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Prior to last year I've used Gerbing gloves.
Last year was my first year using grip heaters. I think the grips are BMW. The grip heaters wrap around the bar underneath the grips.
I was riding just comfortably enough to work down to 35 degrees in my Held Steve gloves for 40 minutes on high.
One day at 32 degrees using my Gerbing gloves a wire broke at the jacket to left glove plug.
I was stunned at how cold my hand got wearing such a thick glove with the heater on. I could get that the glove would be insulated from the grip but it was surprisingly useless.
This year I happened to have Oxford heated grips in the spare parts collection. Big difference. I can turn them on to 100% to warm them up much faster then take them back down to 30 or 40% for most riding.
100% is way too hot to use with the Steves.
I can feel the heat through the unplugged heated glove enough that it gives me some hand warming adjust ability independent from the jacket/glove circuit.
The Oxfords extend the time that I can ride in the Steves at 35 degrees by a couple hours over the 28 mile commute time.
I see the advantage of grip heaters is choice of grip. Depending on a person, somewhere above 32 to 40 degrees, I figure choice of grip comfort may outweigh the benefit of having more heat than grip heaters put out.
The Oxfords are not soft, not bad for me, just not as lux.
I see the advantage of the Oxfords is fast heat up time, using lighter gloves longer and/or colder, and they could compensate for leaving the heated gloves in the shed or heating failure.
Last year was my first year using grip heaters. I think the grips are BMW. The grip heaters wrap around the bar underneath the grips.
I was riding just comfortably enough to work down to 35 degrees in my Held Steve gloves for 40 minutes on high.
One day at 32 degrees using my Gerbing gloves a wire broke at the jacket to left glove plug.
I was stunned at how cold my hand got wearing such a thick glove with the heater on. I could get that the glove would be insulated from the grip but it was surprisingly useless.
This year I happened to have Oxford heated grips in the spare parts collection. Big difference. I can turn them on to 100% to warm them up much faster then take them back down to 30 or 40% for most riding.
100% is way too hot to use with the Steves.
I can feel the heat through the unplugged heated glove enough that it gives me some hand warming adjust ability independent from the jacket/glove circuit.
The Oxfords extend the time that I can ride in the Steves at 35 degrees by a couple hours over the 28 mile commute time.
I see the advantage of grip heaters is choice of grip. Depending on a person, somewhere above 32 to 40 degrees, I figure choice of grip comfort may outweigh the benefit of having more heat than grip heaters put out.
The Oxfords are not soft, not bad for me, just not as lux.
I see the advantage of the Oxfords is fast heat up time, using lighter gloves longer and/or colder, and they could compensate for leaving the heated gloves in the shed or heating failure.
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