Heater Body Suit

[mackenzie280]

Hi
Looking to get a heater body suit, are they worth it?
Are they as warm and functional as they are promoted?
Any insight is welcomed
Thanks

[harv3589]

My favourite piece of gear. Use it in my tree stand and I’m able to sit all day long. Without it I last a few hours and I’m frozen. My dad bought one for this year and it kept him toasty warm in his blind. Worth it IMO.

[North40Rules]

Originally Posted by harv3589

My favourite piece of gear. Use it in my tree stand and I’m able to sit all day long. Without it I last a few hours and I’m frozen. My dad bought one for this year and it kept him toasty warm in his blind. Worth it IMO.

Never heard of them before could post a link, so I can see it? Sounds like great technology!

[Demonical]

I bought a white heavy fleece blanket from Walmart that cost $20, cut a neck hole in it to create a parka. Wife sewed the neck hole to reinforce it.

It's amazing how that fleece blanket draped over you just holds in all the heat.

For $20...

My other recommendation is the balaclava. I bought identical brand balaclavas eons ago, like probably 30+ years ago.

I lined up the eye and mouth holes and hand stitched them together. Now I have a double-thick balaclava, plus, it's reversible.
One side white, the other black.

I almost always have it turned white-side-out for deer hunting.

Then I bought one of those ladies neck mufflers. That goes over top of the balaclava and folds right down to my shoulders, prevents any cold from penetrating down into my neck.

Finally one of those heavy bomber style hats, fleece lined with the big ear flaps goes over top.

Keeping your head and core warm is the key to staying comfortable on stand.

As soon as I hit my stand, if I'm planning on being there for like 8 hours, all of that stuff goes on me.

All of the above stuff is inexpensive, but incredibly effective.


Edit to add this: Holy crap! Those Heater Body suits are $600+!! All the simple stuff I use cost me total about $75.

[cochranenite]

I have seen people use a heavy sleeping bag also,

[harv3589]

Yup expensive but I can sit in my stand from before daylight to dark in nasty weather.

I had initially bought it for my wife who has trouble with the cold weather due to her health….got to the point where she has given up hunting. So I had this brand new body suite that wouldnt fit me. I had it a year but called the folks at heater body suite and they let me exchange it for one that would fit me. Great service!

[calgarychef]

I’ve made 2, probably didn’t save much doin it myself but they’ve got all the features I wanted. Pockets here and there, built in hand muff, tie downs to hold my bow etc.

Anything like that is a complete came changer ,when it gets cold out.

[Ackleyman]

We had tree platforms built on farm in N Sask. Most the winters in third week of November were severe. The Heater Body suits with the shoulder straps enable you to shoot quick without been all froze up. worth every cent .

[Demonical]

Ooops.... of course I meant PONCHO, not Parka. Haha
.

[buckbrushoutdoors]

I’ve had one for about 7 years, it’s game changer. I sat in Saskatchewan last year for days straight through a nasty week of -27 highs. I was toasty and it kept me hunting while all the other clients where in camp.

[Sitkaspruce]

Buddy has one of these and he swears by it!

A lot cheaper and the same idea.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07JH3443D/...v_ov_lig_dp_it

I can sit all day in a ground blind in -25 with well insulated boots, wool socks, HH 400 weight onesie one piece long underwear, Kryptek insulated bibs, Stanfields wool shirt, heavy weight balaclava (black), heavy weight wool sweater from Value Village, toque and wool scarf and gloves. I also bring a light weight fleece blanket to toss over my legs/waist.

Trick is to wear light cloths heading in, dry off and then wear your warm cloths for the day. And keep your core warm.

I looked at the body suit and the one above, but I like my arms free to read, play games and maybe shoot something.

Cheers

SS

[OL_JR]

Originally Posted by Sitkaspruce

Buddy has one of these and he swears by it!

A lot cheaper and the same idea.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07JH3443D/...v_ov_lig_dp_it

I can sit all day in a ground blind in -25 with well insulated boots, wool socks, HH 400 weight onesie one piece long underwear, Kryptek insulated bibs, Stanfields wool shirt, heavy weight balaclava (black), heavy weight wool sweater from Value Village, toque and wool scarf and gloves. I also bring a light weight fleece blanket to toss over my legs/waist.

Trick is to wear light cloths heading in, dry off and then wear your warm cloths for the day. And keep your core warm.

I looked at the body suit and the one above, but I like my arms free to read, play games and maybe shoot something.

Cheers

SS

Your arms can be free in the arctic shield version. There is zippered arm holes. Love mine wouldn't be without it.

[PK_IN_DALLAS]

The IWOM is much better than HBS in my opinion. The IWOM allows you to use your hands without unzipping the suit and letting all the warm air out.

https://iwomouterwear.com/collection...SAAEgIeT_D_BwE


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Dean2]

Go to Canadian Tire when they have their next sale. Buy a Wood's rectangular bag for about 40 bucks. get one that has a two way Zipper so you can leave the very bottom part open so you can stick your feet with boots on out the bottom if you want to. Cut arm holes in the bag. Heater Body suit for less than 10% of the cost.

If you have a good seamstress with a heavy duty machine you can actually put legs into the bottom of the sleeping bag. Tried it on one version and while it aids mobility a lot, the separate legs are not quite as warn. Sort of like gloves versus mitts.

[Rackmastr]

I've got an amazing Raven Wear parka thats done well for me, but one day if I started doing an annual WT hunt back in AB each year I'd probably buy the HBS or the Arctic Shield.

I've got a spare Summit climber that I should sell to help finance one. Cant really use two climbers at the same time lol.

[calgarychef]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Go to Canadian Tire when they have their next sale. Buy a Wood's rectangular bag for about 40 bucks. get one that has a two way Zipper so you can leave the very bottom part open so you can stick your feet with boots on out the bottom if you want to. Cut arm holes in the bag. Heater Body suit for less than 10% of the cost.

If you have a good seamstress with a heavy duty machine you can actually put legs into the bottom of the sleeping bag. Tried it on one version and while it aids mobility a lot, the separate legs are not quite as warn. Sort of like gloves versus mitts.

Agreed about the separate legs.
I think I’d turn the bag upside down, cut a hole in what was the bottom for my head to stick out. Add a couple arm holes, toward the front not right at the side- add zippers to them. That’s pretty close to what I made from scratch. I can hobble around with my feet out the bottom or pull it down and cover up my feet. I put welts on all the zippers to keep the heat in more and a big fleece collar to wrap around my head-remember heat rises and it’ll rise up and leave anyplace it can.

Any of these ideas will be worth it when it dips below freezing, you’ll be able to sit a lot more still too, when I’m cold I move a lot more.

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by calgarychef

Agreed about the separate legs.
I think I’d turn the bag upside down, cut a hole in what was the bottom for my head to stick out. Add a couple arm holes, toward the front not right at the side- add zippers to them. That’s pretty close to what I made from scratch. I can hobble around with my feet out the bottom or pull it down and cover up my feet. I put welts on all the zippers to keep the heat in more and a big fleece collar to wrap around my head-remember heat rises and it’ll rise up and leave anyplace it can.

Any of these ideas will be worth it when it dips below freezing, you’ll be able to sit a lot more still too, when I’m cold I move a lot more.

Turning the bag upside down is a great idea. Much easier to keep it up than trying to use the draw cord to tighten the top of the bag. I am going to redesign my existing bag. I also cut the arm holes facing forward and make sure I use the zippers that have the two tabs or make sure you face the single tab version into the bag so you can grab them from the inside, otherwise you can only do up one side or the other. Will have to put two new arm holes in the existing bag when I flip it over.

[calgarychef]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Turning the bag upside down is a great idea. Much easier to keep it up than trying to use the draw cord to tighten the top of the bag. I am going to redesign my existing bag. I also cut the arm holes facing forward and make sure I use the zippers that have the two tabs or make sure you face the single tab version into the bag so you can grab them from the inside, otherwise you can only do up one side or the other. Will have to put two new arm holes in the existing bag when I flip it over.

It’s funny, sitting inside blind or treestand all I can seem to think about is how to make my bag better/warmer and more functional. You’re probably the same by the sounds of it.