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30 degress F? That's pretty icy cold. It's below freezing. where the heck are you?

It's been slightly cool here at night and still hot during the day.

blues2cruise wrote:30 degress F? That's pretty icy cold. It's below freezing. where the heck are you?

It's been slightly cool here at night and still hot during the day.

south west michigan . Just added it to my profile cause I didnt realize I didnt add it to my profile lol.

I am not impressed with my heated gloves. I am wondering if they are defective. I will go back to the dealer and find out.

I expected that heated gloves would keep my hands really toasty, but my fingers are still cool.

I rode today. It was close to zero. I had to come home when it started snowing.
I had the gloves plugged in, but my hands weren't what I would call warm.

Such a disappointment.
They are made by Gerbings.
Do other people with the Gerbings gloves find they are toasty warm inside?

blues2cruise wrote:I expected that heated gloves would keep my hands really toasty, but my fingers are still cool.

I rode today. It was close to zero. I had to come home when it started snowing.
I had the gloves plugged in, but my hands weren't what I would call warm.

Blues- I asked my wife, she says the same thing about her Gerbings - her fingertips still get cool. She's not upset though, says it's still better than the non-electric gloves she had before.

My new bike (V-Strom) has hand guards, which makes an amazing difference - I wear plain Olympia Road Warriors, but with no wind on my hands, my fingers stay warm.

jstark47 wrote:

blues2cruise wrote:I expected that heated gloves would keep my hands really toasty, but my fingers are still cool.

I rode today. It was close to zero. I had to come home when it started snowing.
I had the gloves plugged in, but my hands weren't what I would call warm.

Blues- I asked my wife, she says the same thing about her Gerbings - her fingertips still get cool. She's not upset though, says it's still better than the non-electric gloves she had before.

My new bike (V-Strom) has hand guards, which makes an amazing difference - I wear plain Olympia Road Warriors, but with no wind on my hands, my fingers stay warm.

Thanks for the feedback. I should look into making some kind of pouch that I can slip over the throttle and grip and levers. If I control the bike from inside a pouch it may help.
Thanks for giving me an idea.

jstark47 wrote:

blues2cruise wrote:I expected that heated gloves would keep my hands really toasty, but my fingers are still cool.

I rode today. It was close to zero. I had to come home when it started snowing.
I had the gloves plugged in, but my hands weren't what I would call warm.

Blues- I asked my wife, she says the same thing about her Gerbings - her fingertips still get cool. She's not upset though, says it's still better than the non-electric gloves she had before.

My new bike (V-Strom) has hand guards, which makes an amazing difference - I wear plain Olympia Road Warriors, but with no wind on my hands, my fingers stay warm.

so how far did you ride and did she let the gloves actually warm up before venturing out?

Also they are supposed to be 135 degrees at 35F. at 0F doing 55mph your looking at something like -50F with windchill (I didnt do the math just a guess since at 32F at 55mph its -17). So I doubt they will be toasty warm at 0F outside.