Gebring Heated Equipment

[nathanmargolis]

I have an RT and S bike. Purchased a Gebring jacket liner with collar, dual controller, and picked up some used Gebring G3 gloves from a friend. Twenty-five degrees here in Houston last night and went for an hour ride to test equipment.

Jacket- toasty warm, can't run on high unless on highway or you will be well done. Great buy.
Gloves- not toasty at all but better than non-heat. Called Gebring and rep said the jackets run much, much warmer than gloves. Strangely enough, rep said their gloves do OK in cold weather but start dropping off significantly in 20s and colder weather. Ask her why and the answer was not as much surface and can't put sufficient wiring in the glove because of size to make toasty.

I found this hard to believe.

Question- What is your opinion of Gebring heated gloves or their competitor products? Warmth can be a matter of opinion, but would anybody out there with heated gloves say they can get too hot.

Appreciate your comments.

Nathan

[shaffer]

I ran Gerbing heated jacket and gloves when I lived up north (Maryland). What you describe is consistent with my experience. The jacket was very effective even down into the teens (which is as cold as it generally gets in MD). The gloves were Ok. FWIW, I ended up ditching the gloves and went with an unheated pair made by Olympia.

-Chris

[jduke]

Gerbing's new, "thin wire" technology isn't as good as their older stuff, in my opinion....
Their older stuff was thicker and bulkier, but held the heat better.
With gloves, almost any glove will work better if you can block the wind.
Ralf posted a homemade hippohand creation that looks like it would really help.
Held has a new glove that is supposed to work great with heated grips, thinner in the palm to help transfer the head to your hands.
Warm n Dry
I've found that if you get electric glove liners and wear under Gore-Tex gloves like the Held does a lot better job than bulky electric gloves. You might have to get a size larger than normal.

[wrbix]

I use Gerbing jacket and Powerlet brand gloves - connectology is same to jacket and dang nice gloves even w/o heat. Find gloves plenty warm even down to 19 deg F without hand protectors (on R12S) and I actually prefer riding w/o heated grips on (mucks up the Throttlemeister adjustment).
Heated CF-7 Sport Gloves Large - Powerlet Products

Can't do a comparison to Gerbing gloves but I'm happy and I'm known for my cold hands!

[sfarson]

I'm fine with the Gerbings vest and gloves. Have the new thin wire versions. What really matters with gloves is getting a snug size. When one wraps their fingers around the grips it can move the fingers away from the warm outer sides of a less-snug glove. As a test... extend your fingers straight out while going down the road. If you feel more warmth, then that warmth is not against your fingers as you curl them around the grips.

[GotRoad?]

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