Veskimo cooling products

[flashman51]

Has anyone tried these? I ride in a pretty hot area. I don't want to waste my money if they don't really work.

[CoarsegoldKid]

I'm not sure which cooling vest Heck has but he sure would recommend it. When he sees this post he can tell you. His uses a small ice chest that has a recirculating water pump submerged in ice and water and two hoses connecting the vest to deliver ice cold water through the small pipes in the vest.

[Don M]

You might check out the "Hyperkewl" evaporative cooling vest made by Techniche. They are very reasonably priced and work really well. Used mine recently on a trip where I spent a couple days riding very comfortably in +90 degree weather. They have some kind of polymer embedded in one layer of the fabric that holds water and keeps the vest moist for several hours. Only issue I had was that the vest felt slimy. This was evidently a problem with one of the production runs....called the company when I got back and they sent me a new one.

[CoarsegoldKid]

I thought they were all slimy.

[johnlt]

I used a Silver Eagle cooling vest recently on a trip across the desert at 111 degrees and was comfortable. With controlled venting, it lasted more than 2 hours. I wore my Stich over it and just used the normal vents which worked out well. A mesh jacket would result in too cold and not long enough. Better off with a regular jacket when using these vests in high temps. Only works in low humidity environment like the greater southwest.

[JR356]

I bought the Veskimo and the 9 quart cooler just before a long trip that included the MOA Rally.

Using block ice can get about 4-5 plus hours in central CA.summer weather(90-100 plus temps!)

Using bag ice from the store 2-3 plus hrs.

 

At first you feel a real cold rush,then it's cool riding.After a couple hours you just realize you are comfortable cool,but don't have that"cold"sensation.

 

It really makes a big difference with the proper gear.It seems counter intuitive in the heat,but you actually have to bundle up a bit for best effect.You are switching from convection cooling to conduction cooling with this system.

On my GS I wear an Olympia X-Moto jacket with vents closed and wear a non inflated BMW Airvantage Goretex vest directly over the Veskimo vest.Only need the lightest coolmax layer under the vest or an LDComfort shirt.

 

Here are a few other posts on the Veskimo from users on ADVRider:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=601545

 

Beats any cool vest out there including the Silver Eagle(I still have one)

 

JR356