Heated gloves- Exo vs Gerbing vs what?

[northwind]

About £120 each. Which is bloody expensive, but I'm still tempted. Thinking about it my winter gloves were £35 and my heated grips were £30, and they don't work half as well as heated gloves do (well, so I hear) so looking at it that way they're not so expensive. But still...

[rictus01]

I've a pair of the old style Klan gloves (all leather), which are about 10 years old now, more than good enough in even the coldest of weather, although my brother did get a pair of the newer (textile) ones and wasn't that impressed with them .

But for true old man comfort you want to try heated socks

Cheers Mark.

[northwind]

Oi, I'm not that old.

Oh. Yes, I am

The Klan ones look more like ski gloves than bike gear to me, or like the tat you see at bike shows for a fiver. I know that's no real indication of quality but they don't inspire confidence... The Exo2 ones look like you gould use them to catch bullets.

[rictus01]

to be honest (and I know I'm not up there in the wilds) I normally only use them for a couple of weeks when the really cold snap comes in, to warm most of the time.

Know what you mean about the newer Klan one though, they did seem less substantual than my old ones, don't know if you can still get the Leather ones ?

Here's my old ones, full leather and kevlar lined properly waterproof to.

[Stu]

£120
Is your circulation so poor that a heated vest (much cheaper and I would have thought more effective at keeping you warm) would not be a better option?

Originally Posted by Stu

£120
Is your circulation so poor that a heated vest (much cheaper and I would have thought more effective at keeping you warm) would not be a better option?

That wouldn't resolve anything. Poor circulation means that blood does not get pumped round the body fast enough. In turn it means that the blood at the extremities is there longer than most before it passes on back into the body. For people (me) with very bad circulation, the blood flows so slow that it starts to freeze and thus stops blood flow to the fingers completely. It wouldn't matter if I was wearing an electric blanket that was practically boiling me, my fingers would still get frost bite.

I believe what you are thinking about is when the core of the body gets cold and as a result all the blood flow to the extremities is ceased so as to preserve the heat to the torso to protect the vital organs. A nice warm blanket would help in this instances but not with just cold fingers and toes.

[northwind]

Plus, good heated vests aren't much cheaper. It's a fair question, but my winter jacket's up to the task of keeping my body warm for a couple of hours (and instantly cooking me in my own juices as soon as I get inside), it's just the hands that kill me.

Originally Posted by BigApe

Heated grips combined with Oxford Muffs. I wear summer gloves with inner gloves with the fingers cut off. This is to stop the grips from burning my palms. It was just about good enough. I found wearing any thicker gloves and I lost the benefit of the heated grips.

Using heated grips alone don't work for me. Neither does just using the Muffs. But using both combined, works a treat.

Did this last winter, absolutely great combo!! And the best part about them is that the keep you hands dry too!! Nearly ready to strap them back on the bike!!

[jambo]

I've had some real problems with the oxford bar muffs. I'm happy to use them but at any speed they try to fold back and put the brake and clutch levers in. Smoe sort of framework to keep them clear would solve it I'm sure...

Maybe it's a ZX6R and Bandit 600N thing....

[northwind]

Whereas I'm a tart, so I'd rather have cold hands

Actually though, I'm not that much of a tart... What always bothered me about muffs is that it seems like theycould be more awkward to get my hands back to the bars, ie, after popping the mirrors in and out while filtering, or adjusting my visor, stuff like that. But I've never actually tried them, am I barking up the wrong tree? I probably do the mirrors thing 20 times a day, half of my commute is deadlocked dual carriageway.