Winter has arrived, and the time has come to think about how to keep yourself warm when confronting frigid temperatures. One of the best ways to go about this is with items that come prefaced with the phrase ‘battery-powered’; as advances in battery technology have led to the creation of a multitude of products designed to keep you toasty once the mercury begins to drop.
The Oregon-based sportswear manufacturer Columbia is one of the latest outer/sportswear companies to take advantage of modern battery technology, as they have recently released a pair of battery-powered boots designed to keep your feet warm all the way down to -25 degrees farenheit. To do this, Columbia equipped the Bugathermo Boots with a rechargeable battery pack containing lithium polymer batteries. The boots feature three temperature settings and an easy-to-use LED ankle button that lets you customize the heating system as you wish. Depending on how high you keep the heat in your boots cranked up, the battery-powered heating elements will last between 4-8 hours before needing to be recharged.
As battery technology continues to progress and advance, companies who recognize this will continue to create innovative products just as Columbia has with the Bugathermo Boots. As always, it will be interesting to see what kind of ‘battery-powered’ solution will come out next.