2nd winter with gerbing battery gloves

[Stig / Major Tom]

Best to date, this year,  34°F one hour nonstop ride so far with these battery powered glove liners.
Xmas gift from my children....as long as I ride off into the sunrise before their friends can see me on a scooter in the winter when I have a perfectly good Ford, or Chevy, truck sitting in the driveway....they support my hobby thusly.
I do usually hit The Dog for some fresh pastry to bring home. Underseat area stays toasty to keep things fresh....
So, gloves are working their second winter. Two hours on is the longest I've tested the fully charged batteries so far...running on high or med settings. You don't feel hot or warm hands...you just notice that you're not bothered by cold aching hands. Cold hands was always the only thing that cut short my scooter ride. The old Army method of silk, wool, leather 3-layers, did not work too long at 10°F riding a scooter.
Gerbing under thick leather gauntlets now.
The bad: 2 flat batteries in each big cuff feel awkward, bulky.
Good: don't have to mess with scooter's electrics to get heat, and can wear them on Kymco or the Burgman with no hassles.
Ride safe, folks.
Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

Where to get and how much? They sound good!

Karl

[TroutBum]

Can you buy an extension to store the battery packs in you pocket?

[Stig / Major Tom]

Where to get and how much? They sound good!

Karl

http://www.mycoolingstore.com/gerbing-gloves.html

On sale for $129 "Core Heat 7V glove liner"...the one with silver finger tip.
I wanted to wear a sturdy leather motorcycle glove - so a 'liner'. I did not want to mess with wiring to my battery ( I change scooters) . I did not want cables running down inside my jacket. I did not want the expense of a controller. And I was leary of pulling power off of my battery when I'm heading out on a very cold winter morning.

At this time I might rather have purchased a simple 12V glove, controller ....and a pigtail to a second battery! I have 2 spare Yuasa batteries on a shelf.
My LIKE200i and the Burgman came with the same smallish battery. So, for secure winter EFI riding and starts - I replaced both with the same more powerful YUASA battery. (FYI - the Forza had this same bigger YUASA battery, as stock !)
I'd plug my gloves into that 2nd, underseat, battery via a controller and my shorts! Charge the YUASA  back up with the Deltran Jr and skip all this stuff around my wrist and under my gauntlet motorcycle glove.

As a 7V glove, I did not see any avail. cables to route the batteries into my pockets...but that would be a good idea - if not too much power was lost in the cables.

These gloves would not work for winter touring - but they are very nice for my sunrise / winter outings.
 
I really do recommend the use of a balaclava for cold rides. I have one that is thin over the skull and thicker around the neck and long enough to go well down my onto chest and back. NO cold wind comes through to the neck or chin or upper chest area. Very important to staying comfortable on a 15 F ride. I have an even thicker one to double up with for really cold rides which covers my mouth and cheeks as well as my head/neck/chest.
The 3M hi vis yellow highway workers' wind/rain proof fleece lined jacket is working great. Using only 2 shirts and 1 leather jacket and a scarf under it. The weight of the two jackets together is significant, but not a bother once on.

Funny to read in the scooter forums how the scooter riding season is nearly closed now in N. America....time to start the servicing and/or painting.  I usually don't get to my winter servicing in the garage until the panel screw freezes to my lip. (I was building a 24'x60' picnic shelter in a state park one winter. I made a mistake when nailing the sheeting down. A chunk of my right lower lip is still up there on that roof....tried holding the next nail in my mouth - in February.)
Stig