Heated gloves

  • Sprocket
    Sprocket
    6 years ago
    Anyone got heated gloves? Which ones would you recommend?
    Currently-7 round Canberra
    Cheers
    sprocket
  • Gnoo
    Gnoo
    6 years ago

    Good t see that ya still alive Sprocket.  (smile)

  • fatbat
    fatbat
    6 years ago
    Im also in Canberra and when I went off to work just before 7am it was -7. I wouldn't ride in that. 
    Last year my car was off the road thru winter for a while so I rode the bike and my pushy. I looked at getting a heated jacket liner and gloves. Dunno why but you'd think Canberra motorcycle shops would sell heated gear but they don't with the exception of BMW in Phillip but they don't have much range. 

    Id research the Yankee forums and see what they use as lots use it over there. And if you want some reasonably priced gear you'll probably have to buy it over there anyway. 

    I've never had much luck finding a range of heated gear in various sizes to try on here even in a bigger city like Melbourne. It's just not popular here in Australia. 
  • Geoff3DMN
    Geoff3DMN
    6 years ago
    HD have both heated grips (which I've got) and heated seats (which I don't).
    Maybe consider those instead of heated gloves?
  • keith
    keith
    6 years ago
    Not a heat glove person coming from the West, Zarkie popular with the cold US states. Cool days wear inner thermal from any of the outdoor- ski outlets, with my normal ones. Good luck and hope for a sunny day.
  • Gnoo
    Gnoo
    6 years ago

    Sprocket here are a coupla pair that I have had

    and would NOT recommend,,, Tourmaster heated gloves and Gerbings heated glove liners.

  • JFE
    JFE
    6 years ago
    I went for a ride at 1300 and there was still ice on the road 1/2 way up Black Mountain (centre of Canberra). Minus 8.7 in Canberra is stupid.
    I would be interested in heated gloves, but what I've tried on is too bulky. I liked the idea of Held heated gloves as they had their own battery (so no wiring to the jacket/bike), however am living without them well enough. Probably go heated grips 1st.
  • HOG48SYD
    HOG48SYD
    6 years ago
    I have just spent the last month researching this topic and have tried on a handful of different gloves from different brands. 
    The issue with heated gloves is hand control and losing connect-ability between you and the controls. 

    Most if not all were bulky and thick due to the inner linings of the gloves. I was swaying towards the Venture Gloves or here in AUS they are under the brand name Zarkie as someone has mentioned in this thread, reason being I have a pair of their Ski Heated Gloves which I will say are fantastic and have a shelf life with battery in 'high' use of about 3-4 hours. In saying that there is nothing but to grip but stocks. 

    However their road glove options are much the same thickness and in turn are not ideal for riding. In all the experts and tyre kickers I spoke to I was advised no.1 start with heated grips and work from there. The underlying theme was you could were your fav gloves with heated grips and not have the bulk or non connectivity issue. 

    I also should point out I use REVit gloves out of Italy. Excellent Quality and the inner linings are top grade. They are on the expensive side for riding gloves at a price point of circa $100.00 + for the better range but as a whole they offer protection, quality finish and style and most importantly their hand size chart fitment is spot on for those looking to buy online. 


  • fatbat
    fatbat
    6 years ago
    Zarkie don't have the capacity to let you try things on. Probably not a big deal with gloves or glove liners but it is for jacket liners, pant liners etc. 
    Maybe glove liners underneath summer gloves so you still have dexterity? 

    Beauty of jacket liner is that your gloves can plug into your jacket liner sleeves and you can plug the jacket liner directly to your battery harness thing