Abstract: A new Battery Operated Heating System for a Vest or a Jacket for warming the user in cold weather or for therapeutic reasons. The inventive device includes a garment vest having a right side and a left side and longitudinal heating elements. In use, after the garment vest 11 is made to include all of the elements comprising the present invention, the garment vest 11 is worn and the batteries are installed and electrically connected to the right power outlet and return 13 and the left power outlet and return 15. The garment vest 11 is equipped with a plurality of separate control settings where the right side 12 is controlled separate from the left side 14 and the right side 12 can be set at one setting while the left side 14 is at another setting.