direct heat damages the wiring.
- Don't dry clean, bleach or iron. Never iron over a heating zone.
Between seasons. Store it hung and dry with the power bank out. Folding it hard along a heating zone shortens the life of the elements.
The power bank is in the box.
Charge it, drop it in the inner pocket, plug it in. Nothing to buy separately and nothing to match up. It is a standard 5V USB bank, so if you lose it or want a spare, any bank off the shelf will run the hoodie.
Two batteries to choose from.
| Battery | Capacity | Charging time |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | 3,000 mAh, 5V | 3.5 hours |
| Strong | 5,000 mAh, 5V | 4.5 hours |
Regular covers a commute, a dog walk or an afternoon out. Strong is for the days you leave in the dark and come home in the dark.
Making a charge last
- Use one channel. Front or back on its own draws roughly half the power of both. Sitting against a seat back, the rear zones are doing very little anyway.
- Start high, then drop. A minute on high to warm through, then medium or low to hold it.
- Put a coat over it. The heat you are making stays in, so you can run a lower setting for longer.
- Out all day? A second power bank means you swap instead of stopping.
Battery care
Use it at least once every two months to keep it healthy. Before storing it for a long stretch, charge it fully, then run it down to roughly 50–75%.
Flying with it
The power bank comes out and travels in your hand luggage. Spare lithium batteries are not permitted in checked baggage on any airline — that is a worldwide rule, not an airline preference. Both options sit far below the 100 Wh limit that would need advance approval. The hoodie itself can go in either bag.
Finish the set, stay warm everywhere
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What customers actually say
Second heated hoodie I've owned. Better than the last.
"Had a one for years and was never in love with it — battery dug into my back and never lasted as long as it said. This one's fixed both. I'd still get the bigger battery from the start if you're out all day."
The garage heater stays off
"Out there most of Saturday and there's no heating in it, never will be. Back and neck on, front off, and I'm fine for the afternoon. Used to get about two hours before my hands stopped working properly."
Warm before I'm at the end of the road
"Bus then train, an hour each way. I switch it on walking out the door and it's done by the time I've locked up. Shell over the top and that's the whole winter sorted."
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I've run heated grips on my bike for three winters so I thought my cold hands were sorted. Turns out it was the backs of my fingers the whole time. First commute in these gloves and I didn't pull over once to warm up.
I walk two dogs every morning through the winter and I need my hands for treats, poo bags and the leads. Every warm glove I'd tried meant taking them off constantly. These are thin enough that I just leave them on the whole walk.
Rode 340 miles in a day through the mountains in October. Started on high, dropped to low once I warmed up, swapped the battery at lunch. Never had cold hands and never had to cut the day short.
I've always had cold feet and I'd been looking for heated socks for my winter photo sessions, but I was worried they'd be flimsy. They aren't. Ten outings in and the heat is still even across both.
My bike used to sit in the garage from November through March. Bought the gloves in December and I've been out most days since. Three extra months of riding a year, which is the whole reason I own the thing.
I bought the vest to stop paying to heat the whole house while I work from home. I heat my body now, not the room. The heating has barely come on this month.
What sold me is the heat across the knuckles and out to the fingertips. That's where the cold actually lands, and it's the exact spot every other glove I've owned ignores completely.
My fingers go white and numb in the cold and winter photography had basically stopped being possible. These liners let me feel the shutter and keep my hands warm at the same time. I'm out taking photos again.
Pulled over on the first ride to turn the heat down. Twenty-two years of riding and that has never once happened to me.
I keep mine on at my desk. My hands used to get cold in the house before they got cold outside. Thin enough to type in, which was the thing I didn't think I'd get.
45 minutes each way to work. Going in was never the problem because my hands were warm when I left. Coming home in the dark was. These are still putting out heat when I pull into the garage.
Bought these for my mother who is 84 and stopped going out in winter. She rang me to say she'd walked to the shop and back without stopping. That was the whole point.
I deliver five nights a week. Two pairs of gloves and chemical warmers, none of it worked past the first hour. These get me through a full shift on medium. Bought a second battery so I swap at my break instead of going home early.
The socks warm up within seconds of switching them on, and the heat covers the whole foot rather than just the toes. That was my complaint with the last pair I tried.
My wife got the first pair and I borrowed them once. Ordered my own the same night.
I wear the vest under my coat at my grandson's football matches. I used to leave at half time. I watched the whole match last Saturday for the first time in years.
I stopped riding in winter about six years ago because of my hands. Nothing else about the cold bothered me. Got these in November and I'm out at the weekends again. My only regret is the six years.
I've washed the socks after nearly every wear and they're still heating exactly the same. That was the thing I was most worried about before ordering.
Wind is the real enemy, not temperature. I've got no fairing on my bike so everything hits my hands square on. These hold up at 70 on the interstate, which no glove I've owned has managed.
It's slim enough to wear under a normal coat, which the last heated vest I bought absolutely was not. I don't look like I'm wearing anything unusual.
I'm 68 and my circulation isn't what it was. My fingertips would go numb inside ten minutes no matter what I wore. These are the first gloves that actually get heat to the ends of my fingers instead of just the palm.
Ordered on the Tuesday, wearing them on the Friday. Had a question about the battery indicator and got a proper answer from a person within a few hours. Rare enough to be worth mentioning.
Buy the spare batteries at the same time. Ten seconds to swap and you've doubled your day. Cheaper than cutting a trip short.
I put the socks on in the evening after a bath and adjust the setting as I need it. I bought them for outdoors and I use them indoors more.
I have a drawer full of winter gloves that all promised the same thing. Thick ones, waterproof ones, liners, the lot. This is the first pair that works, because it's putting heat in rather than trying to hold it.
The mittens keep my fingers together and warm, and I can still get into my bag and my pockets. Every convertible pair I tried before was so bulky I couldn't do either.
Three settings is the right number. Low is plenty above freezing and high is there when you need it. I can change it without taking my hand off the bar for long.
The battery packs sit flat and don't slide down or dig in as I walk. The pair I tried two winters ago had the battery right at the cuff and I could feel it the whole time.
Second winter on these and both gloves still heat the same. More than I can say for a cheap pair I bought off a marketplace that gave up on one side in January.
I bought the liners to wear under my own mitts and it works exactly as I hoped. When I take the outer off to do something I've still got heat on my hands.
I'm outside for work all year and I go through gear fast. These have lasted the whole season without the wiring giving up at the wrist, which is where every other pair has failed on me.
My husband bought me the vest for Christmas after I'd spent three winters complaining. I've barely had it off. He's now bought one for himself.
Four days through Montana in October, mornings in the twenties, riding eight until four most days. Never lost feeling in my hands once.
I'm outside at the school gates twice a day in a Canadian winter. The socks alone made more difference than the expensive boots I bought last year.
My hands used to ache for an hour after I came in. That deep ache that isn't really cold any more, it's just pain. That's gone, and I wasn't expecting the difference to carry on after I'd taken them off.
I was very sceptical ordering something I'd seen on Facebook. It arrived quickly, it's well made, and it does what the page said. Not something I can say about most things I've ordered that way.
Riding in winter had basically ended for me. My fingers would go white at every set of lights. These keep the fingertips warm enough that I can hold the bars normally the whole way.
Warm, well made, and I like them a lot. My only note is that I wish the batteries charged faster. A few hours is a long time if you forget to plug them in the night before. Easy enough once it's a habit.
Good gloves. The fingers run slightly long on me. I was right on the line between two sizes and went with the larger, and I should have sized down like the chart says. Still warm, just a bit of room at the tips.
I got these for my mum and ended up ordering a pair for myself a fortnight later. She's stopped saying no to going out.
Took a few outings to get used to. They're thicker than what I'm used to and the first day I was fumbling. By day three I'd stopped noticing. Warm the whole time, no complaints there.
One of mine arrived with a fault and a replacement was here in a few days without any argument. I'd have given five stars for the product anyway, but the way that was handled is why I'm writing this.
No complaints about the warmth at all. On the highest setting the battery goes faster than I expected, so I run it on medium and keep it there. Once I worked that out I stopped thinking about it.
These do help and I'm glad I bought them. I would say the heat is strongest across the back of the hand and slightly less at the very ends of my fingers, which is where I feel the cold most. Still an improvement on anything else I've tried.
Solid. It took me a couple of goes to learn the button presses without looking down. Once you've counted them a few times it's second nature, but the instructions could be clearer on that.
Warm and comfortable. I wear a large in everything and the large here is snug, so if you're between sizes I'd think carefully. Worth measuring properly rather than guessing like I did.
The warmth is genuinely there. I got caught in two hours of hard rain though and water did work its way in eventually. The page does say splash resistant rather than waterproof, so that's on me for hoping. Dried out fine and still heats evenly.
I'd have liked more runtime on the highest setting for a full day out. Medium gets me there comfortably. If you're outside all day in real cold, buy the second battery up front rather than finding out.
I think I ordered the wrong size. They go on fine but there's enough room that I'm not getting the close contact I expected. Returns were handled without a fuss and I'm waiting on the swap.
I ordered large and should have ordered medium. It's loose on me and I don't feel I'm getting much out of it as a result. The quality of the thing itself is clearly good, which is why I'm exchanging rather than returning.