My Quest to Survive Quarantine?in Heated Clothes

By the Second World War, General Electric was manufacturing more sophisticated heated flight suits.But while warming garb originated in military aviation, the versions you can buy today have their roots in the motorcycle world. (If anyone has additional information about the internecine conflicts of the heated clothing world, please reach out.)Most of the early motorcycle-specific heated clothing worked by hooking up to the bike. “Which means you can actually use it all day if you’re skiing or working construction or just in any sort of cold environment.”When I take the dog for a walk, the heated clothes are unusual enough to elicit questions from strangers, but I dream of a world where heated gear is a household staple rather than a novelty. Faulkner is currently working with two UK-based companies, Vulcan Sportswear and Huub Design, on their own lines of heated apparel.I’m not the only person jumping on the heated-clothing bandwagon—Silverman says the Warming Store’s site traffic and sales are both up between 200 and 300 percent. It probably helps that most heated products are reasonably priced; an Ororo vest, for example, can go for $100, while ActionHeat’s long puffer jacket retails for around $220, and functions as a warm winter coat even when it’s not turned on.This doesn’t mean that heated clothing makes sense to wear in any cold-climate scenario.