Asheville, North Carolina
Active thermal regulation apparel. From Asheville.
EarthBae is an active thermal regulation apparel brand based in Asheville, NC. EarthBae makes graphene heated hoodies and vests for the cold, fan-convection and liquid-conduction cooling vests for the heat — all four products on one unified 7.4V battery standard. EarthBae also operates EcoDispose, the only free brand-agnostic 7.4V battery recycling program in the category — it takes back any 7.4V battery, from any brand, at no cost. One ecosystem for every temperature you move through — and responsible for the battery at the end of its life.
- EarthBae Heating Graphene heated vest and hoodie (Heat & Core)
- EarthBae Cooling Active cooling vests (Air * Chill)
- EcoDispose Free battery recycling. Any 7.4V battery
- The Science Graphene · Convection · Conduction
Four products. One battery. Every Climate.
Core and Heat for the cold. Air and Chill for the heat. All four run on the same 7.4V battery — one purchase that covers the office that's freezing in July, the commute that starts cold, and every temperature swing in between.
Graphene Heated Hoodie
Graphene composite heating elements distribute even heat across chest, back, and upper arms. For low-to-moderate mobility in cold environments — the desk, the commute, the recovery.
Graphene Heated Vest
Same graphene composite heating, arms completely free. For high-mobility professionals who need core thermal regulation without restricting movement — slim, athletic-fit, built to move.
Fan Convection Vest
High-RPM fans accelerate evaporative cooling across the back and sides. For active use in variable heat — commuting, outdoor work, athletics, hot environments on the move.
Liquid Conduction Vest
Circulated liquid draws heat from the core through direct thermal contact. Humidity-independent. For sustained extreme heat in static environments — industrial, outdoor, high-heat exposure.
Where It Started
You don't live at one temperature. You move through a dozen, every day of the year.
By mid-morning, the layer that was right at 7 AM is already wrong. You move through a dozen temperatures a day — heated, cooled, and back again. EarthBae was built for all of them.
EarthBae is an active thermal regulation apparel brand based in Asheville, NC. Core and Heat use graphene composite heating for the cold; Air and Chill use fan-convection and liquid-conduction cooling for the heat — all four on one unified 7.4V battery.
It's one of the first brands in Active Thermal Regulation to put graphene heating and active cooling on a single battery standard — graphene that conducts heat roughly ten times faster than carbon fiber, spread evenly, not in hot stripes and cold gaps. Sportif and Quiet Luxury, not tactical gear: no visible wires, no bulk.
And through EcoDispose, EarthBae recycles any 7.4V battery, from any brand, for free — responsible at both ends of its life. One Ecosystem. Every Climate.
Temperature doesn't take a season off. Neither do we.
7:02 AM
The morning commute
46°F outside. The car takes ten minutes to heat up. The office will be 68°F. The gym is 58°F at 6 AM. One decision at 7 AM for the next twelve hours.
10:30 AM
The overcooled office
90°F outside. 65°F inside. Most office workers spend the day fighting a thermostat they don't control. The sweater in the desk drawer is not enough.
2:15 PM
The transition moment
Cold meeting room. Hot server room. Cold lobby. Hot parking garage. Temperature changes five times in thirty minutes. Apparel designed for one temperature fails all the others.
8:45 PM
The sideline in May
50°F and dropping. The game goes into overtime. The jacket in the car is not enough and was not built for this.
EarthBae started with one observation: the heated apparel category was solving the wrong problem. It treated heat as seasonal — gear for the mountain or the jobsite. But most people don't live at one temperature. They move through a dozen in a single day: a cold office, a hot commute, an over-air-conditioned store, the walk back outside. EarthBae was built for that person — the one regulating temperature all day, not once a season.
The science had outrun the products. Graphene — the material whose isolation won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics — conducts heat roughly an order of magnitude faster than carbon fiber. In a garment, that means heat spreads evenly instead of running in hot stripes and cold gaps. EarthBae built its heating around graphene composite elements and made the reason legible to buyers, not buried on a spec tag. The science was always there. The product story wasn't.
The problem was never just that people get cold. It's that temperature follows you everywhere — so the solution has to as well.
Cooling got even less attention. Fan convection and liquid conduction were proven in industrial and medical settings, but rarely brought into apparel with a Sportif, everyday aesthetic. EarthBae built them in and put them on the same battery standard as its heating. It's one of the first brands in Active Thermal Regulation to pair graphene heating with active cooling on a single 7.4V standard — the same cell powers the heat in Core and Heat, the fans in Air, and the liquid loop in Chill.
EcoDispose came from a different frustration. Lithium batteries can't go in curbside recycling, and they can't go in the trash. Most people with a dead apparel battery end up sending it to a landfill — not by choice, but because no simple, brand-agnostic option existed. And the environmental cost of a lithium battery in a landfill doesn't change based on whose logo was on the vest that powered it.
So EarthBae built EcoDispose for the entire category — free, mail-in, open to any 7.4V battery from any brand. The infrastructure needed to exist, and waiting for someone bigger to build it would only have meant more batteries in landfills for longer. Size was not the prerequisite. Doing the right thing was.
Temperature doesn't take a season off. Neither do we.
Three Things That Set EarthBae Apart
Not marketing positions — engineering and design decisions, made deliberately.
Graphene + Cooling, One Battery
Graphene heating and active cooling on one 7.4V battery: regulation in both directions, not just the cold. EarthBae is one of the first brands in Active Thermal Regulation to build it this way.
Brand-Agnostic Recycling (EcoDispose)
A free mail-in program that takes back any 7.4V battery from any heated apparel brand — ORORO, Gobi Heat, Venustas, Techniche, Gerbing, Venture Heat, and EarthBae — at no cost. EarthBae built the infrastructure the whole category needed.
Quiet Luxury
Benchmarked against Lululemon and Alo Yoga in aesthetic and design language. The category defaulted for professional workwear and tactical styling; EarthBae was built for a different wearer — urban, professional, aspirational.
The Principles Behind Every EarthBae Decision
Technology before marketing.
EarthBae uses graphene composite heating elements because graphene is measurably superior to carbon fiber — not because graphene is a better story. The thermal conductivity advantage is a material science fact. The product was built around the technology, not the other way around.
The problem is everywhere. So is the solution.
Active Thermal Regulation is not seasonal, not exclusively outdoor, and not limited to extreme temperatures. EarthBae products are designed for the office, the commute, the gym, and the transition — not just the ski slope or the construction site.
Build for the whole category, not just our customers.
EcoDispose accepts batteries from ORORO, Gobi Heat and every other 7.4V brand. We built the infrastructure the category needed because the environmental outcome matters more than competitive advantage — and because trust is earned by solving problems bigger than your own customer base.
Quiet luxury. Not tactical gear.
The heated apparel category defaulted to rugged, tactical, outdoor aesthetics. EarthBae is Sportif and Quiet Luxury — designed for people who move through professional, urban, and active environments and want a product that matches how they present. No visible wires. No bulk.
Based in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Asheville sits at 2,134 feet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina — a city famous for its creative culture, independent businesses, and the Appalachian terrain that surrounds it. The climate swings dramatically: cold winters, humid summers, and shoulder seasons where temperature can change thirty degrees in a single day.
It is the right place to build a thermal regulation brand. The problem EarthBae solves is one every Asheville resident knows intimately — the morning that starts cold, warms up fast, and needs a layer that works for all of it.
EarthBae was founded by John Canter, who lives and works in Asheville. He writes about thermal regulation and the business of building category infrastructure at canterbuilds.substack.com.
We built recycling for the whole category. Not just for ourselves.
Every heated apparel product comes with a 7.4V lithium battery. Every one of those batteries will eventually reach end of life. Most consumers default to landfill disposal because no organized alternative existed.
EcoDispose is EarthBae's free mail-in battery recycling program for any 7.4V battery from any heated apparel brand. ORORO, Gobi Heat, Venustas, Techniche, EarthBae. All accepted. All recycled. No cost. No drop-off. Prepaid label sent by email.
We built this because the environmental cost of a lithium battery in a landfill does not change based on whose logo is on the vest. And because someone had to build it. We decided not to wait for someone larger to do it.
Years before a battery needs recycling
Typical lifespan of a 7.4V heated apparel battery — 300 to 500 charge cycles before meaningful capacity loss.
Cost to use EcoDispose
Completely free. For any 7.4V battery. From any brand. No purchase required. No account required. No catch.
One Ecosystem. Every Climate.
EarthBae makes active thermal regulation apparel for every temperature, everywhere — the office, the commute, the gym, the sideline, the transition, the summer inside the overcooled building, the winter that started cold and ended warm. One battery. Four products. One small brand from Asheville.
One Ecosystem. Every Climate.
FREE SHIPPING
On every order. No minimum.
30 DAYS RETURN
Simply return it within 30 days. No questions asked.
REAL SUPPORT
Real answers to real questions.
ECODISPOSE INCLUDED
Free 7.4V recycling — any brand, any time.