Battery powered heated motorcycle gloves

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I bought a pair of Snow Deer gloves a few weeks ago after a friend showed me his. They retail for about $150, which he paid, but I bought mine on Amazon for $130 on a Black Friday sale.

As more become available I thought forum members might be interested in my impression of these gloves.

First, they are very nicely made and are warmer then my Klims, even without turning on the power. Each glove has an Iridium battery on the inside of the gauntlet base. They batteries charge within an hour using the double pole charger. I'm told by my friend that they last about 4 hours on the medium setting. The controls are on the outside of the gauntlet and can be seen in the pic. They have three settings which are controlled by pushing the button on the bottom. A spare set of batteries is available for about $40 but I'll never need them since I only use the gloves for short rides on a cold day so to me the battery gloves would be very useful for commuters. They heat the entire palm and fingers to the tips so on a 33 degree ride my hands were totally comfortable.

They have sturdy knuckle guards in case of the unexpected "get off" or also for one of those rare occasions when one must deal with some loudmouth. Never me of course.

I had given my Gerbing gloves to a friend because I only used them a couple of times in the last 8 years or so. I only used them for about two hours in the early morning and didn't like fussing with the supporting cable bundle and control.

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The run just a bit small so, while normally an XL glove size fits me a bit loosely, with extra room at the finger tips, these are reasonably snug. I couldn't even get my hands into my friend's size large.

About the only thing I find on the minus side with them is what I consider to be an under sized gauntlet. They are very difficult to get over the sleeves on my old First Gear synthetic jacket and a bit less so on my leather jacket. Overall I'd recommend these to a friend. And yes they are waterproof.

There were many to choose from on Amazon, some for quite a bit less money, but I was not familiar with any of them.
 
I run into a wee bit of cold weather up here in NW Florida, now as long as I have gloves and a scarf on I am fine but my fingertips do get cold:eek: I have heated gloves(plug-in type) that I hate just because of the cable so I went online looking through ebay and came upon these things and I said for $30 what the hell, well they arrived yesterday and I used them today although it was not cold enough for heated gloves.
The quality is very very good compared to the price, they use AA batteries and they heat the glove pretty good, have no idea how long they will last but for $30(actually less I think)

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I have a pair of Gerbings that I bought about ten years ago still going strong. I find them a little too bulky for my liking. They work great if your touring. The best gloves I ever owned were made by Protech they were comfortable and warm. I don't even remember when I bought them it was so long ago. They must of gone out of business I can't find them anywhere.
 

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Back in the day, Jeff Gerbing made some good stuff and stood behind it!
After moving from Union, WA it kinda went downhill.
Gerbing has now been sold. :(
 
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IMG_0488 (1).JPG IMG_0487 (1).JPG Blood never did flow right after the accident with a bike chain on a Bonneville. I kind of like these IMG_0246.JPG work great. Last about four hours and never had to set them on the max setting even in low teens for over a hundred miles. Joe Rocket gloves. Got a regular set of Joe rocket gloves and they work great also. Maybe not a social bragging right but ain't into that. Just wanted something that would keep the low blood flow from freezing the finger off. Works for me.:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: By the way both sets of Joe rocket are leather.;););););)
 
I run into a wee bit of cold weather up here in NW Florida, now as long as I have gloves and a scarf on I am fine but my fingertips do get cold:eek: I have heated gloves(plug-in type) that I hate just because of the cable so I went online looking through ebay and came upon these things and I said for $30 what the hell, well they arrived yesterday and I used them today although it was not cold enough for heated gloves.
The quality is very very good compared to the price, they use AA batteries and they heat the glove pretty good, have no idea how long they will last but for $30(actually less I think)

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A friend of mine bought a pair of the low cost gloves with the 3A batteries and likes them. One can get the rechargeable 3A batteries. Probably a better option than $150.

1K9, on the warmest non-heated gloves it's really difficult to say because there so many out there. I bought my KLIMs years go in Springfield, OR on a ride home from Las Vegas Bikefest. My warmest gloves at the time didn't do it for me so when my Canuck riding friend and I, Elcanaco on the forum, stopped by to pick up some special Harley tools, I bought the stupidly expensive Klims. They got me home in the pouring down rain with temps in the low 40s. However, when the temps here dropped into the low 30s they fell short. I got off my Indian a couple of weeks ago and could barely feel my fingertips so much that I had difficulty working the helmet strap quick disconnect.

In retrospect, I might have tried one of the low cost 3A battery options as did scotinexile, because of the little bit of cold weather riding I do. Those are obviously for the ski and snowmobile sort and don't have the "beat down" rider knuckle guards, which, in pinch are worth at least $100.

Steve, on Gerbings, there are many moving parts behind the story with a bit of ugly family warfare after the old man died, but the son who used to run the company, and was forced out, now owns Gordon's heated clothing and work out of their home shop situated just up the street from me.

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Their products are hand made locally and pretty spendy but are absolutely top quality.
 
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Got a pair very similar (didn't have the external power button, but battery compartment looks the same) from Menards a few years ago. They work surprisingly well!

I think he was asking about non-heated gloves, I have a pair of regular, non heated snowmobile gloves, good down to around 35 degrees.
 
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