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By March, I am very tired of cold temperatures, and looking for ways to make next winter more tolerable. Yesterday, I rode on the passenger side during a pizza run, and had the pleasant experience of holding a hot pizza box in my lap on a 30 degree day. The driver joked about me wrapping myself completely in fresh-baked pizza to stay warm. If only!
Then I came upon this post featuring heated pants. This might be just the thing for me! The Burton LTD Heated Mighty Pants are marketed toward snowboarders, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t be worn every day in cold weather. They work like an electric blanket, with a battery pack and controls that fit in the pants pocket. Besides the electrical parts, the pants are made of waterproof Dryride Durashell fabric on the outside, insulation in the middle, and mesh vents inside in case you start to sweat.
I can see this as useful for building snowmen, for walking to the store when the roads are too slick to drive, for shoveling snow, scraping windows, and all those other unpleasantries associated with winter. I can even see using these pants for lounging around the house while you turn the thermostat down to save money. I didn’t see what kind of batteries these use, but I bet they can be recharged. But the best part? These electric pants were $269.95 (it’s a sports accessory after all) but are on sale for $121.48. You might think that’s still pricey for pants, but it makes sense for a pair that you’ll wear daily in cold weather for years to come. Oh yeah, these are ladies pants. I couldn’t find the equivalent in men’s pants at the site, but these look pretty much unisex to me, if you can figure out what size to order.
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They’re beautiful. I think I’m in LOVE! Seriously, as someone who wears polypro long johns under her pants every day in the winter this is awesome.
posted by nihil on 3-2-2009 at 9:56 am
Not so unusual. There’s a lot of heated clothing out there to be worn when motorcycling. You buy an adapter and variable power output thing to run off your battery. Great to keep your hands warm when it’s just a wee bit cool out.
posted by Annette on 3-2-2009 at 12:42 pm
My question is: How do you wash them?
posted by Kim on 3-2-2009 at 1:21 pm
Kim, I’ve washed electric blankets in my washing machine before. My guess is that the controls on the pants are detachable.
posted by Miss Cellania on 3-2-2009 at 2:02 pm
probably not a good place to complain about the 90+ degree weather we are seeing over in phoenix… i got a rought sunburn at spring training this weekend :)
posted by tiffany on 3-2-2009 at 4:39 pm
Usually if you’re cold all the time it means you aren’t getting either enough protein or fat in your diet. And arent’ electric blankets and things like this linked to reproductive problems?
posted by Julie on 3-2-2009 at 7:33 pm
Now if only they could come up with heated bib overalls for marching bands in February Chinese New Year parades and Christmas parades… I nearly froze my buns off every year while I was in marching band and the uniforms aren’t exactly the warmest things in the universe… I had handwarmers in my gloves, my pockets, my socks, my underpants, and in my hat!
posted by Kate on 3-3-2009 at 7:04 am