Heated Gloves?

[KYtrailfan]

Thinking I might like to try a pair of heated gloves(self-contained battery type) Anybody care to share their experiences on what works or what to avoid? I have a farm where I keep some cows that is about a 30 minute ride via backroads. Not a cross continent journey; so a couple hours of heat would be plenty.

 

[oldskool]

When it gets nasty or cold enough that my hands suffer I take some of the money I saved on fuel riding the CT and burn a little in the truck

 

[dmonkey]

I tested a pair of Revit Liberty H2O gloves and didn't like the cuff design, I felt like the extra bulk and weight of the battery made the gauntlet style gloves even more restrictive at the wrists. That was a bummer because they have one of the slimmer battery packs from the gloves I was looking at. They did heat better than my heated grips though, heating in the glove results in a warmer hand all around than just heating at the grips. I have Oxford heated grips on my Trail and that works for me, I add Hippo Hands when it's really cold out to trap the heat in and keep more than my palms warm. I wear regular leather riding gloves with the heated grips, nothing fancy and insulated or waterproof. The downside is that this doesn't carry over to my other motorcycles so the ones without heated grips are seasonal rides.

 

[Timmy6216]

I run a set of battery powered rechargeable heat of gloves. That I got off a Amazon, 2 winters back.I have used them and they are amazing. If you combine them with my bark busters, it keeps the wind off your hand and your hands warm. I am a big fan of these things.

 

[oldskool]

I used to ride with ice and snow on the ground in my younger years. Had a pair of USAF aviator gloves. They had a wool inner and a thin but windproof leather outer. They were pretty warm. Of course I was a lot tougher, or dumber back then.

 

[SneakyDingo]

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I know you say heated gloves but I'm going to throw this out there as the dollarydoos investment isn't very high.

I used a set of cheap pogies I found on Amazon last year. They came as a two pack. I bought them as a joke but honestly, they were great. The only 2 downsides are on the left side, a lack of brake fluid reservoir means that more air goes in, so your hand is a little colder, could probably plug that up using a scrunchie or something; the second downside is standard for pogies, you can't see what your hands are touching so you need to be used to doing things by feel.

They were warm enough that in the middle of Seattle winter, which is only around 20°F / -6.5°C at worst, I was usually able to ride around with either very minimal no-insulation workman gloves or bare hands. They would be better with hand guards, and I am absolutely convinced I will put them back on the bike the instant it gets cold enough.

 

[Chinjab]

I picked up the Klim HTD gloves last fall and rode with them all winter. I am a daily winter rider - rain, snow, ice, sleet - and also have heated grips installed on all my bikes.

Couple of things I can say:

PROS

1. They are very comfortable and fit really nicely.
2. They have heating elements all along the fingers and particularly the BACK of the fingers and hands. That part is most important.
3. They work very well overall, keeping my hands nice and warm
4. Light weight and waterproof
5. Charge fairly quickly in a couple of hours or so

CONS

1. Expensive
2. Don't last as long as I would like. I ride 3 hours one day a week, 1.5 hours each way. The gloves will work the whole time, but only on low power. If I put them on medium, they will die out before the 3 hours, barely. Not exactly what is advertised.
3. Extra batteries are ridiculously expensive

 

[Kritou]

Can they be run/charged from an external power pack?

 

[Plotus]

....just a thought, but the rear rack with some sort of box/cart/something-something would be the perfect place to carry the battery or better yet the over the headlight rack. Then it would be independent of the bike, and also might even be good for a trickle charger pigtail connection. But back to gloves... I suppose the question might rest on the amount of amps drawn and discharge rate ? I'd guess you would have a couple hours at least ? riding time before any discernable drop in heat activity..............mind you, all speculation.

 

[Chinjab]

Can they be run/charged from an external power pack?

No, in fact they have a proprietary charger that can only be run off a regular household socket which 'balances' the charge between the two batteries, one in each glove. You can't charge them off the bike on the road, unless it has some sort of inverter.

 

[SneakyDingo]

....just a thought, but the rear rack with some sort of box/cart/something-something would be the perfect place to carry the battery or better yet the over the headlight rack. Then it would be independent of the bike, and also might even be good for a trickle charger pigtail connection. But back to gloves... I suppose the question might rest on the amount of amps drawn and discharge rate ? I'd guess you would have a couple hours at least ? riding time before any discernable drop in heat activity..............mind you, all speculation.

I actually have something like this with my Apollo 4800 case, where it's mounted to the back and uses the SAE connector as a power supply with the intent of drawing no more than ~45W. IIRC I was inspired by @G19Tony's build that's similar, but the reason was that I wanted to have a powered rear case. No reason the reverse direction couldn't work as well.

 

[BaldRider]

Funny story. A company reached out to me to review a pair of battery-powered heated gloves on my YT channel. I told them only if I could say what I wanted about them. They stopped talking to me

 

[KYtrailfan]

I have a NOKO GBX75 Lithium jump starter that has a 60W USB-C outlet and is very compact. The bikes limited charging and batteries compact enough to fit in a glove both seem to offer limited performance. I am thinking a pair of gloves that could run or recharge off the NOKO USB-C 60W port would be a good option but so far, I haven't stumbled across such a thing.

 

[Mother Goose]

Years ago when Gerbing's (now First Gear, I think) made heated gear, I bought a controller, jacket and gloves. The controller plugged into a female bayonet plug that came from the battery. The jacket plugged into the controller, the gloves plugged into the sleeves of the jacket. To be honest, the gloves were too much off a pain in the tush and I only used them when temps were below 30 degrees. I killed 5 minutes every time I took the gloves off & on. The jacket was an under garment which means I had to fish the wires out of the sleeves, plug them into the gloves and then get all the wiring situated that nothing was uncomfortable. What felt comfortable in the first 5 minutes was a real annoyance 20 minutes down the road.