I am at my somewhat regularly scheduled rejection of ginormous boot bags. I keep going back and forth, ever since the days of the Hot Gear bag. Get the heated bag, love the function, despise the size, then eventually the wires stop working and I buy a smaller, nonheated boot bag -- not only that, but the ones with the boots strapped to the outside, basically the opposite of a heated bag. After a while, miss the heated function, buy another one, love the heat but slowly again start being annoyed by the size.
So, I am at the point where my Kulkea is not heating very well; there is some warmth in some places, but clearly the elements are wearing out (or whatever they do). There was a time when I had an old Hot Gear/Snow Gear bag that still worked (the 120 part at least) but the zippers and straps and other things were broken and dangling, and I just used the bag to heat the boots but would carry my other stuff in a different bag (leaving the heated bag in the car or hotel or wherever, not carrying both). I could maybe try that again, but most of the heat bags I'm seeing are pretty big, and I barely even see the kind where you strap boots to the outside. I think I gave away my last one, darnit.
Anyway, anyone else have a love-hate relationship with these things, and have any advice? A heating pad inside a padded duffel bag? Is that safe? Or not hot enough?
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