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Cool vest
« on: July 04, 2016, 08:19:48 AM »
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2016, 08:28:43 AM »
I know they are overpriced for what they are  :redcard:
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2016, 08:53:45 AM »
Wow! that does seem pretty steep.  I use........and mind you only used about 4 times riding thru the dessert.....a hydravest.  It worked and way less.
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2016, 04:41:37 PM »
They have had some very good reviews. Keeps cool for 2 + hours and quick to recharge.
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2016, 06:22:35 PM »
Gary.... just set the A/C control on that Wing to 'recirculate'...
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2016, 08:30:51 AM »
Quote from: hipshot on July 05, 2016, 06:22:35 PM
Gary.... just set the A/C control on that Wing to 'recirculate'...

He hasn't found the button for that yet...... :stickpoke:
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2016, 01:56:38 PM »
I use the HyperKewl vest in hot weather..
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2016, 03:37:28 PM »
Quote from: matap on July 06, 2016, 08:30:51 AM
Quote from: hipshot on July 05, 2016, 06:22:35 PM
Gary.... just set the A/C control on that Wing to 'recirculate'...

He hasn't found the button for that yet...... :stickpoke:
No, the A/C on the Wing works fine. I was posting this for you V Twin drivers. Specially you with those hot air Harleys
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2016, 04:48:52 PM »
Seems overly priced. I paid a lot less for something with a collar that extends about a third of the way down my chest. I bought it several years ago and don't remember where I bought it from, but it's made by "Chill Out!! Designs, Inc.". It worked as advertised while riding during August through the Arizona/California desert, but its cooling effect required rapid evaporation. Since rapid evaporation only occurs in very dry air, it seems unlikely that it would work well around here. In fact, when used around here, it might just act like a warm, wet blanket. Even when used in a very dry place, it only worked for me until it dried out, which happened within no more than 15 minutes, and once dried out, it acted just like another layer of clothing. In fact, on the occasion I used it, I wound up stopping about every 20 minutes or so and just drenching my whole upper torso with water, so in the final analysis, the vest didn't really contribute much.
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2016, 08:09:32 AM »
Quote from: Bobcat Biker on July 06, 2016, 01:56:38 PM
I use the HyperKewl vest in hot weather..

That's what it's called.  I have that.  Last I used it was in the summer of 2013
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2016, 08:12:55 AM »
My experience with the Hyperkewl in that same California/Arizona desert was that it would last about 40 minutes.  I actually removed the vest and placed it in a large ziplock bag and dumped a cold water bottle into it and it would soak it all up.  I did this only 3 times while getting thru the Mojave desert.  Once I got past all that really nasty dry heat it went back into a bag. 
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2016, 09:13:02 AM »
I used it on our Ride To Waco a few years ago....works best soaked in cool water for 10 min...and under a mesh jacket....
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2016, 02:18:24 PM »
Everyone just need to ride like the girl did in the  70s movie Vanishing Point Ride Naked!!!
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2016, 02:23:06 PM »
And yes she did ride a Honda
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Re: Cool vest
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2016, 06:22:54 PM »
Quote from: T-BIRD on July 07, 2016, 02:18:24 PM
Everyone just need to ride like the girl did in the  70s movie Vanishing Point Ride Naked!!!
:no no:  I would sunburn my uh bat and balls
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