Electric biking gloves?

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Not gloves to wear on an electric bike (although one may be on the cards eventually!), just looking for suggestions for some good heated gloves, either plug in (DIN socket) or battery powered (at least 4 hour battery life). Waterproof would be nice although not essential. Have considered heated grips but would need 4 pairs so a pair of gloves will be cheaper (probably!)

As always, budget is as little as possible but as much as necessary to get something that works and will continue to do so for a while.
 
I’ve used a couple of pairs of Gerbing gloves. Both were the plug in type, they certainly take the chill off.
 
me and wife have gerbing gloves but giving you whine about most of my posts don't go get them as they are very good

/toungue in cheek
 
Thanks for the suggestions (even yours, Paul!). Ordered a pair or Gerbing G12 gloves with the Hella DIN adaptor. Bikestop don't stock Gerbing so I ordered from sportsbikeshop since they were recommended by a couple of people IRL and appear to have an excellent returns/exchange policy.

Probably be a bit slippy out there for the next few days, especially on the BIG red bathtub!!!
 
Just budget for a few.more of the cable sets and pick the jacket you will be using all the time to feed the harness into.
 
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Thanks for the suggestions (even yours, Paul!). Ordered a pair or Gerbing G12 gloves with the Hella DIN adaptor. Bikestop don't stock Gerbing so I ordered from sportsbikeshop since they were recommended by a couple of people IRL and appear to have an excellent returns/exchange policy.

Probably be a bit slippy out there for the next few days, especially on the BIG red bathtub!!!
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Sportsbikeshop are brilliant for returns - I am on my 4th pair of trousers, all with free postage and returns - they also refund you VERY quickly if you return anything.
 
Thanks for the reassurance, Steve. All the reviews of them seem to be positive and they're also very competitively priced - nowhere local could match them or I'd have spent my money closer to home! Just need the snow to sod off so DPD can get them here (and I can use them!)
 
I'd be interested to hear how you get on with whatever gloves you order Mr Nod..
 
They're supposed to be arriving this afternoon. Since an Amazon Logistics van has made it down the close, I suspect that DPD will manage too.

Will keep you posted.
 
Thanks
I've been musing over the RST rechargeable ones in part so I can wear them when out walking or waiting for a photo to happen in front of me, but they are a lot more expensive...
 
The Gerbings can be powered either from a 12V source (bike battery) or LiIon rechargeable batteries (available as an extra for 80 quid or so.) If I find the gloves extremely warm and comfortable, I might go for the battery pack later. The RST ones are LiPo battery powered only and apparently last a fair while, even on their highest setting. Nod's law (other versions exist!) states that when I need the warmth, the RST batteries would be flat, hence the Gerbing version instead.

Should be here in 15 minutes according to the email earlier but the road's still a bit iffy so if they can't deliver, I won't be too upset. Looking at the "live tracking", Iurie is 90 minutes away...
 
Well, they've arrived (and Kudos to the DPD driver for getting the job done!) As expected (they're winter gloves), they're quite stiff and almost bulky straight out of the box but, being leather, they'll give with a little wearing in. Fit is perfect (I measured as their advice and ordered XL since I was at the lower end of that - had I been a cm or so bigger, I'd probably need an XXL) and they feel very warm, even before plugging in. In the box is a dedicated Gerbing connector to fit straight to the battery and assorted fuses to choose from depending on how electrocuted electrified you'll be as well as instructions on how to fit the lead and how best to route it through your jacket. Looking forward to trying them for real.
 
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As always, budget is as little as possible but as much as necessary to get something that works and will continue to do so for a while.
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Threads like this always amuse me, people buy something and then brag about it. Next thing they are looking for the cheapest option.
Know someone who laughed because I had paid out a decent price for a dual should harness so I could carry 2 camera bodies and lensespointed out they had paid less the £30 for one on ebay, not so amused when later that day, theirs dropped a high end camera on the deckcost an expensive repair bill, you see it all the time in the equipment thread
Gloves may not be lifesaving gear but in some things you get what you pay for
 
Indeed, that's why I didn't go for the cheapest option. And they can be life saving - lose feeling in your fingers and you can all too easily lose braking control at the front end meaning a lock-up and subsequent off.
 
Lifetime warranty with gerbing wife and I have old g3 versions. She had a new full set of gloves about 2 years ago when one developed an intermittent fault. They were at leat 5 years old by then.

Gerbing didn't even need to see receipts as well to add. Worth spending a long time on the feed lead. We have ours stitched in to our heine gerricke jackets so they don't budge when taking off and putting on the jacket. We also melted a fee holes in the wrists so the connectors pop out just below the cuff off the glove and place the temperature controller in an outer pocket
 
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If you use some leather cream they soften up very quickly
 
Butchering the jacket they'll mainly get used with isn't really an option - Irvin flying jackets don't come cheap (and can't be melted!) Might try gaffer taping the leads to the armour I wear inside it. Just need some cold, dry weather to use them now!
 
We commute in ours so me and the wife both have Hein Gerrick Full Fluro jackets with all the leads fed through.
What we found when we first bought them is the leads can be quite intrusive running inside the jacket sleeve to the gloves as the plugs that connect are not small.
Also on days when you use a normal glove you still have the leads down your wrist to hide,
what you need to make sure is everything stays in place getting the jacket on and off.
 
Self adhesive Velcro to hold the leads onto the armour might work - experimentation required!

Gone are the days when a bike was the sole means of transportation, they're now just toys!
 
I found the easiest way with the jack was to just stitch the harness in pace on the lining and down the inside of the sleeves.
Our jackets have removable liners which we rarely take out in summer so it is all between the jacket and the liner.
 
Thanks for the tips. Looking at the forecast, I've got a while to play with the routing before it's my kind of riding weather!
 
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