Hot hands: heated grips or gloves?

[Triple]

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[JARVIS518]

my buddy has a sled with heated grips in my shed and has tried to show me how they work a few times and without any gloves on i cant feel the warmth coming from them but he says when riding u can tell. based on that i would go with the gloves over the grips

[Scot]

what kind of temps are we talking?

Heated grips work til it's about 40F if you wear thinner gloves but a good insulated glove will keep you from feeling them at all. Heated gloves are ok but I don't like the disconnect I feel with them due to the liner.

A good heated jacket will keep your hands warm. It heats the blood in your arms which is turn warm your hands. I've commuted right down into the teens with a Gerbings heated jacket and a pair of over pants and while I got chilly, I was never cold. It's best to stay a little chilly because if you sweat, you'll freeze.

[Scot]

that being said, if you're looking to take the bite out of a cool morning in warmer weather, grips work very well.

[Avatard]

Gloves or heated grips? How about heated gloves?

http://cozywinters.com/shop/wg-mhlg.html

[Homeslice]

I have heated grips, and they're WAY better than using insulated gloves, which are bulky and interfere with nice shifting/braking.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Triple

Apparently I'm not the only one who can't read...

have you considered glove liners? They are cheap and actually do a very good job of keeping your hands warm.

Heated,
http://www.brookstone.com/battery-he...ve-liners.html

Non-Heated
http://www.underarmour.com/shop/us/e...ve/1006610-002

Silk-very thin but effective,
http://www.amazon.com/Terramar-S491-...ef=pd_sim_sg_4

[Phenix_Rider]

Heated grips are okay... But they only work as well as you can keep the wind off your hands. Down through about 35 degrees, heated grips and insulated gloves are great. Below that, I've tried insulated leather gloves, uninsulated leather gloves with the silk/wool/UA liners, and either combination with grip heaters. After a while, the cold wind always bleeds through. Those battery powered liners look great (and reasonably priced at $50), since I DO NOT want to be wired to my bike.

Gerbings does have some battery powered gear, but it's not meant for riding- it doesn't have as many heating elements. If you had the right battery pack though, you could run their moto-specific stuff without wiring to the bike.
Moto Glove Liners: http://gerbing.com/Products/Gloves/liner.html
Moto Jacket Liner: http://gerbing.com/Products/Liners/h...cketLiner.html
Battery Jacket Liner: http://www.gerbing.com/coreheat.net/...%20Jacket.html

There are also Hippo Hands (http://www.hippohands.com/Hippo%20Hands.htm) and bark busters...

[6doublefive321]

I'm in the same boat that you are. I rode to work the past two days with the temps in the high 20's, and after 30 minutes, the tips of my fingers were numb. I spoke with a dealer who rides year round, and his preference was heated grips. I think I'm gonna buy a pair just to see how they do. I hate the idea of heated gloves being attached to the bike. I'm so scatter brained, I would rip the cord out the first time I used them.

That is unless I can find out where Tigger got the hand warmers in his pic. I don't know how they would look on the bike, but I'm willing to try

[Mr Lefty]

I have oxford heated grip WRAPS... They're easily removable... As they wrap OVER the gripsa... And. Work great. Used them in combo with gauntlets when I rode to Omaha in Dec... And on the current trip from Omaha. Took them off today in AR as it was 65