A fellow winger friend of mine has First Gear heated gear and I have Powerlet heated gear. We compared them and found the Powerlet heated gear appears to constructed VERY similar to the First Gear heated gear and both brands appear to have the same connectors and controllers. I'm wondering if much of the heated gear available is made in some sweat shop overseas and at the end of the line, goes left for First Gear labeling and packaging, straight for Gerbings labeling and packaging, and right for Powerlet labeling and packaging.
I have the old style of Powerlet heated liner and gloves and I'm very happy with them. I don't have pants yet and don't know if I'm going to buy them. If it's cold enough to don the heated gear, depending on the anticiipated temperature, I'll wear light, medium, or heavy weight long johns under my leathers and that combined with the heated liner and gloves has kept me warm in temperatures right at freezing.
I'm giving my medium liner to my wife as it's a bit tight on me and I purchased Powerlet's new design liner in a large. I haven't received it yet, but am anxious to try it out as Powerlet is claiming it's much improved over their previous design.