Asheville, North Carolina
Active thermal regulation apparel. From Asheville.
EarthBae is an active thermal regulation apparel brand based in Asheville, NC. EarthBae makes heated hoodies and vests for the cold, and fan-convection and liquid-conduction cooling vests for the heat, all four running on one unified 7.4V battery standard. EarthBae also operates EcoDispose, a free brand-agnostic 7.4V battery recycling program. 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 Heated vest and hoodie (Heat & Core)
- EarthBae Cooling Active cooling vests (Air * Chill)
- EcoDispose Free battery recycling. Any 7.4V battery
- The Science Composite heat · 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.
EarthBae Core
Engineered composite heating elements bring three zones to temperature, two across the chest and one across the back. Built as a standalone outer layer in cool to cold conditions, for the desk, the commute, and the evening that starts warm and ends cold.
EarthBae Heat
The same engineered composite heating across the same three zones, with the arms completely free. For anyone who needs core thermal regulation without restricting movement. Slim, athletic fit, built to move.
EarthBae Air
Two side fans at the waist move air across the body to accelerate the cooling your skin is already doing. For variable heat on the move, the commute, outdoor work, and the hot part of an ordinary day.
EarthBae Chill
A pump circulates chilled water through tubing across the garment, drawing heat off the core by direct contact. Unaffected by humidity. For sustained heat where the air is still.
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 engineered composite heating elements for the cold. Air and Chill use fan convection and liquid conduction for the heat. All four run on one unified 7.4V battery.
EarthBae is one of the first brands in Active Thermal Regulation to put active heating and active cooling on a single battery standard. Three heated zones bring heat evenly rather than in hot stripes and cold gaps. Sportif and Quiet Luxury rather than tactical gear. No visible wires, no bulk.
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. 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 rather than once a season.
That observation pointed at something larger than a product. Heating and cooling had always been treated as two different things, made for two different people, sold in two different seasons. But it is one person, one body, one year.
Active Thermal Regulation is the category that follows from that. Apparel that actively moves your temperature in whichever direction the day is going, powered rather than passive, and unified by a single battery standard.
EarthBae is building that category. Core and Heat bring three engineered composite heating zones to temperature, two across the chest and one across the back. Air moves air across the body with two side fans. Chill circulates chilled water through tubing and pulls heat off the core by contact. Three mechanisms, one system, one battery.
The problem was never just that people get cold. It's that temperature follows you everywhere, so the solution has to as well.
Fan convection and liquid conduction were proven in industrial and medical settings long before they belonged in everyday apparel. EarthBae brought both in with a Sportif aesthetic and put them on the same battery standard as its heating, so 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 can't go in the trash, and a dead apparel battery often ends up with nowhere to go. 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. Every 7.4V battery should have somewhere to go.
A category is not a season. Neither is a body.
Three Things That Set EarthBae Apart
Engineering and design decisions, made deliberately.
Heating and Cooling, One Battery
Active heating and active cooling on one 7.4V battery, regulation in both directions rather than 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, including ORORO, Gobi Heat, Venustas, Techniche, Volt, Venture Heat, Gerbing, DEWBU, and EarthBae, at no cost.
Quiet Luxury
Benchmarked against leading fashion brands in aesthetic and design. Built for a wearer who is urban, professional, and aspirational, and wants a product that matches how they present.
The Principles Behind Every EarthBae Decision
Temperature is one problem, not two.
Heating and cooling belong to the same person, the same body, and the same year. Active Thermal Regulation treats temperature as a single problem with two directions, and every EarthBae product is built to that idea rather than to a season.
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.
One standard across the whole system.
Heating and cooling run on the same 7.4V battery, the same connector, and the same charging protocol. A category built on one standard is a category a person can actually live in, rather than a drawer of chargers that don't match.
Quiet luxury. Not tactical gear.
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 in western North Carolina, a city known for its creative culture, independent businesses, and the terrain that surrounds it. The climate swings hard. Cold winters, humid summers, and shoulder seasons where the morning and the afternoon feel like different months.
It is the right place to build a thermal regulation brand. The problem EarthBae solves is one everyone here 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, and every one of those batteries eventually reaches end of life.
EcoDispose is EarthBae's free mail-in battery recycling program for any 7.4V battery from any heated apparel brand.
All accepted. All recycled. No cost. No drop-off. Prepaid label sent to you.
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. Every 7.4V battery should have somewhere to go.
Years before a battery needs recycling
Typical lifespan of a 7.4V heated apparel battery, 300 to 500 charge cycles.
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. Tthe 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.