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Anyone use these Tourmaster heated gloves. Anyone have any feedback on them(good /bad)?

The fact that they come with the controller and leads makes them a bargain($152).

http://www.newenough.com/street/electric...</b>.html

heated gloves? isnt it still in the 70's out there?

I work at night and commute most days.Daytime highs are in the low 60's, overnight lows get in the 30's.
Its a myth that Vegas is 100 degrees year round,its darn cold at 5am.

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the talk around these parts as far as keeping warm (and this applies to both bike and sled riders) is if you keep your torso warm, the extremities will not get cold so easily. The logic is that the body does not have to shut down blood flow to the arms and legs in order to preserve the central core.

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I've heard that too, but I'm just not buying it. I have a jacket that keeps my torso comfortable (w/ appropriate layers) down into the 20's, but my fingers get painfully cold long before that unless I supply some heat source to them. I'm comfortable sitting in my heated house right now, but my fingers are cold to the touch...putting gloves on my cold hands just doesn't seem to "warm them up," and warming up my torso also doesn't seem to result in warmer fingers. My guess is it's just an individual thing?

Back to the Tourmaster gloves, I also just saw these this week when I was looking for gloves. And I have the same questions as Bill. The price looks great compared to Gerbings gear, but I'd hate to drop $150+ for something that I'm not satisfied with. Hopefully someone who's given them a try will chime in soon.

Will

I've seen these heated Gloves by Powerlet.....haven't used them though. They looked and felt like good quality gloves. The Controller is extra, so they are pricey.

http://www.powerlet.com/product/heated-rp5-rider-gloves/392

I have a pair of older Gerbings and a Tourmaster heated vest. I like the controller for the vest over the gloves. Push low, med, or high for the vest and your set. It's a little cumbersome adjusting the dial on the separate controller for the gloves, especially if your in motion. IMHO

The Powerlet gloves are nice but by the time you get done paying for the cables and controller you are looking at $233 and up.

The heated gear company's know you will need cables and controllers so why not just sell them as a package together with one price? Instead you have to figure out what you need and price each piece to figure out the total cost(a PITA).

If you are going to buy the Tourmaster jacket liner too, then the Jacket controller takes over for the gloves. I read on Advrider.com that it's hard to get the temps just right on both. The Gerbrings have separate controllers.

anyone?

i have them. they work good and keep my hands toasty. the only issue i have is that i bought a vest and i have to run wires down my sleves. when the vest dies i will get a jacket liner.

Joe,what temps have you ridden in with them?

I have the tourmaster gloves and they're great. They even have heaters in the tips of the fingers. I can only use them on low so far. Rode at 60 mph+ in 30 degrees with quite a bit of humidity. They are bulky so be sure and put them on last and everything else adjusted. I probably won't be getting a vest or liner, but sure could use something to warm my lap, those spots the chaps don't cover.

I have been using them, this maks my third year. They are pretty good, but I built hand guards out of plexiglass to go in front of the grips, and that improves the efficency alot. last year i rode down into the "teens", and only my thumbs were cold. i found that rotating my thumbs up, to rap around the grips with my fingers, presses the wires against my thumbs and that helps. My commute is 25 miles eack way and it's in the dark both ways almost all winter. I can honestly say, without them I'd be in the car. Below 25* degrees my hands still get cold after half way, but not to the point that I am in pain. They are very bulky and even tiring to hold on to the bars after a while. They should have made them with the fingers pre-bent.
I'm thinking , next year I'll try Gerbings gloves. A little more money, but build to mil.spec. The micro-wire teck. is supposed to be better and costomer service is supposed to be second to none.
If your going to ride in the cold you have to get heated gloves. I give the First Gear gloves a 7.5, out of 10.

the lowest temp i have used them in is about 34deg f. it doesnot get freezing here much and when it gets below 32 i drive my pick up. yeah i know, i'm just a wuss from california.