tourmaster synergy vest, now outgrown vest

[Garrett Stanley]

Hello, I was curious to see if any of you guys had experience with the Tourmaster Synergy vest liner. My wife is asking for hints for Christmas and I'm really liking the idea of a heated vest to keep me warm on those cold days. So reviews? Good? Bad? Ugly? Thanks, Garrett [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Garrett Stanley wrote:

> I was curious to see if any of you guys had experience with the Tourmaster Synergy vest

liner. My wife is asking for hints for Christmas and I'm really liking the idea of a heated vest to keep me warm on those cold days. So reviews? Good? Bad? Ugly? There's a lot on the Synergy over on the advrider forums. Basic conclusions: The vest itself seems fairly well designed and works very well at keeping you warm, *IF* the controller is working properly. The controller appears to be quite problematic. And Tourmaster warranty support appears to be somewhat problematic also, some people got replacement controllers with no problem, others kept battling Tourmaster until finally giving up and throwing the entire thing in the trash or buying a different make or model of controller (such as the Heatroller) and re-wiring it to work with the Synergy. I'm in the market too for a vest to replace my Widder that I, err, "outgrew" (heh!), and I'm considering the Tourmaster. I haven't made up my mind though about what to do here, whether to just get the Tourmaster, get the Tourmaster with a Warm'n'Safe controller, or go all-out and get the Warm'n'Safe controller with a Warm'n'Safe jacket liner. Oh yeah, universal opinion is that the Synergy gloves are worthless. Avoid.

[pdstreeter@mmm.com]

Eric Green wrote:

>I'm in the market too for a vest to replace my Widder that I, err,

"outgrew" (heh!) Yeah, some of my gear has "shrunk" over the last few years, too. Instead of replacing my Widder vest with a larger size, I got a "Zip-R-Strip" from Tom the Tailor. http://www.winternet.com/~roadtrip/ Disclosure, I do know Tom personally, but I would recommend his product anyway. Paul Streeter