Winter glove question

[Scott58]

At 40 degrees my hands are almost sweating in my joe rocket rush gloves. They are pretty decent in the 30 to 40 degree range. At 8 degrees they only last about 30 minutes

[The Moot]

I too have hunted for warm fingers... and apart from the obvious places to put them to get them warmed up.. (please don't try this while riding... she might jump and upset the bike balance)....
I now have "Gates" gauntlets. They have a little pocket for those little shake em up heat patches. They are really warm. But... on a really cold day... the fingers still freeze.
So please - all you glove manufacturers out there... find a cure for the "Cold Finger".

[Mer]

Yeah, that's normal. No glove will keep your hands the perfect temp if it's actually cold out (40* ain't actually cold ), even heated gloves will only keep your hands warm, leaving your fingers to feel the chill. I use snowmobile gloves when it gets down to 30-35* and the best you can hope for is to retain feeling in the fingertips, really.

I have Gerbing heated gloves and they heat my hands as well as my fingers too. I've used them in the lower 30's (on medium heat) and my hands stayed warm and toasty.

[paul246]

Like I said before, these do work. Afterall, they are designed for snowmobile riders flying across the frozen wastelands. I personally proved their worth while stationed in Labrador for 3 years and now use them on my bike during winter riding. Only drawback... the added bulk will reduce the finesse of your grip and produce a bit of hand fatigue.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/Camp ... 1312a.html

[polarelf2003]

I just use the same leather gloves until it gets snowy/salty, at which point I stop riding. Of course, my bike started leaking oil at the end of summer, so this year doesnt count as it's been in my shed until I sell it. I try to keep the blood flowing by flexing my fingers when I get the chance, but I still have to stop every 30 min or so to warm my hands up on the engine.

My buddy has heated everything, including heated handgrips. He raves about them, and he'll ride in colder weather than I will - I'm definitely going to pick up some once I get a new bike.

[CNF2002]

Where can you buy heated handgrips?

Crazy thought...what about mounting a heating coil on either side of the bike in front of your legs to heat the air as it passes over the bike.

[Itzamna]

Like I said before, these do work. Afterall, they are designed for snowmobile riders flying across the frozen wastelands. I personally proved their worth while stationed in Labrador for 3 years and now use them on my bike during winter riding. Only drawback... the added bulk will reduce the finesse of your grip and produce a bit of hand fatigue.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/Camp ... 1312a.html

It says they keep you warm up to 60 mph, but I don't do less than 100 mph so it looks like they'll be no good.

I think I may try these out. My TourMasters are really good, but they can get cold too. Went riding while it was 5 F the other night. Got pretty cold pretty fast.

[polarelf2003]

Where can you buy heated handgrips?

Hotgrips has some of the best reviews I've seen, but I cant vouch for them personally. http://www.hotgrips.com/

[NCRonB]

Where can you buy heated handgrips?

Hotgrips (as mentioned) have gotten good reviews, but they were a bit pricey for me and it's a replacement grip. If you want to keep your current grips, you can get grip heaters that you install under the grips, like the Kimpex or Dual Star.

I got the Kimpex from http://www.bing.com/. For the Dual Star, see http://www.dual-star.com/

Well worth it no matter which you get.