Heated Grips or Heated Gloves?

[wordwarrior]

Just thought I'd throw it out there. What do you prefer Heated grips or heated gloves? I think there are pros and cons for both. I had grips on my previous bike (BMW R1200GS) and despite them and the branch guards I still used to get painful finger tips. Now I have an R3R I considered the OEM heated grips but the switchgear is pug ugly and so are many of the other brands so I've opted for gloves and shelled out for a pair of Keis X800's [gulp]. Not had chance to try them on a ride here yet (more storms lashing us) but the wiring is in and they certainly started to heat up. They're a lot neater than the grips controllers, push buttons on the cuffs.
Looking forward to some dryer if not warmer weather at least. Cast your vote, leave a comment.

 

[idk]

Both. The insides of your hands can still get a bit cool with just the gloves, but the heated grips solve that. There are also some times throughout the year when it cools down and the heated grips will warm your hands when you have light gloves on.

If you don't mind ugly though, heated grips and Hippo-Hands will keep your hands warm in just about any conditions - even with light weight gloves.

 

[Vinkster]

Haha! You guys need heated things... It's going to be 85F here today. And before you say something about my hot summers, I've never had my hands go numb from the heat. And the only time I shiver uncontrolably is when I have heat stroke. I'd rather drink water and sweat than spend all my money on cold weather gear and still not ride because the ground is covered in a foot of snow... or more.

 

[wordwarrior]

Haha! You guys need heated things... It's going to be 85F here today. And before you say something about my hot summers, I've never had my hands go numb from the heat. And the only time I shiver uncontrolably is when I have heat stroke. I'd rather drink water and sweat than spend all my money on cold weather gear and still not ride because the ground is covered in a foot of snow... or more.

No snow here but pretty wet. Watch out for the rattlesnakes

 

[wordwarrior]

Both. The insides of your hands can still get a bit cool with just the gloves, but the heated grips solve that. There are also some times throughout the year when it cools down and the heated grips will warm your hands when you have light gloves on.

If you don't mind ugly though, heated grips and Hippo-Hands will keep your hands warm in just about any conditions - even with light weight gloves.

These gloves claim to have an even heat front and back but until I go for a ride in the cold I'll have take their word. http://www.keisapparel.co.uk/gloves-and-insoles/

 

[Boog]

I ride with Tourmaster Synergy2 gear. The gloves do not seem to have a heat element in the thumbs though. My rides to work are pretty short in the morning, 35-40 minutes of freeway driving and handle the cold so-so. When the temp drops to 10F, at 80 MPH the wind chill is -21F. This is about the time my thumbs get mad at me. However, the fingers are always content to keep riding. I have thought about buying Hippo hands as they are not expensive, but haven’t yet. If this global warming thing turns out to be false, I may need to buy them after all...

 

[wordwarrior]

Went out on the bike today for the first time with the new heated gloves. Have to say it wasn't too cold a day and setting one was way too hot but the mid position was fairly comfortable. I like the settings buttons but for me they need to be sited further round. Simple settings though, press and hold to switch on to Hot (Red light) press once for medium (Amber light) press again to cycle to low (Green light). Cycle through these settings to choose your heat. Press and hold to switch off. or as I keep doing, get off the bike and forget to unplug, coaxial plug comes out easily