Electrically heated glove liners

[Bodhbh]

Any recommendations? I guess the features I'm after - apart from keeping your hands warm - is not being to bulky with batteries so as to make putting on waterproofs a pain, the same with wires, and also not restricting movement too much of the fingers.

tl;dr...

We had the 3rd morning this year when it was 2-3 degrees C on the commute. Not very cold really. I wear ski gloves plus silk liners, but still fingers are gettign cold within a mile and going painful and numb shortly after, making the whole thing unpleasant. Then 15mins of burning when I get in. I've probably got some circulation problem and/or should just mtfu, but I'd rather just open my wallet. Also, it probably doesn't do your joints much good long term.

 

[Drago]

Job done...

http://www.breezeblockers.com

In the coldest weather you'll be comfortable in light gloves.

 

[amasidlover]

I'd reluctantly suggest these: http://www.warmthru.com/ - but I've had very, very, very poor battery reliability from them and eventually gave up and added connectors for 7.2V ni-cad radio-controlled car batteries and now use those instead of the £50 batteries I had to keep buying from Warmthru.

I've developed a similar issue in my late 30's - suspect it may be mild Reynaud's Syndrome - but heated gloves are the only way I can cope below about 3C...

Also I've found if I wear a fleece and gloves in the house before leaving (while having breakfast) then that helps as my hands very often start cold in the morning and thus don't have minimal circulation to keep them warm.

I'd guess breeze blockers (or a wind proof outer glove) would be fine for someone with normal circulation though!

 

[Racing roadkill]

Layer up, but avoid scrunching the layers together, as the insulation effect relies on layers of trapped air to work. The wind chill induced when riding at any sort of speed, just means that the electrically heated gloves, keep the hands warm, but are next to useless at keeping the fingers warm, whilst gripping the bars of a bike (for example) as you’re effectively increasing the surface area of the gloves fingers so much, you’d need an onboard generator, and an electric radiator to keep the ends of your fingers warm. It’s just a case of #5 and #9, for the most part.

 

[numbnuts]

Have you tried lobster gloves, a lot warmer than fingerd gloves

 

[Drago]

Has anyone tried fitting motorbike hot grips to a bicycle?

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Mrs Manatee suffers horribly from the cold. I treated her one Christmas to some Blazewear:

https://www.blazewear.com/shop/heated-gloves-and-liners.html

 

[amasidlover]

Oh yes, @numbnuts post reminded me, I put my warmthru liners under Planet X lobsters which are pretty good for wind and water proofing - with a thinner glove the wind has too much of a cooling effect for the heated gloves to work.

 

[cyberknight]

Job done...

http://www.breezeblockers.com

In the coldest weather you'll be comfortable in light gloves.

I go one step further in winter
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/rockbrothers-bar-mitts-poggies.211840/

 

[dodgy]

Job done...

http://www.breezeblockers.com

In the coldest weather you'll be comfortable in light gloves.

Intriguing, you have to think that removing wind chill is most of the problem. I bet they're effective, if slightly unorthodox looking.

 

[cyberknight]

Intriguing, you have to think that removing wind chill is most of the problem. I bet they're effective, if slightly unorthodox looking.

Wind chill is the biggest issue , with the poggies i can wear really thin gloves and when i have to take my hands out you really feel it , at 20 mph with 0 degrees c you get - 6 c of wind chill.
Wind
(mph) Temperature (Celcius)
10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25
10 5 -1 -7 -13 -19 -25 -31 -37
20 0 -6 -13 -20 -27 -34 -41 -48
30 -1 -9 -16 -24 -31 -39 -46 -54
40 -2 -10 -18 -26 -34 -41 -49 -57
50 -3 -11 -19 -27 -35 -43 -50 -58
60 -3 -11 -19 -27 -35 -43 -50 -58
70 -3 -10 -18 -26 -34 -42 -50 -57
80 -2 -10 -17 -25 -33 -40 -48 -56
90 -1 -9 -16 -24 -31 -39 -46 -54

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If your gloves are too tight then you will not get the benefits from the insulation ss the blood is resticted. This leads to cold hands. For those temps a windproof glove with space inside for a warm air layer is far more effective.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Has anyone tried fitting motorbike hot grips to a bicycle?

IIRC the lower end grips (heat-wise) claim around a 1 amp draw at 12v. That means you'll need a trio of 18650s to get the voltage and you might get 2 or 3 hours out of the set? Doable but thirsty.

Heating the grips is probably the least efficient way to use those precious watt-hours as a lot of that heat is going to dissapear down your bars. Aluminium has exceptional thermal conductivity.

Heated overgrips might be better as they will be insulated by your rubber grip and can be taken off when you don't need them.

Here's an example: not cheap though:
http://www.oxfordproducts.com/motor..._accessories/oxford_hothands_heated_overgrip/

 

[Drago]

Lightweight motorbike gel battery to power them?

 

[screenman]

I had heated grips on my last motorbike, they were really good. Nos sure if you could get the right size for drops though, or where to position them. I would not be worried about carrying a gel battery in the panniers either.