Heated seat pad?

I actually gave one of these to my father for his birthday a few years ago. It's a combo massager/heat-type thing that will fit in just about any type of chair or car seat. It has a controller and uses either 12V or AC power. Presently, it's sitting in a box in his basement........unused.

The only reservation I have about using it is the strap. I think it might interfere with side airbags.

 

My uses and likes the one I gave her for her prius, it cost $40. I see a cheesier version in Christmas Tree Shops for $12.

 

correction her Camry

 

when she is passenger in my Prius we have a heated blanket about $24

 

I bought one of these from Sharper Image. It's nice. I haven't placed it into my car yet though. But my cousin who uses his in his car loves it.

You don't have to use the straps as it will sit perfectly in the seat and run when plugged in. Only thing is to make sure you don't have the massager turned up too high.

 

In that case, I might have to repossess the thing from my father. He clearly has no interest in using it and it's just taking up space in a box.

One thing I noticed is that these things seem to be priced all over the place. The one that I bought for my father was around 100 bucks but I've seen them anywhere from $45 all the way up to $199 for the leather version.

 

Well mine is neoprine or something similar. I use a discount from the Sharper Image site and got mine for $50 or 60 and it's great.

A really nice investment. I've considered trying to figure out how to put two in for both front passengers but got stuck at the electrical part.

 

I'm not sure about your Prius, but mine came standard with 2 12V power outlets: 1 near the glove box and 1 inside the storage compartment between the driver and passenger seats. So plugging 2 seat warmers in shouldn't be a problem.

 

Dave,

Link to one model:

http://www.tfnutrition.com/hombacenbacm.html ($39.95)

Link to the model offered by Sharper Image:

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/...jhtml?sku=SR280

Link in case you want to buy a pack of 4:

http://egeneralmedical.com/bama10prbama1.html

 

This is the model I bought for my father:

http://homedics.com/prod/detail.aspx?ID=91


I tried it and the massage function is great but heat is limited to the lumbar area.

 

Did you find that your vision of the road blurred? :wink:

 

:lolup:

My problem using the massage feature at all would be........:sleeping:

No problem, though, since the 12V adapter is MIA.

 

OK... so I knew that I'd eventually get a response like that. LOL As stated before...I've not used it in the car. But the Sharper Image one works really well...enough so that if set on a couch the person 2 coushions over can feel it.

As for the plugging in of two, I realize that there are two outlets. I just don't want the cords to be all over the place and lower the asthetics of the clean design.

If anyone decides to get a Sharper Image one...I can post whatever the best deal/coupon is.

 

For $5 or $6 you can get a tandem outlet that plugs into the dash and affords you two sockets. Unfortunately,the heaters have each about 6 feet of cord so use a rubberband to tidy the excess up.

 

8) All,

Does anyone know what if any impact it would have on our little battery in the back?

Ben

 

As long as you only run it when the hybrid system is in Ready mode, it should have no impact. Don't sit there warming your hindquarters in ACC mode, though.