Two years ago Typhoon launched their Icebreaker Heated Waistcoat, primarily aimed at the Diving Market, which became an award winning hit in this market. They have now followed this up with a general purpose product suitable for all marine activities including Rib Crew, in the form of a heated Waistbelt.

The heated Waistbelt is a self contained system made of 3mm neoprene with a heated pad across the back that will keep your core body temperature warm, by heating the kidney area it will warm the whole body as the blood passes through the kidneys and then around the body.

The material used will heat up to 42° C from the 12V rechargeable slimline battery for over 2 hours.

The heated waistbelt comes complete with a battery and 240V charger. The battery can also be charged from a 12V supply on board the boat or in a car and the heated waistbelt can be powered constantly from any 12V DC supply.

The other advantage of the heated waistbelt is that it is considerably cheaper than the Icebreaker, at only £99 from any Typhoon stockist.

Typhoon, the world’s largest drysuit manufacturer, have always been at the forefront of product development, since they began in 1947 as the first company to make wetsuits in the UK to the first to make lightweight drysuits. They are now leading the marine market in heated products, with more products to come.

November 2005