How long do your heated seats take to warm up? :)

[SeanyK]

Hey folks!

To those of you with heated seats, how long does it take for the seats to warm up?

My leather ones take about, 5 minutes on the highest setting(5) before they get warmed up, is that about right? I know the cloth ones tend to heat faster due to the material.

Just wondered, more of a comparison really!

[markymark]

The ones in my Pirelli seemed to heat up very quickly when I drove it last week and it was only on number 2!
  Havent been able to drive it since!!

[Norbreck21a]

Yeah, my leather heaters also take about 4-5 minutes before I start feeling the full effect.

Andrew

[Top Cat]

Yep about 5 minutes for mine as well. Then i have to turn them off after ten mins before i melt. 

[rich83]

Yeah, my leather heaters also take about 4-5 minutes before I start feeling the full effect.

Andrew

x2

And toasted balls happens at about 10mins 

[big al]

about 3 or 4 minutes

[stealthwolf]

As above, about five minutes. Honestly can't tolerate level 5 for too long as it becomes very uncomfortable. Even 4 is very warm for me. 1 and 2 are barely noticeable so I use 3. If I need the heated seats (which I do in this weather!).

[Johnny_tro]

can you please confirm - with the heated seats do you simply roll the dial from 1-5 and they heat? regardless of the actual heater settings?  or do you heater(s) need to be on as well?

Sounds silly I know only got the car today still working out the setting.

[Top Cat]

My missus think's it's funny to sneak it on at 5 in the height of Summer, she pretends to turn the stereo up then waits for me to squeal.  

[v2brett]

mines about 5 mins too, as my journey to work takes about 6 ish mins i just start to feel the warmth then have to get into another cold car with leather and no heated seats  

[stealthwolf]

can you please confirm - with the heated seats do you simply roll the dial from 1-5 and they heat? regardless of the actual heater settings?  or do you heater(s) need to be on as well?

Have you not actually sat in your car yet?  They were one of the first things I fiddled with once I'd bought the car and drove it home.

My missus think's it's funny to sneak it on at 5 in the height of Summer, she pretends to turn the stereo up then waits for me to squeal.   

I used to do exactly that to every person new to my car. It was fun to watch them squirm! Got bored of it and stopped doing it until recently.

[SeanyK]

I put it on 5 when I leave work in the evening, and the drive home is about 20-25 mins or so, and the other day I managed to go the whole way home with it still on 5.

... I think my coat was taking most of the heat though!!! Otherwise I may have had to turn it off 

[apollo13]

.......About 30 seconds....

I have them wired directly to the alternator, thats right is'nt it??

[Norbreck21a]

.......About 30 seconds....

I have them wired directly to the alternator, thats right is'nt it??

Bloody hell Lee, is that through leather or cloth ? 

If it's through cloth, then it's about the same time as my wife Polo takes (with cloth upholstery). If it's through leather, that's the quickest I've ever heard of ?

[A9XSJ]

Mine take about 1 min as I have Cloth  heated seats as Standard Spec