Macna Clothing

Original seems to have become damaged, but I was sent a replacement without any issue. Hopefully this one will last.

It’s a huge shame that despite Macna heated clothing being able to be 12v bike powered, its design lacks the thought to make it a seamless solution.
The backup battery does marginally improve the issue. However, its Achilles heel is the need to apply 12v power within 2 seconds of pressing the button on the battery. It’s the inability to press the buttons on the outside of my mid layer through outer layers that’s the problem. Pressing one in the pocket inside is certainly no help. So still the rider is forced to be half undressed out in the cold and rain as the bike is started. Sure, for subsequent mounts and dismounts that day there is no need. But the first ride of the morning, just as you’re in a rush to get somewhere, and you’re faffing around getting cold with your jacket unzipped.
Despite corresponding with Macna, they seem not to grasp the solution is to have an option on future clothing designs that allows them to default to their previous power state upon reconnection.
A shame!

It connects directly from my r1300gs dash mounted din socket to my Macna jacket (tethered near the jacket bottom ) easily. Length good even with winding it a couple of time around the bars so when I forget to unplug it doesn’t pul it out of the do. Socket. Price. Ok. Let’s not go there.

I'm fairly underwhelmed by these gloves to be honest. By the time you buy everything needed to charge them, batteries and connect to your bike it's a lot of money.
Having spent all that money, I kind of expected them to really feel warm and toasty.
They don't.
I can rarely seem to feel actual tangible warmth when riding on colder days.
I was/am fairly close to taking them back but I've never tried heated gloves before and don't know anyone with them and so I was unsure just how much warmth you should feel or whether they are supposed to just kind of take the edge off?
Underwhelmed.

. Batteries fit comfortably in the pockets within my Macna Azra RTX excellent gloves. Purchased as a back up pair of batteries when out on rides of more than around 3 hrs when set at the 2nd/3rd heat level. The original same model batteries do not appear to have degraded into the second winter season. In the real world expect around 90 mins at the highest power setting and around 4hrs at the lowest level (4th). Only downside is the charging period from flat of around 4hrs to fully charged but no big deal if you remember to recharge every time after a 4 plus hour ride. I’d recommend using the excellent blue tooth operated App to control the time periods on/off at different heat levels to optimise the battery usage. Very simple and quick to set.

Bought these for my partner to ride Pillion on our Alaska to Argentina trip. She is only 5ft1 and found it hard to find short enough trousers. This were a great fit and very comfortable to sit in for long periods in the saddle in temps up to 48C. After 10 months of wearing them everyday on the bike they are still in great condition. All the zips are good quality and they wash well. For colder rides she had thermals underneath and waterproof hiking trousers over the top. The trouser leg sits comfortably over a short length ADV boot (she had Forma boots). They are also very strong as we had some off road falls but they didn't split or tear at all.