Heated gloves- Exo vs Gerbing vs what?

[northwind]

It's that time of year again, and I'm thinking I might finally cave in and get heated gloves... I have rubbish circulation, and even though heated grips and the excellent Spada WP Force 2 gloves keep me from actually losing digits, it'd be nice to be warm instead of merely not frostbitten...

So, heated gloves. There's liners available but mostly they're fairly expensive, it seems, so I'm inclined to go directly for the simplicity of heated gloves. And looking around, that seems like it comes down to Gerbing, Exo and Klan. And the Klan ones look rubbish, frankly... Though they're cheaper. Gerbing's Signature and Classics both look the business, as do the Exo2 Stormshield gloves. They're all much the same pricewise.

So, any recommendations? Neither comes with a heat controller, which doesn't seem ideal, I'd have thought that's more or less a neccesity... But maybe not, I've removed the one for my grips entirely as they're always on full, or off.

looks like exo2 have more protection than the Gerbing

[northwind]

They do look more solid, don't they. They're also made just down the road

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by northwind

They do look more solid, don't they. They're also made just down the road

If you do get the exo2, it'll be interesting to know how bulky or no they are. The Gerbing does appear quite bulky in the pics.


Ben

Gerbing do heated inner gloves. Would this not be a better choice You'd be able to wear any gloves you want then.

[21QUEST]

Si, not sure if that was for Northy but not sure if the inners would even be thin enough for me to get on with them.

Regular Wooly inner gloves just too bulky for me and hence only using Silk ones.

Hopefully this would be another mild winter though......pair of gortex gloves with Silk inner gloves was enough for last year


Ben

[northwind]

The gerbing inners look ace, but they're pretty pricey and it adds another layer of fannying about to getting geared up. That's one minute less in bed in the morning

What do you use yourself Bigape? I seem to remember you have Raynauds? I'm not quite at that extent, I've just got classic diabetic rubbish circulation, but I figure what works for you should work for me...

Originally Posted by northwind

The gerbing inners look ace, but they're pretty pricey and it adds another layer of fannying about to getting geared up. That's one minute less in bed in the morning

What do you use yourself Bigape? I seem to remember you have Raynauds? I'm not quite at that extent, I've just got classic diabetic rubbish circulation, but I figure what works for you should work for me...

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.

piccys & prices neended

[21QUEST]

http://www.exo2.co.uk

www.gerbings.co.uk


Ben