Heated gloves

Good looking bike..... Good looking bikes can't be offended because they know how they look.

I tried on 2 pairs of battery operated heated gloves yesterday. One pair were my buddies bought in CostCo Fieldsheer Brand ($100) and the other pair were at a local bike gear store, Highway21 Brand ($200). Both were the 7V variety and both sucked.

speirmoor said:

I tried on 2 pairs of battery operated heated gloves yesterday. One pair were my buddies bought in CostCo Fieldsheer Brand ($100) and the other pair were at a local bike gear store, Highway21 Brand ($200). Both were the 7V variety and both sucked.

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Ha!

Can you define ‘sucked’ a little more please??

Anybody remember "Hippohands"?

Big issue for me is , once gloves get wet , and they will , that you can still get your hands out without dragging out the lining , after trying 2 different brands ( both expensive and supposedly waterproof ?) the lining came out with my slightly damp and very cold holds , once I got the bonded goretex to leather all good ! , while not heated they are best I have tried .... several different brands offer this or similar technology , think I paid close to $350 but well worth price as they do work and should last me till I give in ......

Craig said:

Big issue for me is , once gloves get wet , and they will , that you can still get your hands out without dragging out the lining , after trying 2 different brands ( both expensive and supposedly waterproof ?) the lining came out with my slightly damp and very cold holds , once I got the bonded goretex to leather all good ! , while not heated they are best I have tried .... several different brands offer this or similar technology , think I paid close to $350 but well worth price as they do work and should last me till I give in ......

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The best way to seal the lining is not to stitch it to the outer glove. The downside is as you experienced. Bonded Gortex is relatively new. Which brand did you end up with?

Swoosh , as mentioned , I tried couple different pairs , the most promising where actually armoured sled gloves , they were warm and O took them on my Cross Country ride of ‘17 , first cold rain in Rockies I stopped for fuel with very cold wet hands , never wore them rest of ride as lining was all twisted from removing them just one time when wet .... deferred to the heated grips and disposable mechanic gloves stretched over my gauntlets , worked much better , but a pain each I took ‘em off .... so, in answer to your question I got local shop to order in a pair of Klim , more $ than I wanted to spend but so far after a couple years out in all weather they function as advertised , never wet hands and warm with the heated grips and enough tactility ? to ride safely I get use of all fingers .... hope this helps , oh yeah the Klim brand gloves match my Klim all weather 2 piece ride suit as well and that’s a big plus according to my wife who understands such things ....

Yeah, the one place you don't want to go cheap is something that keeps you warm and dry.

Bernhard said:

You will need to carry a substantial battery around with you, your only hope is to fix h/bar muffs reinforced with wire/tube fixed to your bars, and heat reflected gloves.
If your bike is watercooled, fit a small funnel behind the radiator for each muff, running a tube into the clutch cable/ brake hydraulic pipe to provide free heat. Been there, done that. . . .

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The battery on these is pretty small but very effective. It's about 2" long , 1.5" wide and 1/2" thick. It fits in a pocket in the back of the glove. You don't even know it's there.

I've run these for 4 hrs on medium, toasty warm. I have heated grips on the Thrux but only use them if I forget the Volt gloves. Heated Gloves are better than heated grips as the heating wire in the gloves goes right to the fingertips.
But it's sure nice to have the heated grips in Summer when going over some 10,000 ft pass with just summer gloves on!
I also use these Volt gloves for cold weather tractor operation.

They are 5 years old now and work as new, no reduced battery capacity yet.

Glen are your gloves armoured .... read the info you posted and saw no mention , just curious , thanks !

No they aren't. They are made of very thick leather though.

Glen

I have been using a pair of RST battery powered heated gloves for the last five winters although the amount of time they are used each winter isn't a lot they have performed admirably. I carry a spare pair of batterys when i do use them, I have just looked at the box they came in and it doesn't recommend they are used wet. (I don't recommend the wet either!)
The trick in using them is to not let your hands get cold in the first place. Don't expect them to warm up frozen hands.
A year ago i came across the same pair in the sale pile at the shop at Squires cafe, a gift at £20 and have just given them to my mum, who is in her late eighties, as she finds her hands cold gripping her rollator (wheelie walking frame) in this cold weather.

Fast Eddie said:

Ha!

Can you define ‘sucked’ a little more please??

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They didn't get hot enough for my liking.
The Fieldsheer never got warmer than my own bodyheat. Hard to know if they were actually working or not. The lights were on but I couldn't feel and heat being generated.
The Highway 21 got a littler warmer. These I had on in the store for a full 5minutes but really never got toasty.
Mind you I usually wear the wired up 12V Gerbings. The sales associate admitted that nothing gets as hot as the 12V type regardless of brand. I'd still like to get a set of Battery ones tho as not all my bikes are wired for the Gerbings. Also wouldn't hurt when using the tools in this weather, damn fingers get cold fast when using wrenches, sockets etc

I've never had cold hands when using the Volt 7 Volt battery gloves, even when sitting on an open tractor doing snow removal.
With regular cold weather riding gloves, even the really heavy ones, my hands were getting cold sometimes when riding in the late fall.
With the heated gloves I rarely go beyond the middle heat setting.
As has been mentioned ,it's important to turn them on before the hands get cold. That way a low or mid setting gives plenty of warmth.

Glen

Savior for waterfowl hunting. Cold, wet, ice, wind, submerged and hands stay warm.
They have diverse offerings for electric gloves including riding/motorcycle with other battery powered stay warm clothing. Pricey but performance is reliable.
http://www.saviorheat.com/index.php?id=77
On Amazon as well.

Gerbing XRL. 7v battery or 12v plug in. Armored. Lifetime warranty on gloves and wiring inside.

They fit like any thick-ish glove, so best to have thicker grips as to not put the squeeze your fingers trying to hold onto skinny grips.