I got the Gerbing G3 heated gloves after getting fed up of arriving at work with my fingers feeling like they are going to fall off… It wan’t so much the cold in the air causing this but touching the leavers. I was meaning to get them for a while but I hate thick gloves so it put me off a bit.
The gloves
The gloves are thick in comparison to the non-heated type but for a heated glove its pretty thin (especially in comparison to the EX02). The build quality is good and I can see them lasting 2 or 3 winters. My mate had the EX02 which was purchased around the same time as mine and he has gone through a faulty pair and got sent a faulty replacement.
The G3s come with a heat control with 4 settings. Riding home today at -1 degrees using 50% of the heat available was more than enough. Not expecting them to be so hot when I first used them, I used them on full whack. Result? Almost burnt knuckles.
There are some downsides to the glove but not ones that concern me too much. The first is that it isn’t waterproof but a bit of Nikwax Glove Proof will sort that out. The second is that the Microwire in the fingers doesn’t feel as hot as the rest of the hand but that might be because I’m holding on to metal leavers.
Price
I paid £99.99 from Two Wheel Centre which was the cheapest I could find. Delivery was quick; about 2 days. Haven’t had the need to test the customer care so can’t comment.
Would I recommend them?
Hell yeah!
**Just want to make clear I don’t work for Gerbing or Two Wheel Centre.
I’ve just got the wires semi-permanently threaded through my jacket. Just slotted it in between jacket and zip in thermal liner, then cable tied it at the wrists and the control box at my waist. So I just fling jacket on, plug in gloves to dangly cables handing out of wrists then plug control box to bike, job done! It’s like having mittens on string again, like when I was toddler!
I’ve got the Hybrid ones, how do they differ from these G3?
