in a few months (end of the year) is the hope, and the price sounds like they are aiming for is less than the current systems by a pretty few hundred bucks. The systems will end up being available separately or as a whole kit.
Heating time is 1.5 hours on full power.
the only down side is you will need a different battery pack than we (tech divers) generally have laying around. Due to regulations, they are actually 6v systems (as opposed to what our lights run on). They are working on a few ideas, combining it into the weight and trim system, a waist strap mount, and a tank mount.
The idea is that this is not just for tech divers, this is for ALL divers, to make diving in cold water more enjoyable
the heated gloves wiring runs down the arms of a stretch liner type, or in some of the units, ran down the arms of the Powerstretch 300 - or in my case the stretchliner 100) feet wires run down the legs. The heating part of the gloves runs across the top of the hand out the fingers. The gloves are actually quite thin, and were ridiculously dexterous. At no point did i notice any of the wiring, not in the panels themselves, the gloves or conduits down the legs and arms. I wore them with the thinnest undergarments, so i would have noticed i think, because there was almost nothing between me and the suit/water.
the heating panels of the vest are MUCH larger than the heating panels in any other vest i've used and seen.
