I bought a pair of battery powered gloves, these. They arrived last night and spent several hours on the charger, so I could give them a test spin today. The temp was 39 degrees F when I left the house, with rather high winds.
I was out for a little over an hour, about 60 miles, riding freeway speeds (in excess of 70mph) and the slow stuff on side streets. My hands never got cold, for the first time this year. In fact, there were a couple of times where the gloves had to be turned down because they were too hot, even though I never had them on the highest setting.
If you look over the info on that site, they specifically state that these gloves are not designed for use on a motorcycle. They don't say why, at least that I could find. They want you to buy their gloves that hardwire into the bike, I guess. I didn't know that when I bought the gloves, because I got them from another vendor, for the same price, that said nothing about use on a bike.
One caveat, I didn't use these gloves "naked". I have a set of Hippo Hands installed, see here The HH do not allow me to use normal gloves, with 1 or 2 liners and even chemical hand warmers inside or heated grip wraps, and stay warm in these types of temps. They did allow me, I believe, to use the heated gloves on the lower settings.
In short, my initial tests are very positive. I'm looking forward to being able to ride in relatively cold weather, comfortably. I would have been able to stay out for much longer today, but the high winds made it too unpleasant. I also bought some battery powered socks that I'll try later on.
I was out for a little over an hour, about 60 miles, riding freeway speeds (in excess of 70mph) and the slow stuff on side streets. My hands never got cold, for the first time this year. In fact, there were a couple of times where the gloves had to be turned down because they were too hot, even though I never had them on the highest setting.
If you look over the info on that site, they specifically state that these gloves are not designed for use on a motorcycle. They don't say why, at least that I could find. They want you to buy their gloves that hardwire into the bike, I guess. I didn't know that when I bought the gloves, because I got them from another vendor, for the same price, that said nothing about use on a bike.
One caveat, I didn't use these gloves "naked". I have a set of Hippo Hands installed, see here The HH do not allow me to use normal gloves, with 1 or 2 liners and even chemical hand warmers inside or heated grip wraps, and stay warm in these types of temps. They did allow me, I believe, to use the heated gloves on the lower settings.
In short, my initial tests are very positive. I'm looking forward to being able to ride in relatively cold weather, comfortably. I would have been able to stay out for much longer today, but the high winds made it too unpleasant. I also bought some battery powered socks that I'll try later on.