Just bought myself a pair of Gerbing MicroWirePro Heated XRL Hybrid Gloves. Sent them back because the left hand glove wasn't working-which of course was reason enough to return them, but also the right hand glove only got pathetically luke warm at best. (12'C ambient) Leaving me disappointed, as I expected more for my £180 from Gerbing. I would welcome any recomendations from anyone and feedback with their experience.
Carole has a pair of Keis heated gloves. Need a pocket for the battery if you don't plug in to the bike and run the wiring behind the lining. Andy
In the process of sorting heated grips. Yes I do know that is not the same. But, living in parts of Europe with variable temps they are much more useful Best grips on the radar are Yamaha. Honestly. Search Yamaha universal heated grips. Around 180 euro. So same price. Just waiting for an opportune moment to order mine , as Mrs J Biker has already asked why I need heated grips on the “summer motorcycle”. Pfff.
I have Keiss heated inner gloves The heating elements go around the finger tips. Finger tips are the bit that i find get the coldest. I found some knox gloves a size larger so the gloves fitted over the inners. An advantage I have found is that in summer the Knox gloves are a nice cool fit.
I'm familiar with heated grips, I've had several bikes with them fitted. They work well in my experience, but for me to fit an O.E.M set to my Triumph Speed Twin is going to cost me £180 ffs, and that's with me fitting myself. I do have a problem with one of my forefingers which seems to shut off the blood supply at any temp below about 15'C, the result of a nasty childhood accident which has started rearing it's ugly head some 50 years later, and my thinking was that Heated gloves would work better to prevent the blood supply shutting off. The finger goes a deathly white colour and I completely loose any sensation in it. To add to that I have advanced dupuytren's contracture in my little finger on the same hand which is worsening and adding to the lack of feel. Add a recent heart attack into the mix which means I'm taking blood thinning medication which could be adding to the finger problem. I'm really hoping to find heated gloves that live up to their advertised heating ability.
I have found Keis heated gloves good. Inner glove for typical Autumn / Spring temps, full glove for the real cold.
I've had a pair of Gerbing for years, and although not regularly used, I've always been happy with them. It may possibly be that you've just been unlucky.
Both. The battery pack is useful for bike hopping or shorter rides just using the gloves (1-2 hours depending on setting) but for longer rides or adding insoles, vest etc, better from the bike battery
Bought them from Sportsbikeshop.co.uk. I did call them up and let them know why I was returning them. Dealt with quickly and pleasantly, they apparently sell hundreds of these and 1-2% turn out faulty. Not there fault I understand. I've been unlucky I think.
I suppose the difference is, setting off on a cold day and knowing you need warm hands. Or just the normal day to day stuff with variable temperature. If on a tour and short of space, say Alps, summer time and only summer gloves...heated grips. Commuting in the UK in the winter then heated gloves. Down to to usage.
i have a pair of Keis gloves that i very happy with, my mate has a pair of made by Furygan that he says are very good and he commutes on his bike all through winter
I have Rst gloves and I'm very pleased with them so far. They run from an internal rechargeable battery and from memory you get up to 4 hours on a medium setting. They are about £180 so not cheap but obviously you can use them on any bike or any any other time you want warm hands.
I have the RST, same as mentioned above, they only warm the outer part of the hand,not the palms, not to bulky for a winter glove, built in visor wipes, combined with heated grips they do a great job of keeping your hands warm.
I've used heated grips with bar muffs on my monster but still suffered with frozen thumbs, swapped to gerbing heated gloves powered from the bike via a wiring loom that fits into your jacket (much less of a faff than it sounds) and all my digits are toasty, I only wish I'd used them years ago.
