Customer Reviews for Milwaukee Men's Medium M12 12V Lithium-Ion Cordless TOUGHSHELL Black Heated Jacket Kit with (1) 3.0 Ah Battery and Charger

An amazing product!! I own the heated hoodie sweatshirt but it doesn’t come close to this jacket. Unless I have something over the hoodie it is hard to feel the warmth. Not the case with this jacket. The thick outer tough shell holds the gray in I’m very impressed with the durability of the jacket.

This jacket was great until the battery wire connected to the m12 battery holder frayed causing a short inside the battery holder. Battery seems okay but no way to power my jacket anymore due to this damage. Seems like a design flaw since all my other Milwaukee tools are really durable. See pics for frayed wire and fried battery holder.

Received this coat as a Christmas gift, 2023. It has what appears to be a 2021 date code inside. Have only worn it a few times. Battery falls out; and has landed hard on the ground, sidewalk or street more times than I have worn the coat. The large pass though pocket with two zippers is not a good design. The battery does not stay in a consistent comfortable location. It rolls around, right side up, upside down, tangles the power cord; gets behind your back; and that is no good in a vehicle seat. It can move forward; both the battery and the power cord lead get tangled up in your glove. Pull your glove out of your pocket. Out comes the battery. Pulls itself off the power cord/lead that goes into the coat; and falls hard to the concrete. Lean a little bit forward to pick up something. Out comes the battery. Yanks on both the battery jack, and the wiring in the coat. Can't be good for it. How long until there's broken wires in the coat, or the wire connector jack on the battery is so loose it won't stay connected? After wiring and connector fail, without heat, it's no different than a cheap coat. Yes, a person could zip up the front zipper too, every time, but that's unhandy to get gloves out, and put them back easily, and gets forgotten. The battery needs its own compartment pocket and zipper, where it's snugly held in place, in an optimum location and orientation. As is, this one issue makes this coat a very disappointing product. Did anyone sew one of these together, wear it and use it "like normal" for a few days? If so, they would have discovered this battery pocket design issue, and that the battery falls out on the ground too often, instead of staying in the coat.

I bought this Medium jacket back in November on the Home Depot website. After wearing my spouses jacket on Halloween night in 20 degree weather. That literally KEPT ME WARM ALL NIGHT! The first jacket didnt get warm at all but figured it needed to be a better "tighter" fit. So I bought another one in Small on the website. Recently, had a cold snap and wore it outside when it was 20-40 degree weather and I was freezing!!! THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY BUT THIS WILL ONLY LET ME TYPE 500 WORDS!!!!!!!!

Great heated jacket for this winter, wish I could win one of those

pros: good material, water resistant, heats up quick, stay warm with pocket zipped for 30 min after turned off. inside fro t pocket get warm. good cuffs, front and back warmers.cons: battery takes a qhile to fully charge, bulky battery, slim battery pack be better option. battery life is also eh on highest setting on couple hours so far. note this is high setting front and back, with about 3 degrees with -8 due to wind chill. WISH THIS HAD A DETACHABLE HOOD!Get a size down, usually wear a medium jacket size.

My got me the jacket about a year ago. The wire frayed by the connector causing a short, which appears to have killed the power source. I read 12.5v out of the battery just fine, but nothing from the power source. Terrible design in the jacket and with no protection in the power source. I can fix the connection and barrel jack on the jacket without an issue, but not much we can do about the power source. Also I also fried my buddies battery power pack by trying is with my jacket!

This is a great heated jacket so glad I bought it.

Jacket is nice and warm. Cool how it warms up in the pockets too

It’s a great jacket doesn’t heat up like crazy but it can keep you warm

The Milwaukee Heated Jacket is the best heated coat on the market! The tough shell coat is very durable and very easy to clean, I like the fact that the changing unit can also be used as a usb charger. Great product for the money

Funny.... I can't even rate the jacket because i was supplied all the cords and no way to plug it into wall or otherwise to even charge the battery. CReally? A pay this price to not have the correct equipment to try it out? I hope it doesn't disappoint!

There is 2 zippers on the left side for the same pocket. This is a work jacket from a tool company. I was hoping to use the hand warmers while working outdoors this winter but the battery always moves to the front of the pocket and falls out. Would be a great jacket if they were separate pockets. I've reached out to Milwaukee with no response. Wish I had the package so I could return this.

The coat is great but why not include the cable needed to charge it! This was a Christmas gift and was surprised to see the charging cable was not included!

The battery last pretty good wish it got a little bit hotter

Stitching coming apart on main zipper after limited use, purchased in January 2022. Not covered under warranty. $200 flushed down the toilet with a winter jacket that does not zip.

Good material and stylish. Warms about as expected.

Received the jacket quickly from Home Depot, I really like the way the jacket fits and wanted this to be a good purchase. Regrettably the battery won't charge beyond 1 bar, I would not recommend this jacket. Milwaukee should do a better in the quality control department.

43 degrees out, fully charged battery, jacket on high for both zones for 20 minutes, I am really cold!!! Long sleeve cotton T shirt under the coat. Changed batteries and nothing changed. Used an infrared thermometer and the warmest area was 89 degrees. Most of the elements were in the 70's degree range. You can feel the heating elements and the thermometer scan shows that parts of the elements were not producing any heat at all. The pockets were not any warmer. The good news is that a large fits me perfectly. 6'2" & 230 with long arms. Was so hoping this was going to work out because of the fit. I am sending it back. I may try another one because I have a shop full of Milwaukee tools and batteries. Maybe this one is defective, I just don't know. Disappointing!!!

Only got one winter out of the jacket and and the next winter I pulled it out of the closet and put it on the zipper just came undone and the teeth broke off and now I have a jacket that I can't zip up and the heat worked amazing the first winter and even with a broken zipper I turned on the heat and couldn't even feel the heat this winter. And of course it isn't under warranty and if you want the heat jacket you will have to buy a new one each year

Milwaukee is the best. Everyone knows it, aside from a few nieche areas, they're the best. That being said, this jacket is very nice and warm on it's own, however, I think the battery operation should be warmer for their next model.

I’m very surprised how mixed up these reviews are ! Milwaukee makes atleast 4 versions of a heated jacket ,not to mention different colors and every few years they up date them. All these reviews in this ad and most other Milwaukee jacket ads run together with other years and models of jackets. Where’s the Milwaukee rep when you need one lol ?? I have not been out in the freezing cold yet with it ,how ever I have not needed the heat yet. it’s a warm jacket without heat.the camo is awsome!

I find the battery a little bulky and has weight . It feels ok . I thought it would give me a little more heat and last longer on a charge. I had tried one from a different manufacturer, it was warmer with a flat battery like a cell phone. Was getting a lot of static when I removed it so had to return it.

Amazing product. Hesitated due to the fact I wasnt sure about reliability, battery life with low ah batteries (not bulky and taking up soace as with higher than 3.0 ah batteries. Tough shell is durable, comfortable as can be, and heats up jacket much faster than anticipated) and comfortably in discreet pocket. Highly recommend to anyone working outdoors or simply I never having to put on a call code to let your body temperature to warm the jacket up

I've got a m18 hammer drill, m18 d-handle jig saw, m18 4-1/2 grinder and my m12 extend neck 3/8 ratchet all in the bottom drawer, and was able to put a boo Hoo of basic hand tools/accessories in the top, and I have 3 of these, I love these, great job milwaukee

Missing the adapter for the outlet plug in. Have to find a distributor to get replacement

Great jacket! Would buy anouther one for sure. Nice.

The Milwaukee Men's Large M12 12V Lithium-Ion Cordless TOUGHSHELL Red Heated Jacket with (1) 3.0 Ah Battery and Charger is a high quality, pleasing-to-wear jacket with four levels of warmth to keep you comfortable when being outdoors in the winter. It uses the latest technology for heated outer wear. Most importantly, considerable thought went into the design of the jacket to make it as comfortable to wear and functional as an unheated jacket. The heating technology includes a fast warmup, longer battery life, and a multilayered insulative material to keep the heat inside the jacket. High heat will provide 3 hours of warmth, medium heat 5 hours of heat, and low heat 12 hours of heat. Even without any heat turned on, the jacket provides warmth because of its innovative construction. The LED controller is easy to use with the lights clearly indicating the warmth level. The battery may be placed in a front pocket (which I prefer) or a pass-through back pocket. The red color which is synonymous with Milwaukee Tool is an excellent choice for someone whose outdoor sports teams’ color is red. Also, I have noticed that the red color is readily observable by others as compared with many other colors. The two side pockets are large. There is also a zippered chest pocket for storing a smart phone or other important item for quick access. In addition, there is an inside zippered pocket on the other side of the jacket making a total of five deep pockets. The battery also has new technology. It may be charged with a USB cord or placed into a regular Milwaukee charger. Since I have the latter mounted on a wall in my workshop, I used that. The battery charged quickly. The battery shows the remaining charge which is helpful. Previous batteries did not. It also has a USB output port if you need to charge your cell phone or similar. The battery does not need to run down completely to be recharged. As you can see from the photos, the sleeves are rather long. The jacket does have hook and loop closures to adjust the sleeve length. Maybe a size medium though would have worked better. The jacket and materials are made in China.

I had no time to try it like i want but in firts impression it’s realy good

Ordered this jacket because I couldn't check one out in the store. Nice jacket, runs a bit big. The description says it comes with a 3Ah battery, mine came with a 2Ah.