Boot Heaters

[Sparky]

I have reached the point where I have succumbed to using boot heaters. I have to admit that they make a cold day on the slopes much more enjoyable. However, I’m having trouble keeping the batteries clipped to the back/side of my boots. I check them throughout the day, but usually by the end of the day they are dangling by the cable inside my pant leg. Does anybody have a suggestion as to how to secure batteries other then the factory supplied clip?

 

[bigbog]

...

Well,
A fellow on a Usenet group...back in the late 90s, IIRC... rigged up a little protective plastic casing, drilled slot(s) for wires, and applied tried & true ducktape...but he drilled through the shell to fasten with bolt/washer...etc.
It wasn't just any half-butt, weekend-warrior effort...he was a patroller at Vail...off in the back-alleys, and really depended on the heater(s) (forgot the name!;-)...the top selling heater..) with his Atomic boots...

 

[loafer89]

I have hotronics and cannot survive a winter day at Sugarloaf without them. I pull my ski pants down over my boots and keep the battery packs tucked inside. I have been skiing with them this way since January 2004 and they worked well even at -25F at Orford.

 

[thetrailboss]

Weird. Ms. Trailboss has had no problems with her ThermIc models. The clips on those is very snug and tight.

 

[SkiDog]

Love mine....make fun if you will, but like others have said...makes skiing on a cold New England day that much more enjoyable...

M

 

[JimG.]

You guys are either in denial or totally insane...how can you posiibly discuss boot heaters on a day when it feels like a blast furnace outside?

 

[loafer89]

This was me at Mammoth on June 9th in full winter gear. Going from 108F in Las Vegas to 28F at Mammoth was a bit of a jolt to my body, but I am also chronically cold when I ski. The boot heaters are a blessing because when my feet are warm the rest of my body is comfortable.


Siberian Eskimo:

 

[Sparky]

You guys are either in denial or totally insane...how can you posiibly discuss boot heaters on a day when it feels like a blast furnace outside?

I'm inside

 

[bvibert]

You guys are either in denial or totally insane...how can you posiibly discuss boot heaters on a day when it feels like a blast furnace outside?

It's simple. Sit in an air conditioned office all day with no windows, so you can't even see how sunny it is... :roll:

 

[JimG.]

It's simple. Sit in an air conditioned office all day with no windows, so you can't even see how sunny it is... :roll:

You and Sparky are two comedians eh?

I've decided your both insane and in denial.

 

[bvibert]

You and Sparky are two comedians eh?

I've decided your both insane and in denial.

It took you this long to figure that out?? :dunce:


:lol: No worries, you'll be before you know it!

 

[Sparky]

You and Sparky are two comedians eh?

I've decided your both insane and in denial.

YUP.

 

[ALLSKIING]

I have hotronics and cannot survive a winter day at Sugarloaf without them..

Or a nice warm spring day at Jiminy ;-)