Dual Climate worth getting?
More Turbo
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: LA = Louisiana
Yes it's great to have the controls for your wife/passenger.
But, for me the best part is:
All I ever do is adjust the temp .......1 button ....... that's it. I don't spend a bunch of time monkeying with the fan speed and other controls back and forth and back and forth.
Just one button. Set the temp and forget it.
When I ordered mine you had to go Lariat to get it. Dual Temp and Leather were the reasons I went Lariat.
But, for me the best part is:
All I ever do is adjust the temp .......1 button ....... that's it. I don't spend a bunch of time monkeying with the fan speed and other controls back and forth and back and forth.
Just one button. Set the temp and forget it.
When I ordered mine you had to go Lariat to get it. Dual Temp and Leather were the reasons I went Lariat.
Lead Driver
Joined: May 2021
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From: Uh oh, CA
Put me and my wife for the rare ones that don’t care for it. She typically brings a long sleeve or a blanket everywhere we go. If we are in the vehicle for a long period of time, she would rather pull a blanket over her and read a book… the temperature control isn’t even thought about by either of us. It didn’t make sense to us to have 2 different temperature settings going in such a small enclosed space anyway… XLT for us!
Logistics Pro
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From: Mills River
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Sep 2017
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From: Southwestern Pa.
For summer driving I tape off the passenger side floor vent. My SO travels in jeans, long sleeves/sweatshirt with a blanket and her seat heat turned on while I'm driving in shorts, sandals and a tee shirt. I doubt that dual zone controls would make much of a difference. My old Buick beater does have dual zone controls but she rarely has her side more than a couple of degrees higher than mine...but the seat heat is still on.
More Turbo
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For summer driving I tape off the passenger side floor vent. My SO travels in jeans, long sleeves/sweatshirt with a blanket and her seat heat turned on while I'm driving in shorts, sandals and a tee shirt. I doubt that dual zone controls would make much of a difference. My old Buick beater does have dual zone controls but she rarely has her side more than a couple of degrees higher than mine...but the seat heat is still on.
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 767
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From: NC
I'm surprised it's a separate option. Usually they make you buy options you don't want, to get ones that you do. Seems like I remember a time not too many years ago, we would just close the vents on one side or the other, or direct them away from ourselves if one or the other thought the temps too different. But what someone said about the comfort of the seats themselves might make it worth it. Mine has the massaging seats and ventilated seats. I could really live without the massage, and can't really tell about the ventilated. But all that came as part of the package.
But if an option by itself, I'd say go for it. Would probably help resale value if you don't plan to keep the truck til the wheels fall off.
And my wife does the same thing. I'm cold. I reach my hand over and point to the **** for her. And make a joke about how heavy her arm must be to not be able to lift it that far. She doesn't think it funny. But after the first year, she reaches over automatically now, and I can see the confidence and satisfaction she gets from having all that power. I let her drive every once in a blue moon. She likes the way the seat, steering wheel, and pedals all move into position for her.
But if an option by itself, I'd say go for it. Would probably help resale value if you don't plan to keep the truck til the wheels fall off.
And my wife does the same thing. I'm cold. I reach my hand over and point to the **** for her. And make a joke about how heavy her arm must be to not be able to lift it that far. She doesn't think it funny. But after the first year, she reaches over automatically now, and I can see the confidence and satisfaction she gets from having all that power. I let her drive every once in a blue moon. She likes the way the seat, steering wheel, and pedals all move into position for her.
Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2020
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From: Zephyr Cove, NV
I would not buy another vehicle without it. My wife and I are typically travelling with me in short and t-shirt with the cooled seats on complaining the sun is always shining on me. Her with a sweatshirt, pants, heated seat on high and the hot air blowing at her complaining the sun is never shining on her. I don't miss the fights before we had separate controls.
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