Gloves Thinking about Li Heated Gloves or Oxford Grips this winter.

mudduc

mudduc

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Minnesota
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2005 Honda ST1300
Something like these: Li Heated Gloves at Amazon
They should work for my 70-90 minutes commuting each day.

I'm good with just insulated gear down to about 10°F. Under that my fingers start to hurt.
I have some heated glove liners I can plug into the bike but don't really like being wired to stuff. Also, the connection style doesn't protect + from - well enough and I keep blowing the fuse.

Still thinking. Still need more research.
Anyone with experience using gloves with rechargeable batteries, let me know.
 
I bought my wife some MotionHeat glove liners.
https://ca.itselectric.ca/

They work very well. A charge lasts several hours (4-8) depending on setting. Thin enough to be used as liners but she mostly wears them without any over gloves in the winter.
When on the bike, they can be plugged in with a coax connection.
IIRC they were about $120 CAD.
 
Check out the Warm and safe website wireless controllers and a couple of different styles of heated gloves also use coupon code Steve for an 18% discount.
 
I didn't know that cordless heated battery operated gloves were a thing. I wish I'd known when I was commuting. The ride was only 15~20min and when the temps got down to 50˚ ambient and less with windchill my fingers really ached to the bone. There was no need for a heated jacket but gloves would have been great!
 
Rambler358 said:
Sena is an Oriental company, Korean actually.
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ST Gui said:
I didn't know that cordless heated battery operated gloves were a thing. I wish I'd known when I was commuting. The ride was only 15~20min and when the temps got down to 50˚ ambient and less with windchill my fingers really ached to the bone. There was no need for a heated jacket but gloves would have been great!
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The gloves aren't cordless the controller is . Sorry if I mislead you there is a 7.4 V battery operated warm n safe glove and a glove liner.
 
okckeith said:
Have you considered Oxford heated grips? They are about $90.00. They really work good! I have heated grips on my Triumph and my BMW. The Oxfords on my ST work better.
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Thanks for the reminder. I was considering that as well. My winter bike is a Yamaha WR250 and heated grips may solve the <10F issue and give me more comfort in the 10-30F range without the hassle of always remembering to charge up the gloves between rides. When I consider the work putting on the heated grips vs. always needing to recharge and eventually replace the glove batteries, I'm leaning towards doing the grips.

Later,
Kent Larson in Minnesota
 
I'm considering the Oxford grips for my st1100 and wondering which version others have used. The Touring grips are 4.72" long, trimmable to about 4.6". The Adventure grips are 5.19" long trimmable to 4.8" The left grip in my ST is 5" (aftermarket foam grips) and the right grip is 4.75, as there is a throttle lock on the right side. Anyone else deal with this situation when installing the Oxford grips?
 
Updated the title and added "...or Oxford Grips...".

I'll have to be careful with grip width myself as the WR250 has bark busters that attach to the ends of the bars. My ST1300 still has foam grips (which I hate) and putting on a set of Oxfords there as well will solve two problems. A little research this weekend and I'll order two sets of Oxford Heated Grips.
 
SteveST1300 said:
The gloves aren't cordless the controller is .
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I should have been clearer. I was referring to mudduc's post. I believe those gloves contain batteries and are cordless and don't need to be connected to the bike's electrical system or external battery.
 
I've been using a pair of Cabela's rechargeable battery operated gloves (made by Gerbing) for shorter cold weather rides. They're good for a couple of hours on high, but I seldom run them at full power. They work well, and I don't have to bother with cords. Recharge them each night, and you should be good for daily commutes. I'd buy them again.
 
mudduc said:
Thanks for the reminder. I was considering that as well. My winter bike is a Yamaha WR250 and heated grips may solve the <10F issue and give me more comfort in the 10-30F range without the hassle of always remembering to charge up the gloves between rides. When I consider the work putting on the heated grips vs. always needing to recharge and eventually replace the glove batteries, I'm leaning towards doing the grips.

Later,
Kent Larson in Minnesota
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I installed mine last year just before I went on a trip to Washington state this time of year. They got a pretty good workout. I never had to put my Gerbing gloves on. 28 degrees was the coldest I saw on that trip.
They are a very simple install. I wish I had put them on years ago.
 
I have both Oxford heated grips and electric plugged in gloves. I preferred the heated grips 100% of the times.
 
drtyrrel said:
okckieth did you hook yours directly to the battery or did you use an aux fuse block?
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Directly to the battery. They cut off automatically after a short time. No problems with them at all.
I bought the touring grips. They are shorter than the factory grips. I would buy the Adventure grips if I had to do it again.
 
Thank you. I have a set of Adventure grips that I need to install. I road my RT1100 to work this morning with the grips on high (42 deg. and damp this morning)
 
+1 on the Oxford heated grips, I have the tour model on my St for the last 4 years . Five settings on the controler vs two on my BMW.
 
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