Battery Heated Gloves

Started by koko64, February 12, 2016, 12:11:53 AM

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koko64

Guess you Northerners would know and have recommendations.  ;D
I ride down to 30F or so. I want gloves that run off their own internal batteries and just charge overnight like a cell phone. No wires to the bike type clutter. I only need 3-4 hours battery time.
Winter in Melbourne sucks as much as our Summer are Fall are sensational. While not as cold as a true Northern winter we have a damp cold here rather than a dry crisp cold (according to an American bloke I know who lives near me).

Thanks.
2015 Scrambler 800

stopintime

I think you'll need at least one extra set of batteries to run gloves at 'high' for 3-4 hours. Even at 'high' these batteries don't exactly burn your hands... Given the choice between 7.5 and 9 volts - get 9.

My bike battery connected heated glove liners are great, but the harness/controller are too much of a hassle for daily use.

I think I'll go to heated grips some time in the future. 

252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

Howie

These under a set of winter moto gloves might* be a better idea:

http://www.ventureheat.com/battery-heated-gloves/26-heated-glove-liners.html

Might because I have no idea how well they work, but it seems to me you will still have winter gloves with a liner when the battery dies.

StephenC

Ive got Five HG-1 Heated gloves and am pretty happy with them.  I'm a few k's north of you (Newcastle, NSW), so it probably doesn't get quite so cold.  I doubt mine have ever gone more than an hour on at one time, my commute is 15 minutes.  I just suffer on the trip they run flat and then charge them that day.  You might get a few hours at low or medium heat, but for me that seems to be warm enough.
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Duck-Stew

Quote from: stopintime on February 12, 2016, 01:10:13 AM

I think I'll go to heated grips some time in the future. 


Interesting thing about that:  My wife & I did an Iron-Butt Saddle-Sore (1000 mile ride in 24 hours) ride in the fall of '14.  She had heated grips and I had heated gloves.  You think that'd be a wash, right?  Like, no difference, right? 

There WAS difference:  Her hands ached toward the end of it b/c she had to grip the heated grips harder to get heat out of them and they didn't add heat to the backs of her hands, where I was just fine even if I pulled my hand(s) off the grips.

Just wanted to add that tidbit.

I agree, the harness to power those things just sucks!
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stopintime

Quote from: Duck-Stew on April 07, 2016, 11:47:17 AM
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I agree, the harness to power those things just sucks!

Bluetooth?  ;D

252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

StephenC

Ducati Monster 1100S (2009)

stopintime

252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it