Heated Jackets

Let’s face it; it’s far from being a winter wonderland out there. The cold can be bitter and cruel – and sometimes you have no choice but to be outside, enduring the worst of it.

Imagine you could take your home’s central heating system around with you everywhere you go, even in the most inclement conditions.

Essentially, that’s what a heated jacket can do for you. To find out more, read our handy guide and see for yourself.

What is a Heated Jacket?

A coat is a marvellous thing, it can keep the rain off your back and the cold off of your skin, but it cannot produce any actual heat. In fact, all that even the thickest coat can do is keep the body warm by trapping layers of air between it and the body wearing it.

When the body is cold, it diverts blood away from the extremities and towards the core. This is why your fingers and toes can sometimes become numb in cold weather. This is also why you usually feel very tired after too long spent in cold weather, as your body is constantly exerting much needed energy in order to keep you warm.

A heated jacket is designed to put a stop to all that. As the name suggests, a heated jacket is a jacket with its own internal heating system built into it.

In the past, such garments have been impractical and generally quite cumbersome, but today, newer, slimmer and more comfortable heated jackets are being produced. These can be worn on their own, or as an addition to your favourite winter coat.

Most new heated jackets can be customised to emit as much or as little heat as required by the wearer and are stylish enough to appeal to anyone. With this said, they are usually designed with outdoor workers (e.g. construction workers, security personnel etc.) in mind.

As we shall see, today’s heated jackets are really a Godsend to those operating outside in cold weather.