Friday, October 2, 2009

A Jacket Wired for Warmth and Gadgets


How often have you been in the freezing cold -- say, standing in a long lift line at a ski resort during a blizzard or sitting in the stands at Soldier Field in Chicago in December -- and thought you could use a little more warmth? And maybe a way to charge your MP3 player or mobile phone? Yeah, it happens to us all the time, too.Mountain Hardwear's Refugium jacket ($230) is pre-wired for a battery-powered Ardica Technologies heat-generation system that will keep you toasty for almost nine hours on the lowest setting (but also ups the price to about $375). Just press a tab on the front of the jacket to turn up the heat and activate one of three settings, which in turn sends warmth down your chest and back.

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