Heated Gloves - Bike or battery powered?

[Dave78]

As the snow has gone (well what little snow we got) SWMBO is wanting to get out on the bike again. Trouble is that she gets very very cold hands - like in the middle of summer her hands are still cold.

Anyway trying to work out how to keep her hands warm. I've wondered about putting heated grips on her bike - although I'm not sure it has the spare power for them (tis only a little 125).

She has tried muffs very briefly, didn't like them at all..

So thoughts are heated gloves.. Atleast then she can keep them when moving to her next bike.. but bike powered or battery powered..

I am at the moment edging towards battery, so she can use them on her bike and the schools bikes where she is learning. But on the whole I tend to dislike battery powered things as the batteries are expensive and don't last long..

Anyone got any thoughts?

Cheers all

 

[shugie]

As the snow has gone (well what little snow we got) SWMBO is wanting to get out on the bike again. Trouble is that she gets very very cold hands - like in the middle of summer her hands are still cold.

Anyway trying to work out how to keep her hands warm. I've wondered about putting heated grips on her bike - although I'm not sure it has the spare power for them (tis only a little 125).

She has tried muffs very briefly, didn't like them at all..

So thoughts are heated gloves.. Atleast then she can keep them when moving to her next bike.. but bike powered or battery powered..

I am at the moment edging towards battery, so she can use them on her bike and the schools bikes where she is learning. But on the whole I tend to dislike battery powered things as the batteries are expensive and don't last long..

Anyone got any thoughts?

Cheers all

To get enough power to keep her hands warm she will need the gloves connecting to the bike battery, even a pesky 125 will have more battery power than a set of AAs. But not much more.

 

[Grey Beard]

As the snow has gone (well what little snow we got) SWMBO is wanting to get out on the bike again. Trouble is that she gets very very cold hands - like in the middle of summer her hands are still cold.

Anyway trying to work out how to keep her hands warm. I've wondered about putting heated grips on her bike - although I'm not sure it has the spare power for them (tis only a little 125).

She has tried muffs very briefly, didn't like them at all..

So thoughts are heated gloves.. Atleast then she can keep them when moving to her next bike.. but bike powered or battery powered..

I am at the moment edging towards battery, so she can use them on her bike and the schools bikes where she is learning. But on the whole I tend to dislike battery powered things as the batteries are expensive and don't last long..

Anyone got any thoughts?

Cheers all

I presume she is not actually learning to drive a bigger bike at the moment !

The bike powered heated glove sounds best, but you could also try a couple of hand warmers made by Zippo or Peacock. They use lighter fuel and a catalyst to burn the fuel, but there is no flame. Put them inside your gloves, etc. Don't know how good they would be on a bike - I bought one for fishing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zippo-40182...6GDG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1291915701&sr=8-6

Most Outdoor Shops will sell something like this and maybe she could try one in a shop before buying.

Grey Beard

 

[Dave78]

I presume she is not actually learning to drive a bigger bike at the moment !

The bike powered heated glove sounds best, but you could also try a couple of hand warmers made by Zippo or Peacock. They use lighter fuel and a catalyst to burn the fuel, but there is no flame. Put them inside your gloves, etc. Don't know how good they would be on a bike - I bought one for fishing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zippo-40182...6GDG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1291915701&sr=8-6

Most Outdoor Shops will sell something like this and maybe she could try one in a shop before buying.

Grey Beard

Not at the moment. She rides her bike, but as it's cold and she doesn't want to be on a bike for too long she will drive over to where she is learning and use their 125.

She is basically at test standard for module 1 (and just a couple of rough edges to knock off for module 2).. To be honest she could prob scrape a pass at the moment.

Hopefully if the weather holds off, she will soon be on a big bike.. hence the advantage I can see with the battery powered ones..

 

[Ogmios]

After years of freezing digits - i'm thinking long term of the same.
looked at lots and longed to buy

I'd go for Bike battery powered gloves.
good connections and a temp controller seem to be important.

Good Luck

 

[Grey Beard]

Not at the moment. She rides her bike, but as it's cold and she doesn't want to be on a bike for too long she will drive over to where she is learning and use their 125.

She is basically at test standard for module 1 (and just a couple of rough edges to knock off for module 2).. To be honest she could prob scrape a pass at the moment.

Hopefully if the weather holds off, she will soon be on a big bike.. hence the advantage I can see with the battery powered ones..

Will the bike school larger bike have a suitable power socket on it that your SWMBO can plug her heated gloves into?

What are the Module 1 and Module 2 in the UK test? (I just did my test in Germany, but never rode a motor bike before that).

Grey Beard

 

[Rasher]

She has tried muffs very briefly, didn't like them at all..

Fair play for getting her to give it a go, got any video footage?


Anyway as to heated gloves I have got the other half a pair of Keiss heated inner gloves for Xmas, they are a lot cheaper than heated motorcycle gloves, and my thought was they can be put inside different gloves as seasons changed (and borrowed by me when she ain't using them)

Won't get to test them until after Santa has dropped them off.

 

[Womble]

I've just got the Mrs a Keis heated waistcoat for Christmas. I was tempted to get a pair of their inner gloves for myself at the time, but I think she'd be a bit miffed if I kept running off with her battery pack every time I went offroading.

Just one thought, cold hands and feet can be improved by raising the core temperature because the blood flow to the extremities is constricted when you get cold, so you might want to consider a heated vest as well/instead. Although heated vests do cost more than gloves, so you might want to quietly ignore this last piece of info

 

[r100/7]

i am looking at heated gloves my self but was put off the battery powered ones because the battery is mounted on your wrist so you might break your wrist if you come off and they dont last that long as the one that wire on to ur battery seem to be good even if they cost a lot

 

[MartinB]

Heated inner gloves

Have a look at these, a friend has just got a pair, although there is no hot/hotter/hottest adjustment she reckons they do the trick (she was out on Sunday at 5 Deg. C.)
Obviously because they are 'inner' gloves you might need to up the size of your regular gloves to these inside so that means buying ANOTHER pair of winter type gloves, but horses for courses


www.motorbikesandparts.co.uk/keis-heated-inner-gloves-hand-warmers-p-18061.html

Martin

 

[MartinB]

Keis heated inner gloves

I forgot to put on here C J Ball in Norwich are selling these for £39.99

Martin

 

[slow motion]

Hi All
These Keis Inner Gloves are also available from Chainspeed.
Bought a pair last week along with heated insoles. Must be my age needing all this heat

Have to say I was dubious how well both would work. It was hovering about +1-2 all day Sunday and they worked great.
For about 20 miles rode with them switched off
Result - Yes they certainly do work well as without them it got very chilly.
Steve

 

[His Lordship]

Heated Gloves ????

Believe me you will benefit from wired in gloves ... recently bought "liners" made by KLAN, and they have been very good indeed. You may need a bigger outer pair of gloves to accomodate them but well worth the money ... they were a present so not sure of the price . A little fiddly to start with, feed the wires down your sleeves, put jacket on, connect up to wire from under seat, put outer gloves on etc etc .... but in this recent very cold weather I have done my 40 mile commute to work at 0530 in the morning and my hands have been fine on arrival at the garage. Truly a good buy !

 

[Richie N]

How long was "briefly" with the muffs? I ask because I've only just started using them after over 10 years of riding. I hated the feel of them at first (like the first time you wear a full face helmet) but after a few weeks with them I am very happy. Heated grips, muffs and summer gloves and my hands are like toast.

I have been using a heated jacket for years (makes no difference to your hands btw) but I have found them to be very unpredictable in the reliability stakes. I started with Widder and the harness and plugs were crap, and have used Gerbing now for a few years. Again, unreliable long term and I am now on jacket no. 6 at least (life time warranty so FOC). The wiring and plugs are better than Widder but the temperature control is rubbish, and I have just started using an on/off switch which seems better so far.

So I would not rely on heated kit if you can help it. Muffs will be far better if she can get used to them, imho.

Rich